RSS and Atom tags

Comparison of Atom and RSS stream format tags in RDF versions 1.0 and 2.0

Container tag

  Atom RSS 2.0 RSS 1.0
Container   rss rss: RDF

The RSS RDF format has a namespace tag for the container:

<rdf:RDF 
  xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
  xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/"
>

Channel tag

  Atom RSS 2.0 RSS 1.0
Container stern channel channel
Name tittle tittle tittle
URL-ADDRESS reference reference reference
Resume Summary subtitle description description
Date updated lastBuildDate dc: date
Logo icon image image
Author author managingEditor  

The basic RSS 1.0 format does not have a publish or modify date tag, it can be added using an optional extension module such as Dublin Core.

Article tag

  Atom RSS 2.0 RSS 1.0
Container sign in question question
Name tittle tittle tittle
URL-ADDRESS reference reference reference
Description summary description description
Date updated AdvertisementDate dc: date
Image logo   image

When Atom is the last modified date and Atom is the first released date. Only the former really seems useful in the stream.

Image tag

  Atom RSS 2.0 RSS 1.0
Container logo image image
Name   tittle tittle
Article URL   reference reference
Image file URL   url url

The Atom format also uses an icon equivalent to a favicon.

Links

The 2.0 and 1.0 format specifications are translated into French. The specification specifies the URL of the source document. The atom is listed in the IETF document rfc4287 .