[OASIS Issue Tracker] (ODATA-659) ATOM format spec doesn't say if atom:content is optional in request payload

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Michael Pizzo commented on ODATA-659:
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Deferred due to inactivity on Atom format 2017-6-29.

> ATOM format spec doesn't say if atom:content is optional in request payload
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>                 Key: ODATA-659
>                 URL: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/ODATA-659
>             Project: OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: ATOM Format
>    Affects Versions: V4.0_CS02
>            Reporter: Evan Ireland
>            Priority: Minor
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> ATOM format spec section 10.2 "Element atom:content" does not indicate if the element can be omitted in client-to-server requests.
> The ATOM syndication spec allows atom:content to be optional, perhaps we should be clear about that too.
> (Having the element included in request payload seems to offer no value, as the server should know a retrieval URL, and if the client wanted to set or change the MIME type of a media entity they need to do it with the HTTP Content-Type header anyway).
> Also, if the client does include atom:content, and they set the "type" attribute, is there any expectation that the server should take note of it? (Considering that the client would be expected to set the Content-Type header in POST/PUT).



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