CNET: Blog Format Truce Proposed
Scripting.com: RFC: Merge RSS and Atom?
Dave Winer, the guy who created RSS (Really Simple Syndication), is considered a pain in the ass in some sectors of the blog community. Nonetheless, everyone loves RSS, an XML protocol which is the most popular way to syndicate web content that's come around in a while. But since he's been a pain about it, another group of folks started something called Atom, which was basically a way to do an end-run around Dave Winer, yet get the same functionality of XML content syndication. After Google announced its adoption of the Atom standard, Winer got the message and has suggested a compromise that would cede control of the standard to a technical standards organization.
