RSS 0.92 Spec

["Dave Winer" <dave@userland.com>]

Dear Syndicators,

I'm just about wrapping up my work with the RSS 0.92 specification.

http://backend.userland.com/rss092

The most important thing about 0.92 is its continuity with 0.91. By design,
0.91 files are also valid 0.92 files, so aggregators and content developers
have a smooth path forward. It's also continuous with 0.91 from a
philosophic standpoint because there no new required concepts to master.
It's still the simplest XML format out there. An HTML background is all
that's needed to master RSS. All the new bits are optional, so you can take
as much time as you want and still be able to take advantage of new
0.92-compatible software, which, imho, is the whole point.

UserLand has a new product in the last stages of development that builds RSS
0.92 files as its output and uses most of the new features to create a new
more user-friendly and powerful syndication network. Of course of all of
this open and subject to competition. Wish us luck, and thanks for all the
support I've gotten from people on this list.

Dave



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