[From my post to the RSS2-Support list.]
I've noticed recently that a number of feeds I follow have not been working properly in that my aggregator doesn't generate a hyperlink to the entry. I took a look at these feeds and noted they are all RSS 2.0 being generated by Radio. Furthermore, there is a <guid> element, but no <link> tag. The <guid> in fact a valid URL that points to the content, so all that has happened is a renaming of a tag.
What was the point of renaming the <link> element? I know the "spec" says this is legal, but it seems silly since not long ago Sam Ruby's quick survey of RSS tag usage nearly 88% of feeds provided an item <link>. Its breaking interoperability that the user base has defined and for what? In order for me to read these feeds the way I like I have to modify/upgrade my software? That doesn't seem very neighborly at all.
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