Chapter 4. RSS 2.0

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

Dorothy L. Sayers, Lord Peter Wimsey in Gaudy Night

This chapter describes the RSS 2.0 specification in detail, how it works, and how it is created. It also explores RSS 2.0 predecessors—the largely compatible 0.91 and 0.92 specifications—and how they relate and can be converted to the latest standard.

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