[georss] Commas and radius in the spec.

[Stefan F. Keller]

Hi,



Just browsed over the spec. and got some questions:



1. In http://www.georss.org/simple.html it is stated in 3rd para, that:



<<

Some publishers and users may prefer to seperate lat/long pairs by a comma
rather than whitespace. This is permissible in Simple; GeoRSS parsers should
just treat commas as whitespace.

<<



I would clarify what is meant by the usage of commas: Is it meant only for
Simple (or for all GeoRSS parsers)? Is it permissible between *and* within
pairs? My proposal:



>>

In Simple, commas are allowed instead of white spaces in order to separate
lat/long pairs (like this <georss:point>45.256, -71.92</georss:point> or
this <georss:line>45.256 -110.45, 46.46 -109.48, 43.84 -109.86</georss:line>).
Therefore, GeoRSS parsers of Simple should treat a comma as a white space.

>>



2. Are commas allowed in lat/lon values?

=> I think not.



3. In http://www.georss.org/model.html there seems that the explanation of
the attribute 'radius' is missing. This is just for completeness and to be
consistent with figure 1 in top.



-- Stefan
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