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Why aren't we serving rss feeds as json?
Just curious why we are still serving them as xml and not json??? Then they would basically become a REST interface, right?
- rssident 14y agoWhat difference would it make? It's just as easy to work with XML as it is to work with JSON in most languages. How do you handle the equivalent of CDATA in JSON?
- claudius 14y agoa) What benefit would you expect from JSON over XML justifying a new standard? b) REST does not imply JSON. c) Question marks are not pack animals.
- ZenzerNet 14y agoThe nerd in me likes this idea. But I can't see the practical use. Nevertheless, seeing the DEATH of the RSS INDUSTRY following the killing of Google Reader, a new format wouldn't feel out of place. Fresh new start and everything... :)
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- xauronx 14y agoI was wondering the same thing. I think it would make sense. Here are a couple of interesting pages I found: http://rssjs.org/ http://rssjs.org/ http://scripting.com/stories/2012/09/10/rssInJsonForReal.html http://scripting.com/stories/2012/09/10/rssInJsonForReal.htm...
- splawn 14y agoI think its the same reason html isn't json. json wasn't as widely used when the spec was created.