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Sorry to split hairs here but RSS is not a protocol but a syndication format: http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specificatio
by rsscircus 8y ago
Sorry to split hairs here but RSS is not a protocol but a syndication format: http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification
Atom is also a format but have proposed a publication protocol : https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5023 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5023
- Kalium 8y agoYou're completely correct! Is it perhaps possible that in this particular case, the difference you so wisely point to between a format and a protocol is possessed of a great and bountiful opportunity to be relevant? The discussion at hand is between "protocols" and "platforms", which might otherwise be cast as "standards" and "products". Again, you're completely correct. It might just be worth considering that in some cases, a distinction without difference can be of limited value to a discussion where it is at best tangential.