RE: [syndication] Re: What to call the RSS file

[dave.cantrell@gunter.af.mil]

>Hey, I'm not saying there HAS to be a filename extension just that it 
>would be helpful if one were used in situations appropriate for it.  
>Using just plain .xml breaks in situations where a filesystem or 
>browser interface is expected to be able to DO something with the 
>file in an open-the-item situation.  
>
>I'm suggesting using one would be helpful.

Agreed. I was just pointing out the dynamic nature.

This is definitely a complex issue. The MIME types definitely aren't enough,
especially when you can have a single document contain multiple applications
through the use of namespaces. This makes XML extremely flexible but also
extremely complex to handle. Do you handle all known namespaces
(unrealistic) or just discard the ones you can't handle (practical current
practice)?

If you discard namespaces, are you breaking the application? A very basic
example is categorizing RSS in OCS -- I broke OCS (actually broke RDF I
think) in a way by adding categories using my own namespace, but if you
discard that namespace you don't get the categories, so you're not really
getting "my" feed. I'm sure we could think of far more problematic (and
realistic) scenarios than this lame example, but you get the idea.

-dave