Atom (standard)

Atom is an XML-based document format for the Web syndication of web content such as weblogs and news headlines, and an HTTP-based protocol for editing weblogs based on the format.

= History =

In XML-RPC Client/Server Protocol.

After this point, discussion became chaotic, due to the lack of a decision-making process. The project also lacked a name, with Pie, Echo, and Necho used before settling on Atom. After releasing a project snapshot known as Atom 0.2 in early July, discussion moved to a newly set up mailing list. The next and final snapshot during this phase was Atom 0.3 , released in December. This version gained widespread adoption in syndication tools, and in particular it was added to several Google-related services, such as Blogger and Gmail.

2004 began with discussion of moving the project to a standards body such as the W3 Consortium or the IETF. The group eventually chose the IETF, and the Atompub Working Group was formally setup in June 2004, finally giving the project a charter and process. Initial development focused on the syndication format, and after a series of drafts, Atom 1.0 was published in July 2005 and was accepted as a proposed standard in August, the last step before becoming an Request for Comments Internet Standard.

As of August 2005, work continues on the publishing protocol and various extensions to the syndication format. The latest developments, issues, ideas, and pointers to the latest specifications can be found on the FrontPage [http://www.intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/FrontPage Atom Wiki].

=Example=

An example of an Atom Feed document:

Example Feed Insert witty or insightful remark here 2003-12-13T18:30:02Z John Doe urn:uuid:60a76c80-d399-11d9-b91C-0003939e0af6

Atom-Powered Robots Run Amok urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a 2003-12-13T18:30:02Z Some text.

=See also=

*List of content syndication markup languages *Comparison of content syndication markup languages

=External links=

*[http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/atompub-charter.html IETF Atom Publishing Format and Protocol working group (atompub)] *[http://atompub.org/2005/07/11/draft-ietf-atompub-format-10.html The Atom Syndication Format] - Last format draft *[http://www.atomenabled.org/developers/syndication/ Atom Syndication Format - Introduction] - Overview *[http://www.intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/FrontPage Atom Wiki] - The main place for work on Atom. *[http://www.atomenabled.org/ AtomEnabled.org] - An unofficial website following the Atom project *[http://www.intertwingly.net/blog/1472.html Anatomy of a Well Formed Log Entry] - the weblog post that started it all *[http://www.sixapart.com/log/2003/06/why_we_need_ech.shtml Why we need Echo (June 2003)] - Motivation and goals of the Atom project *[http://www.intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/Rss20AndAtom10Compared RSS 2.0 And Atom 1.0 Compared] *[http://www.packtpub.com/rss/book RSS and Atom: Understanding and Implementing Content Feeds and Syndication]: A book on the subject