RSS 历史

 

RSS has been released in many different versions.
RSS用于很多不同版本。

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The History of RSS
RSS历史

• 1997 - Dave Winer develops scriptingNews. RSS was born.
  1997年- Dave Winer发展了scriptingNews. 于是RSS诞生了。
   
• 1999 - Netscape develops RSS 0.90 (which supported scriptingNews). This was simply XML with an RDF Header.
  1999年- Netscape发展了RSS 0.90（scriptingNews支持）。这只是相对建议的包含RDF Header的XML。
   
• 1999 - Dave Winer at UserLand develops scriptingNews 2.0b1 (This included Netscape's RSS 0.90 features)
  1999年- Dave Winer在UserLand发展了scriptingNews 2.0b1（这已经包含了Netscape's RSS 0.90的特征）
   
• 1999 - Netscape develops RSS 0.91. In this version they removed the RDF header, but included most features from scriptingNews 2.0b1.
  1999年- Netscape发展了RSS 0.91。在这个版本中他们删去了RDF header，但是加进了大部分scriptingNews 2.0b1的特征。
   
• 1999 - UserLand gets rid of scriptingNews and uses only RSS 0.91
  1999年- UserLand脱离了scriptingNews并且只使用RSS 0.91。
   
• Netscape stops their RSS development
  Netscape终止了RSS发展
   
• 2000 - UserLand releases the official RSS 0.91 specification
  2000年- UserLand放弃了官方RSS 0.91规格
   
• 2000 - A group lead by Rael Dornfest at O'Reilly develops RSS 1.0. This format uses RDF and namespaces. This version is often confused as being a new version of 0.91, but this is a completely new format with no ties to RSS 0.91
  2000年-在Rael Dornfes，一个由Rael Dornfest领导的组织开发了RSS 1.0。其格式用到RDF和命名空间（namespaces）。尽管作为0.91版本之后的一个新版本，很多人对此持怀疑态度；但是这是一个和原先的RSS0.91没有任何关联的全新版本。
   
• 2000 - Dave Winer at UserLand develops RSS 0.92
  2000年- Dave Winer在UserLand开发了RSS 0.92
   
• 2002 - Dave Winer develops RSS 2.0 after leaving Userland
  2002年- Dave在离开Userland之后， 又开发了RSS 2.0。 
   
• 2003 - The official RSS 2.0 specification is released
  2003年 - 官方RSS 2.0发布正式发布。

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What are the Differences?
有什么不同？

RSS 1.0 is the only version that was developed using the W3C RDF (Resource Description Framework) standard.
RSS 1.0是唯一使用W3C RDF（资源描述框架Resource Description Framework）标准开发的。

The idea behind RDF is to help create a Semantic Web. *Read more about RDF and the Semantic Web here. However, this does not matter too much for ordinary users, but by using web standards it will be easier for persons and applications to exchange data.
RDF背后的想法是希望帮助创建一个语义网（Semantic Web）。Read more about RDF and the Semantic Web here.（如想了解更多请点击）当然，对于普通用户而言，这并不重要。但是使用网络标准可以更加容易的实现人与应用程序之间的数据交换。

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What RSS Version Should I Use?
应该使用哪种版本？

RSS 0.91 and RSS 2.0 are easier to understand than RSS 1.0. Our tutorial is based on RSS 2.0.
RSS 0.91和 RSS 2.0对于RSS 1.0而言更容易理解。我们的教程就是以RSS 2.0为基础的。

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Is There an RSS Web Standard?
是否存在RSS网络标准？

There is no official standard for RSS.
RSS没有官方标准：

• About 50 % of all RSS feeds use RSS 0.91
  50%的RSS输入端（feed）都使用RSS 0.91
• About 25 % use RSS 1.0
  25%使用RSS 1.0
• The last 25 % is split between RSS 0.9x versions and RSS 2.0
  最后的25%使用RSS 0.9x 版本和 RSS 2.0