[lis-forum] another alternative to RSS feed
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Dear Friends This is the first time i am writing in this forum. I have noticed that when we try to subscribe any RSS Feed, on many websites we may have an option for RSS Feed or ATOM Feed, as ATOM Feed are becoming a widely used alternative. RSS and ATOM are two different types of XML Feed. XML is the underlying language used to provide the feed. So, for a librarian both the options are same as we are more concerned about the latest information we are getting by subscribing to any feed. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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You are right, RSS has evolved and branched into variants.
Fortunately, most Readers take care of its variants.
RSS is most often used term to refer to RSS and its variants. It is
this general term which I have used in my presentation at
http://www.slideshare.net/sukhi/
Thanks
--Sukhdev Singh, NIC.
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 12:21 PM, bhawna vashishtha
Dear Friends This is the first time i am writing in this forum. I have noticed that when we try to subscribe any RSS Feed, on many websites we may have an option for RSS Feed or ATOM Feed, as ATOM Feed are becoming a widely used alternative. RSS and ATOM are two different types of XML Feed. XML is the underlying language used to provide the feed. So, for a librarian both the options are same as we are more concerned about the latest information we are getting by subscribing to any feed.
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