[uf-discuss] hAtom draft - utility of feeds

[David Janes -- BlogMatrix]

Ah, but I'm thinking in terms of multiple feeds on a single page, each 
feed being identified by a URI. Or do you think this is a bad idea also?

I notice that Tantek has placed a generic opaque container as a 
potential idea onto the blog. If multiple feeds per page is OK with all 
and a generic opaque container is available, then we get it "for free".

However, your wider point is appreciated, in both senses.

Regards, etc...
David

Mark Pilgrim wrote:
> On 12/28/05, David Janes -- BlogMatrix <davidjanes at blogmatrix.com> wrote:
>> Although not covered explicitly in the examples, my latest thought is to
>> allow a Feed element to be embedded in an Entry element. Why? To model a
>> comment feed, which obviously is blog like content.
> 
> I plan to implement it in feedparser.py when it's done, so I am
> intensely interested in a few crucial design decisions.  You've been
> doing pretty well with hAtom so far, so I've stayed
> uncharacteristically quiet.  But now you're just making shit up, and
> that's dangerous.
> 
> hAtom is a derivative format, like hCard is derivative of vCard.  The
> Atom format has been endlessly argued and finally codified and RFC'd. 
> Now you're trying to find an elegant way to backport it to HTML, which
> I fully support.  But please resist the temptation to invent new
> things.
> 
> The Atom community already had this particular argument; nested feeds lost.