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When saying "RSS" are we talking about the protocol/file format, or using it proverbially for 'syndication'/feeds? Any reason(s) to use RSS (0.9x/1.0/2.0) over
by throw0101a 4y ago
When saying "RSS" are we talking about the protocol/file format, or using it proverbially for 'syndication'/feeds?
Any reason(s) to use RSS (0.9x/1.0/2.0) over Atom (RFC 4287)?
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_feed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_feed
- kevincox 4y agoI'm pretty sure they are doing the latter. I'm not aware of any feed readers that don't accept Atom and you will get much more consistent results as it is more clearly specified.
- tomrod 4y agoSyndication. Virtually no one refers to a protocol or file format in common jargon and dialect.
- Turing_Machine 4y agoYes, Atom is fine (preferable, even...at least to me). We're probably stuck with "RSS" as the generic term, though, for much the same reason we still say "making a record" for music or the floppy disk icon for "save".