> > It's a valid concern, but as James has been saying the "problem" is with > the syndication model. This isn't something that Atom (or any extension) > can solve.
I agree with you and James. This is much larger issue and this spec is not the right place to try solving it. > Do you have any suggestions about how this metadata could be included > without changing the content of the feed? AFAICT the only solution is to > not use the attributes (which aren't required, of course). I'll make a fool of myself after being so virulent but apart from a fairly big change in the Internet architecture. There is little that could be done to solve the problem of polling Vs pushing. That being said, I would not be surprised that ISPs push really hard for such a discussion to happen as they will soon be overloaded by the huge amount of data passing on the wires they pay for (thinks much larger than just feeds like HDTV ;). Anyway, no I don't have a better solution. I am nevertheless happy that the point will be notified by James in its draft. - Sylvain
