RSS never was an open standard like you would expect from a real standards organisation, e.g. IETF or W3C.<p>Because of dominance posturing and fights between the multiple parties involved in the development of RSS, it is a train wreck of ad-hoccery and incompatibilities, and serves as a prime example of how not to do things. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;2004&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;diveintomark.org&#x2F;archives&#x2F;2004&#x2F;02&#x2F;04&#x2F;incompatible-rss" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;2004&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;diveintomark.org&#x2F;arc...</a><p>&gt; Remember who actually killed it?<p>Atom.