[Google-Gadgets-API] Re: iGoogle uses RSS 2.0 <guid> instead of <link> as URL - Dan (Google Employee) - com.googlegroups.google-gadgets-api

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Weijian	23 Jul 2008 04:02
Dan (Google Employee)	23 Jul 2008 10:40
String	23 Jul 2008 18:36
Dan (Google Employee)	24 Jul 2008 09:50

Subject:	[Google-Gadgets-API] Re: iGoogle uses RSS 2.0 <guid> instead of <link> as URL
From:	Dan (Google Employee) (api....@google.com)
Date:	07/24/2008 09:50:56 AM
List:	com.googlegroups.google-gadgets-api

Hi String,

Thanks for checking into this. I think it's fair to assume then, that <guid isPermaLink="true"> is chosen, when available, because there's a much higher likelihood that the content at that URL is still available versus when just <link> is present in the feed.

Best, Dan

On Jul 23, 6:36 pm, String <ster...@googlemail.com> wrote:

On Jul 23, 6:41 pm, "Dan (Google Employee)" <api....@google.com> wrote:

I don't know of the particular reasoning, but I assume you see the appropriate behavior when <guid> is not present? Have you found that <guid> is used both in instances when isPermaLink is set to false and when it's set to true?

Just had a look at one of my own feeds, and I can say that with isPermalink="false", the default iGoogle feed reader uses <link>, not <guid>.

String

On Jul 23, 4:03 am, Weijian <wjf...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

When displaying an RSS 2.0 feed in iGoogle, <guid> is used instead of <link> as the url when the title is clicked. According to the RSS 2.0 spec, <guid> is optional, and it "uniquely identifies the item. When present, an aggregator may choose to use this string to determine if an item is new."

Does anyone know the decision behind using <guid> instead of <link> as URL?

Many thanks in advance!