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How Is An Atom Feed Different From An RSS Feed?
Atom becoming the more popular syndication feed
An Atom feed is very similar to an RSS feed in that it is a lightweight XML format allowing for easy syndication of web content. In fact, most RSS readers and news aggregators will be able to read Atom feeds just fine, as it is becoming a widely-used alternative to RSS feeds.
For those who are unfamiliar with syndication feeds (such as an Atom feed, an RSS feed or an RDF feed), they are small text files that provide information about content on websites. When content is updated, the feed text file is also updated, either manually or programatically. Applications called "readers" or "aggregators" can then check these small text files and notify someone when new content is available.
If you already have an RSS feed, creating an Atom feed is extremely easy. The primary difference between the two formats (from a developer's standpoint) is the XML tags that are used. You can refer to Atomenabled.org/developers/syndication/ for more information about the Atom specification and for information about required tags as well as available tags.
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Published on Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Comments:
A fairly complete how-to for creating atom feeds is now on-line at this URL. I have included notes on one annoying browser quirk and also a Perl/CGI script to allow for sorting Atom feeds inside of an ordinary web browser.:
http://starling.us/atom
Posted by: Gan Uesli Starling
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Very interesting -but which of the two is considered best or standard?
Posted by: Jerry
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
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According to the Rmail [http://www.r-mail.org/] database, Atom 1.0 still represents a fraction of 1% of all feeds.
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Wednesday, February 07, 2007