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“Dialect” implies that this is ad hoc, but the RSS 2.0 standard specifies a way to extend the format and that is through namespaces, which is exactly what Apple
by genmon 4y ago
“Dialect” implies that this is ad hoc, but the RSS 2.0 standard specifies a way to extend the format and that is through namespaces, which is exactly what Apple does with the iTunes namespace. This is a good way to extend the format IMO: no breaking changes and the opportunity to grow.
- ryanbrunner 4y agoIn practice the incompatibility comes less from new invented fields (that happens rarely and when it does it has a namespace attached to it most of the time), and more how certain fields are interpreted, which fields are used, etc. Something as simple as showing a short summary of an item varies significantly by player.