| RSS 2.0 |
Atom 1.0 |
Comments |
| rss |
- |
Vestigial in RSS |
| channel |
feed |
|
| title |
title |
|
| link |
link |
Atom defines an extensible family of rel values |
| description |
subtitle |
|
| language |
- |
Atom uses standard xml:lang attribute |
| copyright |
rights |
|
| webMaster |
- |
|
| managingEditor |
author or contributor |
|
| pubDate |
published (in entry) |
Atom has no feed-level equivalent |
| lastBuildDate (in channel) |
updated |
RSS has no item-level equivalent |
| category |
category |
|
| generator |
generator |
|
| docs |
- |
|
| cloud |
- |
|
| ttl |
- |
<ttl> is problematic, prefer HTTP 1.1 cache control |
| image |
logo |
Atom recommends 2:1 aspect ratio |
| - |
icon |
As in favicon.ico |
| rating |
- |
|
| textInput |
- |
|
| skipHours |
- |
|
| skipDays |
- |
|
| item |
entry |
|
| author |
author |
|
| - |
contributor |
|
| description |
summary and/or content |
depending on whether full content is provided |
| comments |
- |
|
| enclosure |
- |
rel="enclosure" on <link> in Atom |
| guid |
id |
|
| source |
- |
rel="via" on <link> in Atom |
| - |
source |
Container for feed-level metadata to support aggregation |