Atom Syndication Format
ATOM stands for Atom Syndication Format
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Atom (XML)
Atom is an XML -based file format used to syndicate content. (WhatIs.com)
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IETF approves proposal for Atom format
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards body has approved the Atom 1.0 data syndication format as a “proposed standard”. (ComputerWeekly.com)
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More on Web Syndication: Atom 1.0
Ed Tittel discusses the increasingly popular Atom 1.0 and how it provides Really Simple Syndication. (SearchSOA.com)
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