atom categories

[Chris Berry <ch...@gmail.com>]

Per the spec, an Entry can be a part of several Categories (an  
extremely useful concept ;-)

The spec indicates that these are simply listed without a surrounding  
"list element"
e.g.
<entry>
      <category/>
      <author/>
      <category/>
      .....
</entry>

Or should one use the <categories> element (used by Service docs)

<entry>
     <categories>
          <category>
          <category>
    </categories>
    <author>
    ....
</entry>

Or perhaps with a wrapping <collection>
I think not, but there is so much I don't know ;-)

Thanks,
-- Chris 

S'all good  ---   chriswberry at gmail dot com

Re: atom categories

[James M Snell <ja...@gmail.com>]

With atom:entry, atom:feed and atom:source, categories are listed
without a container element.  The app:categories element is part of the
Atompub spec and is used to tell atompub clients what atom:category
elements can be used in an entry.

- James

Chris Berry wrote:
> Per the spec, an Entry can be a part of several Categories (an extremely
> useful concept ;-)
> 
> The spec indicates that these are simply listed without a surrounding
> "list element"
> e.g.
> <entry>
>      <category/>
>      <author/>
>      <category/>
>      .....
> </entry>
> 
> Or should one use the <categories> element (used by Service docs)
> 
> <entry>
>     <categories>
>          <category>
>          <category>
>    </categories>
>    <author>
>    ....
> </entry>
> 
> Or perhaps with a wrapping <collection>
> I think not, but there is so much I don't know ;-)
> 
> Thanks,
> -- Chris
> S'all good  ---   chriswberry at gmail dot com
> 
> 
> 
>