Atom License Extension
I’m happy to report that the Atom License Extension has been approved for publishing as an Experimental RFC.
What exactly does that mean? That means that the spec is finished, it’s waiting for an RFC# and folks should feel free to start implementing support for it. The “Experimental” part basically just means that it’s still not clear exactly how this spec is going to be implemented and used long term. There are plenty of feeds that are using the license link extension but there are very few client applications that are making intelligent use of those links. Until we can get a good sense of how it’s going to be used, the “Experimental” status makes the most sense. Don’t let that flag deter you from using it tho. The spec is done, it’s stable… go forth and implement!
Btw, Abdera already has support for it :-)
Abdera abdera = new Abdera(); Entry entry = abdera.newEntry(); LicenseHelper.addLicense(entry, "http://http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf"); ... System.out.println(LicenseHelper.hasLicense(entry, "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf")); ...