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Asked: 2026-06-06T22:33:41+00:00

I am planning to make an iPhone application that pulls the information from websites

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I am planning to make an iPhone application that pulls the information from websites and lists it on the iPhone. The data is received either in Atom or RSS. I would love to know which one is better regarding these criteria:

Stability
Flexibility
Longevity
Expandability

The most important thing is that i would prefer to invest my work on a format that will be still used in the next 5 years. So which one seems to be better? Thanx in advance.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Both formats are still popular and will be around in 5 years time, and you will find 100 of tools for generating and consuming both. But if your not bound by a legacy choise I would pick Atom because it’s more flexible. Atom is spec’ed out better in RFC’s and also has an official sister protocol (AtomPub) that is designed for updating resources.

    Atom spec: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4287.txt

    AtomPub spec: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5023.txt

    So both formats are about equal in : Stability and Longevity
    But Atom (with AtomPub) excels in: Flexibility and Expandability

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