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See the update at the end of this post.

If you're implementing support for comment feeds, it's wfw:commentRSS and not wfw:commentRss, it's wfw:commentRss. Note the capitalization. Or maybe not? Read on.

I checked the wfw namespace elements page, and lo and behold, it's wfw:commentRSS wfw:commentRss. I guess when we had done the Comment API support in blojsom, that page didn't exist. The Comment API support in blojsom was initially done in April, 2003 and that page is dated October, 2003. No matter. All is well. I fixed the RSS 2.0 template in CVS to use the proper capitalization.

Erik Thauvin had pointed me at an issue with empty elements in our Comment API implementation as he was implementing comments and Comment API support as well. And, so that issue is fixed as well.

So, everyone is using wfw:commentRSS wfw:commentRss right?

Chris Sells specification uses wfw:commentRss.
Dare Obasanjo uses wfw:commentRss.
Sam Ruby uses wfw:commentRss.
Joe Gregorio (who wrote the Comment API specification) uses wfw:commentRss.

Wordpress uses wfw:commentRSS (So, there are a lot of Wordpress feeds out there using wfw:commentRSS).
Mark Pilgrim's Feed Parser change history mentions wfw:commentRSS.

One wonders if the namespace element document was following the convention of RSS as all capitals or if it really should be wfw:commentRss and not wfw:commentRSS. I'm erring on the side of the specification and going with wfw:commentRSS. At least for now ...

Update: I sent an e-mail to Joe Gregorio asking him whether it was wfw:commentRSS or wfw:commentRss.

That appears to be a typo on my part. Chris Sells is the
originator of the element and he uses the Rss version.
Sorry about the confusion.

-joe

The namespace elements page has been updated to reflect the proper capitalization of this element.

wfw:commentRss

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