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   Re: RSS and WAP - another RSS question

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  • From: Sean McGrath <digitome@iol.ie>
  • To: <xml-dev@ic.ac.uk>
  • Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 16:21:11 +0000

[Sean McGrath]
>> All I want it a teeny-weeny abstract field...
>
[Dave Winer]
>Sean, you may not be aware, in RSS 0.91 we added a <description> field. I'm
>not sure what you're looking for from an abstract, but this could be it. The
>0.91 extensions are fairly widely supported.
>
Yes, I've seen the description field but the data I have seen
populating description fields has really fitted into the concept
of an abstract. I don't want to abuse the <description> element
by using it for something it was not intended for.

regards,

<Sean uri="http://www.digitome.com/sean.html">
Developers Day co-Chair WWW9, April 2000, Amsterdam
<uri>http://www.www9.org</uri>
</Sean>



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