Re: [syndication] RSS 1.0 Module draft: Administrative

["Dave Winer" <dave@userland.com>]

Our messages crossed in the mail. I said basically that the two contact
points, webMaster and managingEditor, introduced in 1997 (four years ago!)
are sufficient. Dave


----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Bond" <julian@netmarketseurope.com>
To: <syndication@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 8:00 AM
Subject: Re: [syndication] RSS 1.0 Module draft: Administrative


> In article <ttmbsodntt5.fsf@pat.tc.illuminex.com>, Ken MacLeod
> <ken118@bitsko.slc.ut.us> writes
> >This module defines <admin:errorReportsTo> and <admin:generatorAgent>
> >properties for channels, corresponding to the <errorReportsTo> and
> ><rssProviderAgent> properties proposed for RSS 0.93.
>
> Regarding <admin:errorReportsTo> and <errorReportsTo>, what's wrong with
> using <webMaster> which is already in
> the 0.9x specs? Quoting http://backend.userland.com/rss091
>
> "<webMaster> -- The email address of the webmaster for the channel, the
> person to contact if there are technical problems. Maximum length is
> 100."
>
> As for <rssProviderAgent> and <admin:generatorAgent>. This is like the
> X-Mailer: email header convention. In email it's useful for discovering
> that the sender is using MS Outlook Express but not a lot else. I mean,
> who cares? I code all my rss by hand anyway ;-)
>
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