There could be something better if someone wrote a completely new format with very strict requirements. Try implementing a RSS reader that can reliably keep tra

There could be something better if someone wrote a completely new format with very strict requirements. Try implementing a RSS reader that can reliably keep track of which items/articles are new, which are old but changed, which are unchanged, etc. There is enough wiggle room in both RSS and Atom specifications to make you go crazy with all the crappy half-baked feed generators out there, which unfortunately still do not run afoul of the specs, despite pulling all kinds of inconsistent crap. I don't care if it's json, xml or something completely different, as long as the specs are tight and strict.