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Subject: [OASIS Issue Tracker] Updated: (ODATA-158) OData ATOM format should require <category> element
[ http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/ODATA-158?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Ralf Handl updated ODATA-158: ----------------------------- Fix Version/s: WD01 Affects Version/s: WD01 > OData ATOM format should require <category> element > --------------------------------------------------- > > Key: ODATA-158 > URL: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/ODATA-158 > Project: OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC > Issue Type: Bug > Components: OData ATOM Format v1.0 > Affects Versions: WD01 > Environment: [Proposed] > Reporter: Michael Pizzo > Assignee: Michael Pizzo > Fix For: WD01 > > > The <category> element is used in atom to identify the type of the individual entity. Many clients rely on this element in order to understand the type of the individual entry. > The atom specification currently says this element is optional if the type of the entity can be determined from the feed (in particular, if there is no inheritance hierarchy): > "An OData entry MAY contain a single atom:category element with a scheme attribute equal to "http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/scheme" to identify the entity type of the entry. This element MUST be present if the entry represents an entity whose type is part of a type hierarchy." > This optionality adds complexity to the client logic, as clients don't have a single place to look to determine the type; they have to understand more context in order to determine the type in the absence of the element. > The savings of omitting this element is negligible for the ATOM format. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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