8/29/09

JSON and RSS

You often hears RSS ( Really Simple Syndication) atau-pun Atom, which is format web feed, now has many applied by consumer Internet to be able to follow news at website its(the favorite.

JSON also serve the purpose of format web feed, one of them is by using Google Data APIs ( or usualy is shortened GData). GDATA x'self is protocol to read and writes data at web, what done GData is do format conversion XML feed becomes format JSON.

Not different far, Yahoo! Pipette also does orthogonal transformation RSS feed from format XML into format JSON, so that your website earns data access direct RSS is not requiring script at server side.

With support from two this Internet giants, usage of JSON seems to be have and would increasingly extends enoughly signi?kan ( who ignores Google and Yahoo!), and unavoidably, of course also invites debate of pro and counter about better which, JSON or XML.

Although for the existing, existence of XML in RSS explains that there are still be required by format JSON is converting from format XML which there have. But, supposing there are two nahkoda in one ships, always available debate space which is difficult ended.