[OSM-dev] author tag in rss user diaries

[Jiri Vlasak]

> > Dear OSM devs,
> >
> > I have a question about RSS feed of user diaries. I've subscribed the
> > user diaries in my RSS but there is no author displayed. When looking at
> > the feed, <dc:creator> is used instead of <author>.
> >
> > I would like to now if this is intentiaonal, or could be changed to
> > <author>?
> 
> My first thought was "sure, why not? I've no idea why we use
> dc:creator anyway". Then I ran git blame on the line in question, and
> found out that it was me who changed it four years ago!
> 
> https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-website/commit/5164c71646461039e5158883b36cdd6837acb000
> 
> In short, for RSS 2.0, "author" has to be a valid email address, so we
> can't use that element. More information is available in the
> corresponding pull request
> https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/1349

Thank for information. Changing my RSS reader helped. Better to stick
with the standard.

Have a nice day,
jiri