GData released: a new syndication protocol by Google

based on Atom 1.0 and RSS 2.0.

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Some more very interesting work coming from the Google Code [code.google.com] site:

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The Google data APIs ("GData" for short) provide a simple standard protocol for reading and writing data on the web. GData combines common XML-based syndication formats (Atom and RSS) with a feed-publishing system based on the Atom publishing protocol, plus some extensions for handling queries.

GData is based on Atom 1.0 (and RSS 2.0) but allows authentication and queries.