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Universal Feed Parser is a Python module for downloading and parsing
syndicated feeds. It can handle RSS 0.90, Netscape RSS 0.91, Userland
-RSS 0.91, RSS 0.92, RSS 0.93, RSS 0.94, RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, Atom,
-and CDF feeds.
+RSS 0.91, RSS 0.92, RSS 0.93, RSS 0.94, RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, Atom 0.3,
+Atom 1.0, and CDF feeds. It also parses several popular extension
+modules, including Dublin Core and Apple's iTunes extensions.
To use Universal Feed Parser, you will need Python 2.1 or later.
Universal Feed Parser is not meant to run standalone; it is a module
for you to use as part of a larger Python program.
Universal Feed Parser is easy to use; the module is self-contained
-in a single file, feedparser.py, and it has only one public function,
-parse. parse takes a number of arguments, but only one is required,
-and it can be a URL, a local filename, or a raw string containing
-feed data in any format.
+in a single file, feedparser.py, and it has one primary public
+function, parse. parse takes a number of arguments, but only one
+is required, and it can be a URL, a local filename, or a raw string
+containing feed data in any format.