# Atom

- [[go]] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_(Web_standard)
  - [[quote]] The Atom format was developed as an [[alternative]] to [[RSS]]. [[Ben Trott]], an advocate of the new format that became Atom, believed that RSS had [[limitations]] and [[flaws]]—such as lack of on-going innovation and its necessity to remain backward compatible—and that there were advantages to a [[fresh design]].
- [[spec]] [[rfc]] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5023