Sounds handy, but I'm still having trouble caring all that much. What's somethin... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		davidw on Oct 9, 2007 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Atom Publishing Protocol is now RFC 5023 Sounds handy, but I'm still having trouble caring all that much. What's something actually interesting that people do with it?

bct on Oct 9, 2007 [–]

Google's GData API is based on it. Word supposedly has an AtomPub client, so you can publish right from your word processor. It's the next step in reinventing USENET. Et cetera.

The tech isn't particularly exciting, but it provides a way to unite what are now totally different APIs.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact