Community

Byline is an open specification developed in public. Everyone is welcome to contribute.

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Implementations

Feed readers and publishers supporting Byline.

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Related Projects

Byline builds on and complements these existing projects and standards.

JSON Feed

A simpler, JSON-based feed format

nownownow.com

The /now page movement by Derek Sivers

uses.tech

A directory of /uses pages

IndieWeb

People-focused alternative to the corporate web

rel=me

Distributed identity verification

Microformats

Simple data markup for humans

Contributing

We welcome contributions of all kinds:

  • • Feedback on the specification
  • • Bug reports and suggestions
  • • Implementations in any language
  • • Documentation improvements
  • • Example feeds

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License

The Byline specification is released under CC0 1.0 Universal. You are free to use, adapt, and build upon this work without restriction or attribution.

Byline is an independent specification. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the RSS Advisory Board, IETF, JSON Feed authors, or any standards body.