RE: [Rsslibj-developer] patch of a sort for rss100.java

[Danny A. <dan...@vi...>]

> Joe, the only issue with applying this patch is that I'm not sure what
> it's solving. You're adding the item to the sequence, and the *main*
> difference I see is that you're using the item LINK instead of the item
> ABOUT data... and those should be the same reference. Am I missing
> something?

The resource in the seq should the the same as the 'about', see :
http://web.resource.org/rss/1.0/spec#s5.3.5

According to the spec : "{item_uri} should be identical to the value of the
<link> sub-element of the <item> element, if possible.". So
although in most circumstances the 'about' will be the same as the <link>,
this isn't necessarily always the case (this was discussed a while ago on
rss-dev).

(Personally I'd prefer that the specs made the <link> element optional, so
that self-contained items like many on blog posts were covered better, the
thing being described being the 'about' resource, without reference to any
external URL).

Cheers,
DAnny.