[Feeds] Re: Should we standardize on a single URL path to RSS feeds?

[Mark <[e-mail]>]

Hey Martin,

Thanks for the link. I've taken a look at that and it says

"specifications for applications that use HTTP won't contain fixed application URLs or paths; while it is common practice [...], doing so in an IETF specification is inappropriate".

This suggests that my original question around a standard and fixed URL path for RSS feeds would be inappropriate for the IETF.  However, it contradicts something like section 2.3 of RFC 9309 (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9309.html#name-access-method) where a fixed URL path is clearly being used for a "robots.txt" file. Please correct me if I'm misunderstanding, but why is having a fixed URL path for something like "robots.txt" acceptable for the IETF, but not for a fixed URL path for RSS feeds?

Thanks for any clarification.


Mark Kennedy
Engineer
openrss.org


On Thursday, December 26th, 2024 at 1:36 AM, Martin J. Dürst <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Sorry for being so late, but when cleaning up my inbox, I found this and
> thought that for some people, a look at RFC 9205 (BCP 56), in particular
> Section 4.4
> (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9205#name-specifying-urls) might
> provide some additional background.
>
> Regards, Martin.
>
> On 2024-12-18 06:41, Rob Sayre wrote:
>
> > Oh, it's so much worse than you think. :)
> >
> > Check this one out:
> >
> > https://help.apple.com/itc/podcasts_connect/#/itcb54353390
> >
> > Look at "itunes:new-feed-url" there. Apologies in advance, it's like
> > nails on a chalkboard.
> >
> > thanks,
> > Rob
>
>
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