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Chapter 3. The Main Standards

The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.

?Andrew S. Tanenbaum

In this short chapter, we will summarize the most commonly used XML syndication standards, namely:

  • RSS 0.91

  • RSS 0.92

  • RSS 2.0 and modules

  • RSS 1.0 and modules

With these four main threads, each expanded on in later chapters, we run the entire gamut of syndication possibilities: from the simple "channel and 15 URLs" of RSS 0.91 to the "unlimited number of entire articles and massive amounts of metadata" combination of RSS 1.0 and modules.



    		Preface
    		Chapter 1. Introduction
    		Chapter 2. Content-Syndication Architecture
    		Chapter 3. The Main Standards
    		3.1 RSS 0.91
    		3.2 RSS 0.92
    		3.3 RSS 2.0
    		3.4 RSS 1.0
    		Chapter 4. RSS 0.91, 0.92, and 2.0 (Really Simple Syndication)
    		Chapter 5. Richer Metadata and RDF
    		Chapter 6. RSS 1.0 (RDF Site Summary)
    		Chapter 7. RSS 1.0 Modules
    		Chapter 8. RSS 2.0 (Simply Extensible)
    		Chapter 9. Using Feeds
    		Chapter 10. Directories, Web Aggregators, and Desktop Readers
    		Chapter 11. Developing New Modules
    		Chapter 12. Publish and Subscribe
    		Appendix A. The XML You Need for RSS
    		Appendix B. Useful Sites and Software
    		Colophon