application/*

application/atom+xml

File extensions: .atom, .xml

Atom syndication format — a modern alternative to RSS.

What is application/atom+xml?

application/atom+xml is the media type for Atom feeds — XML-based syndication for blogs, news, and podcasts. Atom improves on RSS with a stricter, better-specified schema.

Typical usage

Blog and news feeds, podcast metadata, activity streams. Served alongside HTML with a <link rel="alternate"> tag.

HTTP header example

Response header

Content-Type: application/atom+xml; charset=utf-8

Reference

RFC 4287

Related MIME types

application/rss+xml

RSS Feed

application/xml

XML

application/json

JSON

application/ld+json

JSON-LD

application/x-ndjson

Newline-Delimited JSON

application/pdf

PDF