 | Level: Intermediate Contributors: IETF 06 Feb 2007
Updated 25 Apr 2007 The Atom Syndication Format helps developers to
format Web feeds, which communicate news and updates of episodic
information on Web sites. Learn more about this standard designed as a
refinement of RSS formats.
RFC 4287:
The Atom Syndication Format 1.0
[IETF RFC] (sometimes called The Atom
Syntax) is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard for
Web feeds, which communicate updates of episodic information on Web
sites. The Web has always included sites that present series of
articles, events, and other postings that are meant to be shared and
cross-referenced, and increasingly large parts of the Web are becoming
conversational communities. Atom is intended as a replacement for a
series of similar formats under the moniker of
RSS
. There are many extensions to the Atom syntax to
handle matters that the working group decided were not required in the
main specification. This design for extensibility keeps Atom simple
without stunting its power.
Resources
- Get introduced to Atom properly by reading An
overview of the Atom 1.0 Syndication Format by James Snell
(developerWorks, August 2005).
- Learn about the more interesting Atom extensions
from James Snell's articles Atom
1.0 extensions, Part 1: Feed history, ordering entries, and expiration
timestamps (developerWorks, October 2005) and Atom 1.0 Extensions, Part 2: Copyright licenses,
automated processing of links, and syndicating threads
(developerWorks, October 2005).
- Browse the Atom
community home page and Atom Wiki.
- Check your Atom documents using the W3C Feed Validation Service,
which is based on the technology at feedvalidator.org.
-
You can get feeds of the latest resources from developerWorks
in Atom format, among others. Learn more from this article, Feed types
and when to use them.
- Read about other XML standards:
Index of XML
standards.
- Find tips, tricks, and answers about Atom, RSS, or other syndication topics in the Atom and RSS forum.
- Participate in any of several XML-centered forums:
XML
zone discussion forums.
- Get involved in the developerWorks community: developerWorks blogs
- Find out how you can become an IBM-Certified
Developer in XML and related technologies at IBM XML
certification.
- See the developerWorks XML Zone for a wide range of
technical articles and tips, tutorials, standards, and IBM Redbooks at
XML
technical library.
- Stay current with technology in these sessions: developerWorks technical events and webcasts.
- Build your next development project with trial
software available for download directly from developerWorks: IBM trial software
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