What is Atom?

Atom is a simple way to read and write information on the web, allowing you to easily keep track of more sites in less time, and to seamlessly share your words and ideas by publishing to the web.

If you're new to Atom, you can find out more about what Atom can do for you. Or if you just want to get started, tools and services which work with the Atom format are listed in the AtomEnabled directory.

Created by leading service providers, tool vendors and independent developers, Atom is designed to be a universal publishing standard for personal content and weblogs. Technical information about working with the Atom format is available at the developer information page, and publications or weblogs that are interested in the benefits of being AtomEnabled can find out more about the benefits of Atom for publishers.

The latest news on Atom:

Announcing AtomEnabled.org! 

AtomEnabled.org has launched, and you are already here. Check out the developers section for the latest information and specs on how to AtomEnable your application. Everyone benefits from AtomEnabled tools and services, find out where to get them in the directory. The site is still in beta while we tighten things up.

Talk of Atom at Winterfest 

Anil Dash and others participated in RSS Winterfest, a webcast discussion supported by a wikiblog on Atom and the Future of RSS. The event is free and continues tomorrow.

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