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#9 fails with multiple channels

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2003-03-19
2003-03-19
Anonymous
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A valid RSS stream can have multiple channels within.
Amphetadesk fails on such with an error:
AmphetaDesk could not parse
http://www.austinbloggers.org/blog/both.xml.

Our site currently has two RSS streams. I was testing
this feature to see if I could make both data streams
available in a single RSS file.

I'll attach a sample file that validates correctly
(http://feeds.archive.org/validator/) but fails as above.

Chip Rosenthal
chip@unicom.com

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  • Morbus Iff

    Morbus Iff - 2003-03-19
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  • Morbus Iff

    Morbus Iff - 2003-03-19

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    AmphetaDesk's behavior is correct. The attached file is an
    RSS v0.91 feed, and according to the RSS spec [1]:
    "Subordinate to the [rss] element is a single [channel]
    element". Likewise, if you check future versions of the RSS
    spec, you'll see that the single [channel] requisite does
    not change. The feed validator, in this case, is incorrect
    (they've been notified of this bug report).

    [1] http://backend.userland.com/stories/rss091

     

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