>> Why would you need it? RSS is XML, you should be able to
>> just write
>> your own parser...

> Isaac: Unfortunately, there are rafts of broken
> syndication apps out there from authors who made the same
> assumption. :D

> RSS is a series of specifications, most of which come with
> all sorts of "common practices" baggage. (A number of
> which contradict one another.) If you don't know both
> specs and practices, you can't effectively write a generic
> parser. Particularly when you factor in Atom.

> Now, if you're just trying to make use of a single feed
> from a known, consistent producer, or if you're really,
> truly dedicated to diving into syndication minutiae, then
> rolling your own makes some sense. But I promise, it ain't
> simple. If it were, we wouldn't have spent two years
> building Atom 1.0.

Well yeah, but I would expect there to be a good free free XSL sheet available 
_somewhere_ given the ubiquity of RSS. 


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