Atom
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Atom Syndication Format (XML)-used for web feeds Atom Publishing Protocol (HTTP)-protocol for creating and updating web resources
Key facts
- Filename extension
- .atom , .xml
- Internet media type
- application/atom+xml
- Developed by
- Internet Engineering Task Force
- Initial release
- RFC 4287 December 2005 ; 20 years ago ( 2005-12 )
- Type of format
- Web syndication
- Container for
- Updates of a website and its related metadata ( Web feed )
- Extended from
- XML
- Open format
- Yes
- Website
- www .ietf .org /rfc /rfc4287 .txt
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Wikidata facts
- Based on
- XML
- Developer
- Internet Engineering Task Force
- Official website
- www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4287
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- media type
- application/atom+xml
- file extension
- xml
- facet of
- serialization
- inception
- 2005-00-00
- XML namespace URL
- www.w3.org/2005/Atom
- topic's main category
- Category:Atom (web standard)
- different from
- Atom
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Encyclopedic overview
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The name Atom applies to a pair of related Web standards. The Atom Syndication Format is an XML language used for web feeds, while the Atom Publishing Protocol (AtomPub or APP) is a simple HTTP-based protocol for creating and updating web resources.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Atom” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.