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Feeds are a popular beast on the Web today; they are usually associated with what are called feed readers, and with a particular kind of web application known as a web log (or just blog for short). Blogs (and other types of data exposed as feeds) syndicate (broadcast) their data, and feed readers consume that syndicated data.
The two XML schemas that are used for feed syndication are Really Simple Syndication (RSS) and the Atom Syndication Format. Atom is the more recent standard and seems to be winning the hearts and minds of most developers and companies. It is accompanied by the Atom Publishing Protocol (commonly known as APP or AtomPub), which is more than just a format specification, but is an additional set of constraints built on top of REST architecture. AtomPub dictates the media types for a service, as well as the required uniform interface implementation for content publishing. AtomPub has grown to be used in many different applications besides classic content publishing like blogs.
The two XML schemas that are used for feed syndication are Really Simple Syndication (RSS) and the Atom Syndication Format. Atom is the more recent standard and seems to be winning the hearts and minds of most developers and companies. It is accompanied by the Atom Publishing Protocol (commonly known as APP or AtomPub), which is more than just a format specification, but is an additional set of constraints built on top of REST architecture. AtomPub dictates the media types for a service, as well as the required uniform interface implementation for content publishing. AtomPub has grown to be used in many different applications besides classic content publishing like blogs.