AtomWeb Syndication of Tomorrow

A lightning talk by Bill Helmanhttp://twitter.com/@thinkpol

for Simmons GSLIS lis46910, April 2010.

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Anatomy of awell formed log entry

• In 2002 Sam Rubystarted thediscussion thatwould become theAtom standard by2005.

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Why a whole new standard?

•RSS is a closed,proprietary, standardthat has been frozen to“promote stability”

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Some key differences

•Atom is open, nativein XML, more flexible,and has betterencryption andaggregation than RSS.(+more.)

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Kleenex : facial tissue :: RSS : syndication

•RSS is soubiquitous thatit, and it’s logo,have come tomean websyndication

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Atom: in the wild

• Google, Twitter, and manyothers use a version of Atom.You may not even know a sitedoes since it may just displaythe RSS name/logo.

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