Is your feed reader/library capable of properly resolving the Base URI without using xml:base?
Test Feed: http://www.snellspace.com/public/baseuri.atom
Feed Validator Output: http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.snellspace.com%2Fpublic%2Fbaseuri.atom
See RFC 3986 Section 5.1 for details on how to resolve a Base URI. See here for discussion.
The second column asks whether or not the reader is capable of "one-click subscription" of the test feed.
Aggregator | Result | One-click subscription? |
Abdera | N/A | |
Bloglines | x | ? |
Bloglines Beta | x | ? |
BottomFeeder 4.1 | ? | ? |
FeedDemon 2.0 | ? | ? |
FeedTools 0.2.24 | ? | ? |
Firefox 2.0.0.6 | ||
Google Reader | ? | ? |
Google Home (ig) | ? | ? |
Gregarius | ? | ? |
Internet Explorer 7 Beta2 | ? | ? |
JetBrains Omea | ? | ? |
JournURL | ? | ? |
Liferea | ? | |
MagpieRSS | ? | ? |
My Yahoo! | ? | ? |
NetNewsWire | ? | ? |
NewsFire | ? | ? |
Netvibes | ? | ? |
Newsgator Online | ? | ? |
Newzcrawler 1.8RC3 | ? | ? |
Opera | ||
RSS Bandit v1.3.0.42 | ? | ? |
RSS Owl 1.2 | ? | ? |
Safari 2.02 | ? | ? |
Sage | ? | ? |
Sharpreader | ? | ? |
Shrook | ? | ? |
Snarfer | ? | ? |
Thunderbird 1.5 | ? | ? |
Universal Feed Parser | ? | ? |