RSS has a complicated history, but the versions you’re most likely most familiar with are maintained by the RSS Advisory Board and state definitively: “Its name

RSS has a complicated history, but the versions you’re most likely most familiar with are maintained by the RSS Advisory Board and state definitively: “Its name is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication.” That said, this is in fact a backronym created when Dave Winer rolled RSS 2.0 out. Check out this link[1] and ask yourself, what happened to RSS 1.0? You could start at the RSS Wikipedia page to investigate further if you’re interested. [1] https://www.rssboard.org/rss-change-notes https://www.rssboard.org/rss-change-notes