Comments on: RSS Aggregation Models http://gadgetopia.com/post/3006?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS+Aggregation+Models Geek and you shall find... Sun, 19 May 2013 16:36:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Deane http://gadgetopia.com/post/3006#comment-15652 Deane Thu, 23 Sep 2004 10:50:00 +0000 http://gadgetopia.local/?p=3006#comment-15652 <p>"Differences of less than a few percent could be ignored."</p> <p>I thought about that too, but in the English language, a change of just a few characters could make a HUGE difference in the meaning of a phrase.</p> <p>I know -- let's add versioning to the RSS spec! So you either edit the existing version (small change), or publish a new version (big change).</p> <p>I'm sure it's coming.</p> “Differences of less than a few percent could be ignored.”

I thought about that too, but in the English language, a change of just a few characters could make a HUGE difference in the meaning of a phrase.

I know — let’s add versioning to the RSS spec! So you either edit the existing version (small change), or publish a new version (big change).

I’m sure it’s coming.

]]> By: Joe http://gadgetopia.com/post/3006#comment-15653 Joe Thu, 23 Sep 2004 10:41:00 +0000 http://gadgetopia.local/?p=3006#comment-15653 <p>SharpReader has a feature that specifically marks edited posts differently from unread posts (bold italics vs bold). </p> <p>Unfortunately, there's no way to tell if edited means "There's been an update added to this article that provides new information", or if edited means "Turns out you don't spell 'potato' with 5 o's". I don't think there's a very good way around that. Maybe if there are new lines added? Readers that track that difference should also figure out <em>how different</em> the articles are, and adjust accordingly. Differences of less than a few percent could be ignored. </p> SharpReader has a feature that specifically marks edited posts differently from unread posts (bold italics vs bold).

Unfortunately, there’s no way to tell if edited means “There’s been an update added to this article that provides new information”, or if edited means “Turns out you don’t spell ‘potato’ with 5 o’s”. I don’t think there’s a very good way around that. Maybe if there are new lines added? Readers that track that difference should also figure out how different the articles are, and adjust accordingly. Differences of less than a few percent could be ignored.

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