Issue status update for http://drupal.org/node/26223 Post a follow up: http://drupal.org/project/comments/add/26223 Project: Drupal -Version: 4.6.2 +Version: cvs Component: node system Category: feature requests Priority: normal Assigned to: Anonymous Reported by: frjo Updated by: frjo -Status: active +Status: patch Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/common_rss_guid_02.patch (524 bytes) I made a patch for the cvs version of Drupal also. I believe this is a smal but very nice improvement of Drupals RSS support. frjo Previous comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sat, 02 Jul 2005 07:29:30 +0000 : frjo Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/common_rss_guid.patch (537 bytes) This patch add the guid (globally unique identifier) tag to the rss feed. This is in line with the RSS 2.0 Specification, se below. It's a very simpel, one line patch, to the format_rss_item function in common.inc. I want this personally so my news reader (NetNewsWire) can distinguish between new and updates posts.

From http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss

"A frequently asked question about s is how do they compare to s. Aren't they the same thing? Yes, in some content systems, and no in others. In some systems, is a permalink to a weblog item. However, in other systems, each is a synopsis of a longer article, points to the article, and is the permalink to the weblog entry. In all cases, it's recommended that you provide the guid, and if possible make it a permalink. This enables aggregators to not repeat items, even if there have been editing changes. "