Reading and Writing RSS Feeds - Java 6 - page 525

Q&A
Q What's the difference between RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, and Atom?
A RSS 1.0 is a syndication format that employs the Resource Description Framework
(RDF) to describe items in the feed. RSS 2.0 shares a common origin with RSS 1.0
but does not make use of RDF. Atom is another syndication format that was cre-
ated after the preceding two formats and has been adopted as an Internet standard
by the IETF.
All three formats are suitable for offering web content in XML that can be read
with a reader such as Bloglines or My Yahoo or read by software and stored,
manipulated, or transformed.
Q Why is Extensible Markup Language called XML instead of EML?
A None of the founders of the language appears to have documented the reason for
choosing XML as the acronym. The general consensus in the XML community is
that it was chosen because it “sounds cooler” than EML. Before anyone snickers at
that distinction, Sun Microsystems chose the name Java for its programming lan-
guage using the same criteria, turning down more technical-sounding alternatives
such as DNA and WRL.
There is a possibility that the founders of XML were trying to avoid confusion
with a programming language called EML (Extended Machine Language), which
predates Extensible Markup Language.

Quiz
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Questions
1. What does RSS stand for?
a. Really Simple Syndication
b. RDF Site Summary
c. Both
2. What method cannot be used to add text to an XML element using XOM?
a. addAttribute( String , String)
b. appendChild( Text )
c. appendChild( String )