Re: The myth of RSS compatibility

gunnarsunshine wrote:
> It appears that implementing an RSS news reader may be a lot of work to 
> do. At least when
> one reads the web page
> http://diveintomark.org/archives/2004/02/04/incompatible-rss
>
> Is the above mentioned web page accurate in its description of 
> incompatibility?

I don't believe there's anything factually inaccurate on that page, however 
the practical implications are vastly overstated, assumedly for dramatic 
effect. It makes for entertaining reading, but it's not a great practical 
resource.

Implementing an RSS reader can be a lot of work, but that has more to do 
with the realities of parsing malformed feeds than it does with multiple RSS 
versions.

Regards
James



 
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