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Atom > RSS: Why We Should Just Call Them “Feeds” Instead of “RSS” Feeds

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I’m no longer calling feeds “RSS feeds”. From now on I’m calling them “syndication” feeds, or just “feeds”. There have been two standards for doing this type of XML-based website syndication for a long time now — Atom and RSS. RSS is older and has more penetration, so its name has been confused with its function. Just like Xerox, Kleenex and Google."


  1. Étrange hasard, magie de la sérendipité, je lisais « ainsi va la vie, en attendant le tsunami » chez Karl juste quelques minutes après avoir publié…

  2. New rule: if your RSS/Atom feed doesn't contain the full content, I don't subscribe.

    I want to be able to read feeds in my feed reader when offline, so I will not lose time to load empty feeds anymore. 😡