What RSS/Atom standard to use for feed generation?

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Published on 2010-05-24T23:29:13Z Indexed on 2010/05/24 23:31 UTC
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Reading online about this topic is confusing. Is there a way to cut around the history, politics and technicalities to answer the question: Which standard should I refer to when I write code to generate feeds?

I want to use UTF-8 encoding, which may affect the choice. Otherwise I'm most interested in compatibility with a decent range of readers.

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