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Re: Atom Link Extensions Use Case



Hi Tim,

On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Ed Summers <ehs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Tim Bray <twbray@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> D'oh, right. So why not
>>
>> <link loc:checksum="3c89ea593c01483fd091" ...other link apparatus... href=""
>> />
>
> Because I'm a helpless idealist? :-)

In hindsight I should clarify this silly quip, and answer your
question more directly.

I would prefer to re-use a pattern that even a small handful of other
people might be using rather than go-it-alone with my own local
extension. The thought being that maybe the use of the hash attribute
would spread a bit wider (that's the idealistic side). But I do
appreciate that Atom allows a solution like loc:checksum, and am
grateful for it.

//Ed