I see there are feeds and rss, but I don't see any atom.
If there aren't tags for other types of feed, is rss needed?
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1Does "feeds" refer to everything that is a news feed (RSS, atom, etc) or the module called "Feeds" ? – HedgeMage Jun 9 '11 at 14:55
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@HedgeMage Looking at the questions tagged "feeds," I get it is referring to news feeds, not the module. As the module handles news feeds, I think that there isn't much distinction between the two cases, in the same way "views" could refer to the module, or the output of that module. – kiamlaluno♦ Jun 9 '11 at 15:44
A lot of people, especially developers, tend to refer to feeds as "rss", regardless of flavor.
I recommend rss be made a synonym for feeds and then merged. Can anyone think of a good reason why either one of these tags would be needed for any other purpose?
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I think merging would be a good idea. Waiting for more feedback before doing anything yet. – googletorp♦ Jun 9 '11 at 22:23
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I disagree of the merging of these 2 tags, but maybe convert the "feeds" in "feeds-module" to avoid ambiguity. – tostinni Jun 13 '11 at 16:52
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@kiamlaluno, I think rss is very generic and commonly used to mean feed, who cares nowadays of the differences between rss and atom ? All readers support both, and in fact I've heard way more "rss reader" instead of "feed reader". – tostinni Jun 15 '11 at 20:21
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@tostinni It's not very generic, as RSS is a feed format, but not all feeds use the RSS format. – kiamlaluno♦ Jun 15 '11 at 20:29
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@kiamlaluno, it's generic in the same sense that you say a MP3 player and not a digital music player, so yes it's not etymologically correct but it is commonly used and also I think it it's quite important to not confuse discussion about the feeds module. – tostinni Jun 15 '11 at 20:59
