Rss and Atom,Both are different??

what is difference between Rss and Atom?

that i know very well want is rss and y we can use for rss but still i m confused with below query.......

when i subscribe with this yahoo blogging website(http://www.ysearchblog.com/),than it give's two option like:

Subscribe with ATOM
Subscribe with RSS Web 2.o


-Collee

 

Yes Collee, Rss Feeds and Atom both are different in technology. Yet both are using for same purpose. For syndication of the content. You can fine exact difference between RSS and Atom here.

http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2005/07/rss-vs-atom-you-know-for-dummies/

Read "Comparing RSS and Atom" Section of this article.

I found this link on net.

 

thnaks for reply,

but here not exactly explain,y we need both?

both are syndicated content than than y we can say ATOM and RSs different ?
-Collee

 

RSS (Rich Site Summary) - is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. An RSS document (which is called a "feed," "web feed," or "channel") includes full or summarized text plus metadata such as publish dates and authors.

Atom (Atom Syndication Format) - is the next generation of XML-based file formats, designed to allow information--the contents of web pages, for example--to be syndicated between applications.

 

Read this 5th difference, it is explained very simply that what is difference and how it is helpful to readers,

5. Autodiscovery is standardized in the Atom specification, whereas in RSS there have been several ways to discover feeds, to this date. Best approach: Atom even though it is not a grave situation for RSS.

Hope it is clear to you.

 

boths RSS and Atoms are using same purpose but RSS is easy to use and it is popular. atoms is good method.

 

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thanks for sharing