Netscape was the inventor of RSS as they wanted to distribute news, information, and stories using an XML format. After refining the RSS version, they decided to drop the project. After this time, Userland Software gained control of the specifications and began working to develop a revolutionary version.
At the same time in which Userland Software gained control of the specifications so did a non-commercial group, which in turn released their version. This may sound a bit strange, but this is the way in which many software programs have developed over the years with one company creating their version and so on and so forth.
If you take a closer look at the history of RSS, you can look at the creation of RDF in 1997, which is very similar to RSS. Ramanathan V. Guha created RDF (Resource Description Framework).
The RDF was used initially to store what is known as metadata. This is nothing more than the news report with the metadata becoming the author as well as the language and copyright of all information regarding the news report.
In 1999, the RSS version 0.90 was created by Netscape. This was just the beginning. Netscape did create another version known as RSS version 0.91. Userland Software employee, Dave Winer came out with a new version and named it RSS version 0.91, which of course brought about much confusion even though there were differences.
Netscape dropped RSS, as it was a bit more complicated than what they were looking to use. At about the same time, O'Reilly released RSS version 1.0. This version was based on the RDF standard instead of other version of RSS. The problem was that RSS 1.0 was not compatible with other versions, once again bringing on more confusion as it did the same function but with different specifications.
The specifications of RSS needed to be endorsed so it would benefit all users. Due to this, it was donated to third party, which was Harvard Law School, which is now responsible for all revisions.
As you can see, RSS has been around quite awhile. The problem is that those creating new versions are so close to other versions that it can be very difficult to understand. The good news is that today, you can easily use RSS feeds to stay up to date on the latest news or to provide your subscribers with information immediately after your company releases the update.
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