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of how these structures were developed. The Atom specification provides a richer set of values on the
whole.
Atom RSS 1.0 Description
feed channel Root element of the feed document
title title Feed title
id Feed identifier
updated Date the feed was most recently updated
subtitle Feed subtitle
generator Application that generated the feed
link link URL for the HTML version of the feed
description Feed description
logo, icon image URI for a feed image
items RDF sequence acting as a table of contents
entry item Feed entry container
The next table shows elements in the Atom
<entry> and RSS 1.0 <item> elements. The ‘‘item’’ contents
for RSS 1.0 are in the Dublin Core (DC) namespace. The matches between the schemas are much closer
here, and the differences reflect the fact that the DC format has strong origins in the library community,
and Atom was primarily developed for the requirements of web logs.
Atom DC Description
id identifier Identifier of the resource
title title Name by which the resource is known
published date Date of publication
updated Date updated
author Container for name, e-mail, and URI elements
name creator The person or organization responsible for creating
the resource
email Author’s e-mail address
uri URI associated with the author
contributor contributor Contributor to a work; same structure as author .
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