[imc-commwork] Problems with feed validator and enclosed URL

[boud]

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008, mark burdett wrote:

> hi, my guess is the "^" character in the file name needs to be url-encoded.
> you could try saving the file, editing it to url-encode that character and
> re-running it thru feedvalidator.

The error message seems to say that too:

>> Otherwise, the valid values for a URL are specified by RFC 3986."

RFC 3986:
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3986.html

pozdr
boud



>
> --mark
>
> On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:14:28 -0600, ben wrote:
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I'm having difficulties getting the feed validator at
>> https://contact.indymedia.org/feedvalidator/ to accept the following RSS
>> 2.0 feed for the stlimc.org newswire:
>> http://reboot.stlimc.org/newswire/feed
>>
>> In particular, the validator fails on the following error:
>>
>> "The specified attribute value is not a full URL.
>> If this is a link to a web page, you must include the "http://" at the
>> beginning.
>> Otherwise, the valid values for a URL are specified by RFC 3986."
>>
>> The offending line in the RSS feed is here:
>> <enclosure
>> url="http://reboot.stlimc.org/sites/stlimc.org/files/KDHX_Proposal-IMCtraining^07509.doc"
>> length="37376" type="application/msword" />
>>
>> I'm a bit confused, since the URL specified does indeed begin with
>> http://, and it is a valid URL (can copy & paste into browser just fine).
>>
>> This RSS feed is generated by the Drupal CMS currently running
>> reboot.stlimc.org, no customization, and I've its built-in RSS feed
>> function fine in other venues.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ben West
>> westbywest at riseup.net
>> http://savetheinternet.org
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