Atom Reference
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The Atom Syndication Format is described in RFC 4287 and texts in this reference has been extracted from this standard.
Google Data Protocol (the underlining base of many Google services) provides Atom as a primary mode of access.
RFC 4287 about Atom:
Atom is an XML-based document format that describes lists of related information known as "feeds". Feeds are composed of a number of items, known as "entries", each with an extensible set of attached metadata. For example, each entry has a title.
The primary use case that Atom addresses is the syndication of Web content such as weblogs and news headlines to Web sites as well as directly to user agents.
Google Data Protocol (the underlining base of many Google services) provides Atom as a primary mode of access.
Prepared by: Miloslav Nic (Mila)
