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RSS: The Web's API

Dare has a great post that talks about all the great things that can happen when sites agree upon a standard content interchange format: RSS. A nice companion post to Jon Udell's from about a month ago, previously mentioned.

I still think there's a pretty decent chance that Atom will supplant RSS in 12-18 months as the interchange format of choice, simply because the standard nouns (the Atom Format) are coupled with standard verbs (the Atom API), but you never can tell in this business!

I tend to listen very carefully when Adam Bosworth speaks (like those E.F. Hutton ads for you old timers). He has the unique combination of a wide perspective and a deep understanding of what it takes to realize a vision.

Source: Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life - Adam Bosworth's Web of Data: Is RSS the only API your Website Needs?

Posted by Eric on April 27, 2005 09:56 AM • • Microfeed

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I have to agree. The advantage of Atom is that the format and API share the same XML schema. Unfortunately, there has been little movement on the API front over the last 12 months as they've focused almost exclusively on the format.

Posted by: Randy Charles Morin | April 27, 2005 10:57 AM

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