What is the difference between RSS and Atom?

[alsiladka]

Hey, guys, i have seen many websites hosting both Atom and RSS feeds. What is th basic difference between the two of them?

 

[Arsenal_Gunners]

Try this dude.
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_(standard)#Atom_Compared_to_RSS_2.0

 

[alsiladka]

Thanx dude, seems atom is a much better choice than RSS.

 

[Simple_Graduate]

I believe Atom is default with blogger?

 

[alsiladka]

Atom is default with gmail too. All the google services.