iTunes RSS extensions

By Scott McNulty

RSS is the fuel in the engine of the blogosphere, and it is also  the reason that podcasts have caught on so quickly. iTunes 4.9 has built in support for podcasts, as we all know, however Apple had to extend the RSS standard (which is allowed) in order to get some iTunes specific information about the various podcasts stored in the Directory (like duration, if the content is explicit, and so on).

Edd Dumbill has reviewed Apple's RSS extensions and has found it to be a mixed bag. He hopes that Apple will move to a more inclusive model and take some friendly criticism to heart and make a few changes.

I have a feeling that Apple wants to dominate the podcasting space (and I will post more about this later) so I am not too sure if they will change their specs, but it would be good for the common podcaster.

[Via Scripting News]
 

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