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:

Draft IETF charter 

A draft IETF working group charter for Atom has been posted on the wiki. In March, I expect the names of the IETF director(s) and advisors to be filled in, each bullet in the description to be replaced by a paragraph, and dates to be determine in the goals and milestones section.

Blogging via Atom API on Nokia 6600 

Pertti Korhonen, Nokia’s new CTO introduced PhotoBlog for Series 60 in his keynote at ETech in San Diego. This application proof-of-concept is supporting the Atom API enabling users to post to leading blog platforms. The application was developed by Futurice, who is developing a Photblog platform. More info here...

Finally Atom 

One of the best unofficial resources for information about the Atom project is Finally Atom, a weblog maintained by Danny Ayers. Keep up with Finally Atom through its Atom feed.

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