MP on Atom

Mark Pilgrim demystifies Atom's authentication over at XML.com.

I wish I didn't need to write this article. My life would be much simpler if Atom could just use existing HTTP authentication, as-is. But it can't; I'm going to tell you why and then I'm going to tell you what we're doing instead.

This the #1 advantage of Atom over Meta-weblog, XML-RPC.