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Google Picks Atom for Syndication

http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/001780.shtml

Dan Gillmor reports, “Google’s Jason Shellen confirms that the company is dropping RSS support in favor of Atom.” Gillmor adds Dave Winer is worried Google is building its own aggregator.

RSS is such a standards mess that it’s ripe for competition. What is not in competition is the proof of concept for a lightweight Internet headline service. May the best implementation win!

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