Atom Threading, Profile URLs, and RSS Validation

We�ve just launched three additions / fixes to Blogger�s site feeds:

• <thr:in-reply-to> elements from Atom Threading Extensions (RFC 4685). These elements point from comment feed entries to the post feed entry that they�re commenting on. They�re especially useful for associating comments from the per-blog comment feed with the relevant posts.
• Profile URLs in <person> entries. We�re now adding <uri> elements to <person> elements that point to the person�s Blogger profile or homepage. This matches the behavior on Blogger�s HTML comment pages. We�re also adding these elements to post <entry>s, but only if the author of the post lists the blog on his profile.
• RSS 2.0 feeds now validate. We�ve added dummy noreply@blogger.com email addresses to <person> entries so that they validate in RSS 2.0, which requires an email address.

How are these working out for you? Let us know in the Blogger API Google Group.

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