Robert Sayre wrote:
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> My implementation will parse and preserve the attribute, but I'm not
> sure what I'm supposed to do with it at an application level,
> especially if I encounter more than one such link element.
>
This will be fixed in the next revision of the draft. The short answer
is: every "replies" link MUST be processed independently of any others.
That is, the feed consumer MUST NOT assume that multiple replies links
are all just pointing at different representations of the same set of
responses.
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>> - We're talking about adding machine-parsable data that would be
>> invisible to readers of the post content
>
> I don't know. The specification says nothing about that. Presumably,
> the implementers that have already deployed know what they are for.
>
Machine-parseable data that may or may not be presented to users. The
spec is silent on how the metadata should be used because there is no
reason to dictate how it should be used. Implementations should use it
in whatever way they feel is most appropriate.
- James
