RSS and Atom are 2 different formats.
Your confusion probably comes from the fact that RSS is older, so it's sometimes used as the name of the functionality but it's improper. They're 2 different formats.
Your confusion probably comes from the fact that RSS is older, so it's sometimes used as the name of the functionality but it's improper. They're 2 different formats.
There are feed formats named "RSS". There is a feed format named "Atom". And there is a concept named "RSS". The RSS formats, like the Atom format, are all implementations of the RSS concept. Generally, when you subscribe to an RSS feed somewhere, it will be in the Atom format. It's still called an "RSS feed" for the simple reason that that is the name of the concept.
> it's sometimes used as the name of the functionality but it's improper.
No it isn't. What would you gain by insisting that RSS feeds delivered via Atom have to be called something different than RSS feeds delivered in legacy formats? Did we rename TLS when we updated the cipher suites?
Why, in your opinion, is rssboard.org even bothering to write about Atom?
The concept is called a (web/news) feed:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_feed
> It's still called an "RSS feed" for the simple reason that that is the name of the concept.
No, it's because "RSS" is acting as an adjective to the noun of "feed". See also "Atom feed": Atom being the adjective, feed being the noun (concept).
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Instead I'd say that Atom feeds and RSS feeds are each an implementation of the syndication concept.