GData provides a simple standard protocol for reading and writing data on the internet. GData combines common XML-based syndication formats (Atom and RSS) with a feed-publishing system based on the Atom publishing protocol, plus some extensions for handling queries. The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a W3C-recommended general-purpose markup language for creating special-purpose markup languages, capable of describing many different kinds of data. ... RSS is a three-letter acronym that can stand for a wide variety of terms. ...

External links and research sources

• GData
• An old article, by Adam Bosworth, that gives the vision behind GData