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> "how poorly most people implement RSS." ^upvoted! I agree, it's horrible! Not only are the many different versions of RSS & ATOM a problem, but the freedom o
by dgesang 14y ago
> "how poorly most people implement RSS."
^upvoted! I agree, it's horrible! Not only are the many different versions of RSS & ATOM a problem, but the freedom of putting any kind of data in any of the fields. I've seen "descriptions" in the "title" property, "images" in "links", "links" in "images", "links" as "urls", "UUID" as "ids", and so on and on and on. If it wasn't for Java ROME, I would be spending dozens of hours just making our aggregator compatible to any newsfeed our users come up with.
Stick to the standards, folks!
- dclowd9901 14y agoWe should really be ditching RSS in favor of more flexible platforms like those on schema.org. The web is constantly evolving and changing; to try to keep some extremely legacy tech in tow is just asking for trouble. It's not even useful for its structure, as people are misusing it, so I don't see why we should. At least following schema.org conventions aides in your SEO.