Syndication Errors Fixed

It seems that the default WordPress configuration for generating RSS 2.0 feeds is bogus. This is the case for both the entry and comment feeds. However, I fixed my feeds by editing the following files for WordPress:

• wp-rss2.php (responsible for generating the RSS 2.0 entry feed) - I commented out the two content:encoded statements. I have failed to find any adequate documentation as to why one needs to use a content:encoded element in addition to the description element. The RSS 2.0 Specification does not say anything about a content:encoded element so I opted to just use the description element per specification. Details shown here:
  
• wp-commentsrss2.php (responsible for generating the RSS 2.0 Comments feed) - The code suffered the same fate with the content:encoded element mentioned above. Details shown here:
  

Applying these fixes resulted in valid RSS feeds. I no longer see any errors when using the Feed Validator or when using Feed Demon to read the feeds.

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