Re: [syndication] RSS 0.91 - skips & optional stuff

["DJ Adams" <dj.adams@gmx.net>]

> a) Optional versus mandatory items -- If an RSS supplier includes an
> <textInput> or <image> element, am I as an agreggator "required" to render
> those items when I render the channel?
>
> a1) On a sideways-related topic, is the "implied contract" between
supplier
> & aggregator that the aggregator will always render the supplied items
> grouped into a channel as they were provided? Or can I provide users with
a
> search capability that allows extraction of individual syndicated items
from
> a channel without rendering the whole thing?

FWIW, I think the answers should be (a) NO and (b) NO, YES.

Basically I can see nothing (correct me if I'm wrong) that says that RSS
data must be rendered [in human readable form, e.g. HTML] anyway.

dj
(neither an active supplier nor aggregator)