The Atom Syndication Format
RFC 4287
Yes
No Objection
Note: This ballot was opened for revision 11 and is now closed.
(Scott Hollenbeck; former steering group member) Yes
(Alex Zinin; former steering group member) No Objection
(Allison Mankin; former steering group member) No Objection
(Bert Wijnen; former steering group member) No Objection
(Bill Fenner; former steering group member) No Objection
(Brian Carpenter; former steering group member) No Objection
(David Kessens; former steering group member) No Objection
(Jon Peterson; former steering group member) No Objection
(Margaret Cullen; former steering group member) No Objection
(Mark Townsley; former steering group member) No Objection
(Russ Housley; former steering group member) (was Discuss) No Objection
(Sam Hartman; former steering group member) (was Discuss) No Objection
(Ted Hardie; former steering group member) (was Discuss) No Objection
The document says: 3.1.1 The "type" Attribute Text constructs MAY have a "type" attribute. When present, the value MUST be one of "text", "html" or "xhtml". If the "type" attribute is not provided, Atom Processors MUST behave as though it were present with a value of "text". MIME media types [MIMEREG] MUST NOT be used as values for the "type" attribute. and Later: 4.1.3.1 The "type" attribute On the atom:content element, the value of the "type" attribute MAY be one of "text", "html", or "xhtml". Failing that, it MUST be a MIME media type, but MUST NOT be a composite type (see Section 4.2.6 of [MIMEREG]). If the type attribute is not provided, Atom Processors MUST behave as though it were present with a value of "text". While I understand that the 4.1.3.1 text applies to atom:content rather than more generally, given the MUST NOT vs. MUST here I strongly encourage some further efforts to clarify this apparent contradiction. The first could have a forward pointer to the second as a note, the second to the first as a note, or the names could be disambiguated in some way. I don't see this as blocking, but I believe it would be very useful to get this somewhat clearer.