Re: [syndication] newLocation element

["Bill Kearney" <wkearney99@hotmail.com>]

> Take my site, for example. I moved. I've permanently redirected the URL.
> People are still reading the feed, in its current state, because of the
> redirect. And Syndic8 has me, kindly enough, at both URLs [3] -- because
> Syndic8 doesn't notice the permanent redirect.

There are two things to consider.  One, syndic8 DOES notice when legitimate
redirects are used and attempts to note them.  Two, keeping the old URL serves
as a marker for anything that has the old URL.  That way anything looking up the
old one will be able to find a reference to the new database record.  This will
allow Syndic8 to do stuff like provide intelligent redirection, perhaps in the
form of a side-band channel of instructions.

I personally have put a fair effort into helping other sources of multiple feeds
understand how to use more specific error codes like 410 instead of just 403 and
the like.  Just using the existing HTTP error code standards would help
*enormously*.

So it's not like we didn't think about it and do nothing.

-Bill Kearney