RSS precedence rules
James
Snell: Why can't an item contain both a category and a
dc:subject? Sure, it's redundant but it shouldn't be illegal.
On Mark's and my todo list is to more precisely distinguish between things that are outright illegal and things that are merely bad practice.
While such duplication is not clearly illegal, there are enough questions on the precedence rules between items that have overlapping semantics (examples: Ben Hammersley, Michael Bernstein, Timothy Appnel) that I would definitely classify this as a bad practice.
Personally, I don't see how there should be a precedence issue here. dc:subject and description are two different properties defined in two different namespaces. While they may have overlapping purposes,... [more]
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If I weren't currently eyelid-deep in a Death March Spiral project from hell, I might have a few minutes to work on this. Is IBM hiring yet?
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