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For RSS feeds from Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Syndication.
RSS
An RSS Feed icon.

The RSS logo
Filename extension .rss, .xml
Internet media type application/rss+xml (Registration Being Prepared)[1]
Type of format Web syndication
Extended from XML
.RSS (most commonly expanded as "Really Simple Syndication") is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format.^ Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is likely to be used by bloggers: it enables automatic updates from sites (such as other blogs and news and information resources).
  • AJET 23(2) Oliver and Goerke (2007) - Australian undergraduates' use of emerging technologies - the Net Generation 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.ascilite.org.au [Source type: Academic]

 ^ An RSS 2.0 formatted feed.
  • Flickr Services 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.flickr.com [Source type: General]

 ^ WHAT IS RSS? RSS is a family of XML file formats for Web syndication used by (amongst other things) news websites and weblogs.
  • College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Ag and Life Sciences ONLINE - 372 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.ag.iastate.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 [2] .An RSS document (which is called a "feed", "web feed",[3] or "channel") includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship.^ Publishing data by RSS feeds.
  • RSS tutorial: building and using a feed, step by step. 18 September 2009 8:13 UTC www.xul.fr [Source type: General]

 ^ Call Jott and get the latest on RSS feeds.

 ^ RSS feeds (or channels) for most of its sections.
  • Yankton Press & Dakotan > RSS 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.yankton.net [Source type: News]
  • Star-Herald > RSS 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.starherald.com [Source type: News]
  • Washington Daily News Online > RSS 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.wdnweb.com [Source type: News]
  • The Vicksburg Post > RSS 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.vicksburgpost.com [Source type: News]
  • Brenham Banner-Press > RSS 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.brenhambanner.com [Source type: News]
  • The Star - Online > RSS 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.grandcoulee.com [Source type: News]
  • St. Marys, Georgia. The Camden County Tribune & Georgian Newspaper local news source. > RSS 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.tribune-georgian.com [Source type: News]
  • The Powell River Peak > RSS 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.prpeak.com [Source type: News]
  • Malibu Times > RSS 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.malibutimes.com [Source type: News]
  • saukvalley.com | RSS 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.saukvalley.com [Source type: News]
  • Terrell Tribune Online Edition > RSS 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.terrelltribune.com [Source type: News]
  • Star Local News > Rss > 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.courier-gazette.com [Source type: News]
  • Big Bear Grizzly > RSS 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.bigbeargrizzly.net [Source type: News]

 .Web feeds benefit publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically.^ Web feeds benefit publishers by letting them syndicate content quickly and automatically.
  • RSS: EServer Technical Communication Library 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC tc.eserver.org [Source type: General]

 ^ Checking the syndicate box will automatically include the content to be published as part of your feed.
  • RSS Syndication for Associations and Organizations - Tendenci, RSS, RSS Feeds 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.tendenci.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Web feed is an automated web content syndication and surfing technique.
  • RSS: EServer Technical Communication Library 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC tc.eserver.org [Source type: General]

 .They benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place.^ Subscribe to this feed using your favorite feed reader (aggregator).
  • RSS Tools and Services - The Best Picks From Sharewood 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.masternewmedia.org [Source type: General]

 ^ Once you have a reader, go to the web feed you want to subscribe to.
  • RSS Feeds Definition | RSS Feed Tutorial and Basics : PRESSfeed 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.press-feed.com [Source type: News]

 ^ They benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place.
  • RSS: EServer Technical Communication Library 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC tc.eserver.org [Source type: General]
  • RSS - Danubius Hotels Group - Budapest Hotels - Hungary Hotels - Czech Republic Hotels - Slovakia Hotels - Romania Hotels - UK Hotels 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.danubiushotels.com [Source type: General]

 .RSS feeds can be read using software called an "RSS reader", "feed reader", or "aggregator", which can be web-based, desktop-based, or mobile-device-based.^ The aggregator program, also known as a "news reader," will present the RSS feed in an easy-to-read format.

 ^ Now this one is probably the most useful for “dressing” your RSS feed.

 ^ Subscribe to this feed using your favorite feed reader (aggregator).
  • RSS Tools and Services - The Best Picks From Sharewood 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.masternewmedia.org [Source type: General]

 .A standardized XML file format allows the information to be published once and viewed by many different programs.^ The program allows you to view ...
  • RSS Feeds Software Informer: Read RSS feeds from various sources using RSS feeds toobar. RSS Feeds Submit sends your RSS feeds to many search engines. 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC rss-feeds.software.informer.com [Source type: News]

 ^ RSS allows lists of information to be exchanged in an XML-based format.'
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ About RSS RSS (Real Simple Syndication) is an XML-based document format for supplying or syndicating news and other timely information.
  • NOAA Home Page - RSS Feeds 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.rss.noaa.gov [Source type: News]

 .The user subscribes to a feed by entering into the reader the feed's URI or by clicking an RSS icon in a web browser that initiates the subscription process.^ To enter another RSS feed, click Add .
  • Configure Really Simple Syndication (RSS) in Outlook 2007 18 September 2009 8:13 UTC technet.microsoft.com [Source type: General]

 ^ RSS is also built into many web browsers and e-mail programs.

 ^ Subscribing to an RSS feed is very simple.
  • Global Fund for Women - Subscribe to the Global Fund's RSS Feed 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.globalfundforwomen.org [Source type: News]

 .The RSS reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new work, downloads any updates that it finds, and provides a user interface to monitor and read the feeds.^ Subscribing to an RSS feed is very simple.
  • Global Fund for Women - Subscribe to the Global Fund's RSS Feed 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.globalfundforwomen.org [Source type: News]

 ^ Then you can have their updates coming right to your RSS feed reader.
  • A Comprehensive Guide to Using RSS - Kikolani 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC kikolani.com [Source type: General]

 ^ In order to read an RSS feed, you'll need an RSS reader.
  • The Horse | RSS Feeds on Horse Health News 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.thehorse.com [Source type: News]
.RSS formats are specified using XML, a generic specification for the creation of data formats.^ RSS is an XML format that consists of designated elements that conform to the XML 1.0 specification.
  • Web / Authoring / Languages / XML / RSS - WebReference.com 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.webreference.com [Source type: General]

 ^ RSS is an XML based format .
  • RSS - A Primer for Publishers and Content Providers 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.techxtra.ac.uk [Source type: General]

 ^ RSS can be used easily as a generic format for exchanging content on the Web [...
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 .Although RSS formats have evolved from as early as March 1999,[4] it was between 2005 and 2006 when RSS gained widespread use, and the ("Feed-icon.svg") icon was decided upon by several major Web browsers.^ An RSS feed viewed in a web browser.

 ^ Using your Web Browser .
  • RSS or Web Feeds [netvibes help] 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC faq.netvibes.com [Source type: General]
  • Getting Started [netvibes help] 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC faq.netvibes.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Get RSS via Safari web browser .

 [5]

Contents

History

Main article: History of web syndication technology
.The RSS formats were preceded by several attempts at web syndication that did not achieve widespread popularity.^ "RSS ('Really Simple Syndication') is a web content syndication format.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ Feedity is an RSS generator for web pages without a web syndication format.
  • RSS: EServer Technical Communication Library 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC tc.eserver.org [Source type: General]

 ^ RSS is a lightweight syndication format.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 .The basic idea of restructuring information about websites goes back to as early as 1995, when Ramanathan V. Guha and others in Apple Computer's Advanced Technology Group developed the Meta Content Framework.^ Some are basic, and others are more advanced.
  • What is RSS? - Definition from Whatis.com - see also: RSS feed, RDF Site Summary, Rich Site Summary, Really Simple Syndication 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC searchwindevelopment.techtarget.com [Source type: General]

 ^ RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a technology that allows organizations to deliver news to a desktop computer or other Internet device.
  • RSS Feeds and Email Subscriptions (Library of Congress) 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.loc.gov [Source type: News]

 ^ For general information about RSS go to my favorite computer encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_%28file_format%29 .
  • DBTAC Southwest ADA Center - How to Increase Your Value on the Job 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC southwestada.org [Source type: General]

 [6] .For a more detailed discussion of these early developments, see the history of web syndication technology.^ I created this blog to discuss Web 2.0 technologies.

 ^ Questions about RSS? See these great resources below: Boston.com: RSS FAQ CNET: RSS: news you choose FeedBurner: About Feed Syndication .
  • Ski RSS Feeds: New England & Northeast Skiing XML 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC rss.alpinezone.com [Source type: News]

 ^ RSS – "Really Simple Syndication" – is a mechanism for web site developers to publish headlines and frequently-updated content as a web feed .
.RDF Site Summary, the first version of RSS, was created by Guha at Netscape in March 1999 for use on the My.Netscape.Com portal.^ RSS 0.9 was introduced in 1999 by Netscape and has been one of the first RDF vocabularies to be widely adopted.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ A summary of RSS version history .
  • RSS 2.0 Specification (RSS 2.0 at Harvard Law) 18 September 2009 8:13 UTC cyber.law.harvard.edu [Source type: Reference]

 ^ Can I use these feeds on my site?
  • RSS Feeds - Middle East Information Technology News Feeds From ITP - ITP.net 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.itp.net [Source type: General]
  • BBC NEWS | Help | RSS | News feeds from the BBC 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC news.bbc.co.uk [Source type: News]
  • Newsfeeds - Council on Foreign Relations 18 September 2009 8:13 UTC www.cfr.org [Source type: News]

 .This version became known as RSS 0.9.[4] In July 1999, Dan Libby of Netscape produced a new version, RSS 0.91,[2] which simplified the format by removing RDF elements and incorporating elements from Dave Winer's scriptingNews syndication format.^ RSS is a format for syndicating news and the content of news-like sites.
  • RSS or Web Feeds [netvibes help] 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC faq.netvibes.com [Source type: General]
  • Getting Started [netvibes help] 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC faq.netvibes.com [Source type: General]

 ^ RSS is a lightweight syndication format.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ [December 25, 2000] RSS 0.91 This version was designed by Netscape, spec written by Dan Libby.
  • Web / Authoring / Languages / XML / RSS - WebReference.com 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.webreference.com [Source type: General]

 [7] Libby also renamed RSS "Rich Site Summary" and outlined further development of the format in a "futures document".[8]
.This would be Netscape's last participation in RSS development for eight years.^ RSS was originally developed by Netscape .
  • RSS - Ecommerce Guide - Terms You Need to Know to Do Business on the Internet 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC e-comm.webopedia.com [Source type: General]

 ^ RSS was originally developed by Netscape programmers in the late 1990s, but it's only in the past year that its popularity has begun to blossom, riding the blogging wave.

 ^ Who came up with it first is in some dispute, but versions of RSS protocols have been developed by UserLand, Netscape, and O'Reilly and Associates.
  • RSS: news you choose - CNET Reviews 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]

 .As RSS was being embraced by web publishers who wanted their feeds to be used on My.Netscape.Com and other early RSS portals, Netscape dropped RSS support from My.Netscape.Com in April 2001 during new owner AOL's restructuring of the company, also removing documentation and tools that supported the format.^ WDSU.com RSS Feeds .
  • New Orleans RSS, XML And News Feeds, Podcast, Vodcast 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.wdsu.com [Source type: News]

 ^ How can I publish my own feeds?
  • Feed 101 - FeedBurner Help 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.google.com [Source type: General]

 ^ TheDenverChannel.com RSS Feeds .

 [9]
Two entities emerged to fill the void, with neither Netscape's help nor approval: The RSS-DEV Working Group and Winer, whose UserLand Software had published some of the first publishing tools outside of Netscape that could read and write RSS.
.Winer published a modified version of the RSS 0.91 specification on the UserLand website, covering how it was being used in his company's products, and claimed copyright to the document.^ Structure of an RSS document How to use RSS? 1 - Using RSS on a desktop 2 - Using a feed on a website How to publish news in an RSS feed?
  • RSS tutorial: building and using a feed, step by step. 18 September 2009 8:13 UTC www.xul.fr [Source type: General]

 ^ RSS for SEO   How do you use RSS for SEO? .

 ^ The RSS 2.0 specification was authored by Dave Winer.
  • RSS - Ecommerce Guide - Terms You Need to Know to Do Business on the Internet 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC e-comm.webopedia.com [Source type: General]

 [10] A few months later, UserLand filed a U.S. trademark registration for RSS, but failed to respond to a USPTO trademark examiner's request and the request was rejected in December 2001.[11]
.The RSS-DEV Working Group, a project whose members included Guha and representatives of O'Reilly Media and Moreover, produced RSS 1.0 in December 2000.[12] This new version, which reclaimed the name RDF Site Summary from RSS 0.9, reintroduced support for RDF and added XML namespaces support, adopting elements from standard metadata vocabularies such as Dublin Core.^ RSS (RDF [or Rich] Site Summary) is an application of XML (eXtensible Markup Language).
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ In the new version, we have added pages.

 ^ Dublin core metadata initiative.
  • Handbook of Research on Instructional Systems and Technology 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.scribd.com [Source type: Academic]
.In December 2000, Winer released RSS 0.92[13] a minor set of changes aside from the introduction of the enclosure element, which permitted audio files to be carried in RSS feeds and helped spark podcasting.^ [November 29, 2000] "An introduction to RSS news feeds.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ Home : RSS feeds and podcasts RSS feeds and podcasts .
  • RSS feeds and podcasts [OCLC - Home] 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.oclc.org [Source type: News]

 ^ RSS feed enclosure editor (for creating podcasts) .
  • Version History - RSS Feed Creator - RSS Feed Generator / RSS Maker / RSS Editor, Podcast Editor 19 September 2009 0:15 UTC www.jitbit.com [Source type: General]

 .He also released drafts of RSS 0.93 and RSS 0.94 that were subsequently withdrawn.^ A draft RSS 0.94 surfaced in August, reverting the changes made in 0.93, and adding a type attribute to the description element.
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ In subsequent releases, MNN will support an enhanced RSS format.
  • RSS 0.90 Specification 16 September 2009 1:32 UTC www.rssboard.org [Source type: General]

 ^ In April 2001 , he published a draft of RSS 0.93 [8] which was almost identical to 0.92.
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 [14]
.In September 2002, Winer released a major new version of the format, RSS 2.0, that redubbed its initials Really Simple Syndication.^ RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication.
  • What is RSS? 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.press-feed.com [Source type: General]
  • RSS 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.geekgirls.com [Source type: General]
  • RSS Feeds Definition | RSS Feed Tutorial and Basics : PRESSfeed 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.press-feed.com [Source type: News]
  • What is RSS? 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC press-feed.com [Source type: General]

 ^ RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication."
  • New Orleans RSS, XML And News Feeds, Podcast, Vodcast 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.wdsu.com [Source type: News]
  • Phoenix RSS, XML And News Feeds, Podcast, Vodcast 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.kpho.com [Source type: News]
  • San Francisco RSS, XML And News Feeds, Podcast, Vodcast 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.ktvu.com [Source type: News]
  • El Paso RSS, XML And News Feeds, Podcast, Vodcast 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.kfoxtv.com [Source type: General]
  • Pittsburgh RSS, XML And News Feeds, Podcast, Vodcast 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.wpxi.com [Source type: News]
  • RSS Feeds | Multichannel News 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.multichannel.com [Source type: News]
  • The Pagan Library • View topic - New Features 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.paganlibrary.com [Source type: General]
  • RSS Feeds | Industrial Distribution 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.inddist.com [Source type: News]
  • Nashville RSS, XML And News Feeds, Podcast, Vodcast 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.wsmv.com [Source type: News]
  • Atlanta RSS, XML And News Feeds, Podcast, Vodcast 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.wsbtv.com [Source type: News]

 ^ "RSS ('Really Simple Syndication') is a web content syndication format.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 .RSS 2.0 removed the type attribute added in the RSS 0.94 draft and added support for namespaces.^ The RSS 2.0 spec removed the type attribute added in RSS 0.94 and allowed people to add extension elements using XML namespaces .
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ A draft RSS 0.94 surfaced in August, reverting the changes made in 0.93, and adding a type attribute to the description element.
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Via XML-namespace based modularization and RDF, RSS 1.0 builds a framework for both standardized and ad hoc re-purposing.
  • RDF Site Summary (RSS) 1.0 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC web.resource.org [Source type: Reference]

 .To preserve backward compatibility with RSS 0.92, namespace support applies only to other content included within an RSS 2.0 feed, not the RSS 2.0 elements themselves.^ RSS content is delivered through RSS Feeds.
  • Against Closed Eyes In Marketing » Net Hub 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC anaisabel.net [Source type: General]

 ^ No content, including any advertisements or other promotional content, shall be added to the RSS feeds.
  • News from The Associated Press 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC hosted.ap.org [Source type: News]

 ^ See RSS specification or other feed specifications for what feed content you can use.
  • CTK Wiki Math - PmWiki - WebFeeds 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cut-the-knot.org [Source type: General]
  • Johan Frid - A byteful of air | PmWiki / WebFeeds browse 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC person2.sol.lu.se [Source type: General]

 [15] .(Although other standards such as Atom attempt to correct this limitation, RSS feeds are not aggregated with other content often enough to shift the popularity from RSS to other formats having full namespace support.^ RSS 1.1 is a content syndication format intended to update and replace the popular RSS 1.0 .
  • RSS 1.1: RDF Site Summary (DRAFT) 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC inamidst.com [Source type: Reference]

 ^ Such as, why is RSS so popular and what are the benefits?
  • RSS: EServer Technical Communication Library 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC tc.eserver.org [Source type: General]

 ^ See RSS specification or other feed specifications for what feed content you can use.
  • CTK Wiki Math - PmWiki - WebFeeds 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cut-the-knot.org [Source type: General]

 )
.Because neither Winer nor the RSS-DEV Working Group had Netscape's involvement, they could not make an official claim on the RSS name or format.^ In December of 2000, the RSS-DEV Working Group released RSS 1.0 , which they claimed was compatible with RSS 0.90.
  • The myth of RSS compatibility [dive into mark] 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC diveintomark.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ RSS 1.0 is an open format by the RSS-DEV Working Group , again standing for RDF Site Summary .
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ There are 0.90 and 0.91 (created by Netscape ), 1.0 (by RSS-DEV ), and 0.9x and 2.0 (by UserLand Software ) versions, but almost all applications that handle RSS feeds can read all the different versions.
  • All About RSS || Fagan Finder 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.faganfinder.com [Source type: General]

 This has fueled ongoing controversy in the syndication development community as to which entity was the proper publisher of RSS.
.One product of that contentious debate was the creation of an alternative syndication format, Atom, that began in June 2003.[16] The Atom syndication format, whose creation was in part motivated by a desire to get a clean start free of the issues surrounding RSS, has been adopted as IETF Proposed Standard RFC 4287.^ RSS is a lightweight syndication format.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ Feedreader Feedreader is a free lightweight aggregator that supports RSS and ATOM formats.

 ^ RSS is becoming the standard format for syndicating news content over the web.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]
.In July 2003, Winer and UserLand Software assigned the copyright of the RSS 2.0 specification to Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, where he had just begun a term as a visiting fellow.^ In July, 2003 , Winer and Userland Software assigned ownership of the RSS 2.0 specification to his then workplace, Harvard's Berkman Center for the Internet & Society [9] .
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ "In 2003, when we transferred the RSS 2.0 specification from UserLand Software to Berkman Center, we created a weblog site called Technology at Harvard Law to host the spec.

 ^ He claimed the RSS 0.91 specification was the property of his company, UserLand Software [5] .
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 [17] .At the same time, Winer launched the RSS Advisory Board with Brent Simmons and Jon Udell, a group whose purpose was to maintain and publish the specification and answer questions about the format.^ The RSS 2.0 specification was authored by Dave Winer.
  • RSS - Ecommerce Guide - Terms You Need to Know to Do Business on the Internet 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC e-comm.webopedia.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Netscape transferred this specification to the RSS Advisory Board on Jan.
  • RSS 0.90 Specification 16 September 2009 1:32 UTC www.rssboard.org [Source type: General]

 ^ RSS Advisory Board (2006).
  • RSS Windows Editors: First impressions | Swettenham | The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.irrodl.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 [18]
.In December 2005, the Microsoft Internet Explorer team[19] and Outlook team[20] announced on their blogs that they were adopting the feed icon first used in the Mozilla Firefox browser Feed-icon.svg.^ Example of RSS feed on Mozilla Firefox: .
  • EurActiv.com - EU Policy News and LinksDossiers 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.euractiv.com [Source type: News]

 ^ Blogs-What are they used for?
  • Handbook of Research on Instructional Systems and Technology 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.scribd.com [Source type: Academic]

 ^ RSS feeds are displayed by Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2.
  • RSS tutorial: building and using a feed, step by step. 18 September 2009 8:13 UTC www.xul.fr [Source type: General]

 .A few months later, Opera Software followed suit.^ Soon afterwards, Opera followed suit .
  • What is RSS? An Introduction to Feed Subscription and Syndication - loadaverageZero 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC loadaveragezero.com [Source type: General]

 .This effectively made the orange square with white radio waves the industry standard for RSS and Atom feeds, replacing the large variety of icons and text that had been used previously to identify syndication data.^ "Feed Informer is a parser, regenerator, and syndicator for, and of, RSS and Atom feeds.

 ^ RSS 1.0 feed RSS 2.0 feed ATOM 1.0 feed .
  • Creepy TIFF - Secure Computing: Sec-C 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.hackerfactor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ URL of your RSS / Atom feed.
  • Blog And RSS Feed Submission: Best RSS Directories Where To Submit Your Blog Feed Part 1 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.masternewmedia.org [Source type: General]
.In January 2006, Rogers Cadenhead relaunched the RSS Advisory Board without Dave Winer's participation, with a stated desire to continue the development of the RSS format and resolve ambiguities.^ In January 2006, Rogers Cadenhead relaunched the RSS Advisory Board in order to move the RSS format forward .
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ The RSS 2.0 specification was authored by Dave Winer.
  • RSS - Ecommerce Guide - Terms You Need to Know to Do Business on the Internet 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC e-comm.webopedia.com [Source type: General]

 ^ RSS 2.0 is championed by UserLand ’s Dave Winer.
  • RSS Tutorial for Content Publishers and Webmasters 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.mnot.net [Source type: General]

 .In June 2007, the board revised their version of the specification to confirm that namespaces may extend core elements with namespace attributes, as Microsoft has done in Internet Explorer 7. According to their view, a difference of interpretation left publishers unsure of whether this was permitted or forbidden.^ The Query element may contain additional attributes if the extended attributes are associated with a namespace.
  • Specifications/OpenSearch/1.1/Draft 4 - OpenSearch 18 September 2009 8:13 UTC www.opensearch.org [Source type: Reference]

 ^ WebProNews SimpleFeed And The Year Of RSS "Once Microsoft acknowledged the importance of RSS feeds by making them features in forthcoming versions of Outlook, Internet Explorer, and the Vista operating system, they made 2006 the year to watch for RSS; it's a view SimpleFeed CEO Mark Carlson hopes to see broaden dramatically."
  • SimpleFeed - RSS Publishing and Feed Analytics for Marketing, eCommerce, Financial Services and Media & Publishing 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.simplefeed.com [Source type: General]

 ^ An extension module is a mini-specification that defines one or more elements and attributes that can be incorporated in to RSS 1.1 documents.
  • RSS 1.1: RDF Site Summary (DRAFT) 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC inamidst.com [Source type: Reference]

Variants

.There are several different versions of RSS, falling into two major branches (RDF and 2.*).^ There are two different RSS feeds available on ReunionTalk...

 ^ There are not 7 different and incompatible versions of RSS; there are 9.
  • The myth of RSS compatibility [dive into mark] 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC diveintomark.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ As noted above, there are several different versions of RSS, falling into two major branches (RDF and 2.*).
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
The RDF (or RSS 1.*) branch includes the following versions:
.
  • RSS 0.90 was the original Netscape RSS version.^ RSS 0.90 was the original Netscape RSS version.
    • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ The original RSS, version 0.90, was designed by Netscape as a format for building portals of headlines to mainstream news sites.
    • XML.com: What Is RSS 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.xml.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ In March of 1999, Netscape released RSS 0.90 .
    • The myth of RSS compatibility [dive into mark] 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC diveintomark.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .This RSS was called RDF Site Summary, but was based on an early working draft of the RDF standard, and was not compatible with the final RDF Recommendation.
  • RSS 1.0 is an open format by the RSS-DEV Working Group, again standing for RDF Site Summary.^ What is RSS? RDF Site Summary (RSS) is an XML-based format for distributing web content.
    • RSS - Federal Reserve Bank of New York 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.newyorkfed.org [Source type: News]

     ^ These summaries are called RSS feeds.
    • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

     ^ I don’t think that’s the core thing about RSS, I think the core thing about RSS is what it stands for: RDF, sites and summaries.
    • History of the RSS fork [dive into mark] 18 September 2009 8:13 UTC diveintomark.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     RSS 1.0 is an RDF format like RSS 0.90, but not fully compatible with it, since 1.0 is based on the final RDF 1.0 Recommendation.
  • RSS 1.1 is also an open format and is intended to update and replace RSS 1.0. The specification is an independent draft not supported or endorsed in any way by the RSS-Dev Working Group or any other organization.
The RSS 2.* branch (initially UserLand, now Harvard) includes the following versions:
.
  • RSS 0.91 is the simplified RSS version released by Netscape, and also the version number of the simplified version originally championed by Dave Winer from Userland Software.^ Netscape’s RSS 0.91 looks like this: .
    • The myth of RSS compatibility [dive into mark] 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC diveintomark.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ RSS 0.91 is the simplified RSS version released by Netscape, and also the version number of the simplified version championed by Dave Winer from Userland Software.
    • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ He claimed the RSS 0.91 specification was the property of his company, UserLand Software [5] .
    • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .The Netscape version was now called Rich Site Summary; this was no longer an RDF format, but was relatively easy to use.
  • RSS 0.92 through 0.94 are expansions of the RSS 0.91 format, which are mostly compatible with each other and with Winer's version of RSS 0.91, but are not compatible with RSS 0.90.
  • RSS 2.0.1 has the internal version number 2.0. RSS 2.0.1 was proclaimed to be "frozen", but still updated shortly after release without changing the version number.^ RSS = Really Simple Syndication = Rich Site Summary = RDF Site Summary = who cares?
    • All About RSS || Fagan Finder 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.faganfinder.com [Source type: General]

     ^ RSS (RDF [or Rich] Site Summary) is an application of XML (eXtensible Markup Language).
    • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

     ^ These summaries are called RSS feeds.
    • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

     .RSS now stood for Really Simple Syndication.^ RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication.
    • RSS Feeds Definition | RSS Feed Tutorial and Basics : PRESSfeed 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.press-feed.com [Source type: News]

     ^ RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication."
    • ReunionTalk Help 19 September 2009 0:15 UTC www.reuniontalk.com [Source type: General]
    • RSS Feeds | Consulting-Specifying Engineer 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.csemag.com [Source type: News]
    • RSS Feeds | Industrial Distribution 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.inddist.com [Source type: News]

     ^ "RSS ('Really Simple Syndication') is a web content syndication format.
    • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

     .The major change in this version is an explicit extension mechanism using XML namespaces.^ RSS 1.0 also uses XML Namespaces to allow extensions, in a manner similar to RSS 2.0.
    • RSS Tutorial for Content Publishers and Webmasters 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.mnot.net [Source type: General]

     ^ "RSS modules are XML-namespace based compartmentalized extensions to RSS ('RDF Site Syndication') 1.0.
    • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

     ^ Design Goals: The modular extension of existing RSS through XML Namespaces and RDF stressing backward compatibility with RSS 0.9 for ease of adoption by existing syndicated content producers.
    • History of the RSS fork [dive into mark] 18 September 2009 8:13 UTC diveintomark.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     [21]
.For the most part, later versions in each branch are backward-compatible with earlier versions (aside from non-conformant RDF syntax in 0.90), and both versions include properly documented extension mechanisms using XML Namespaces, either directly (in the 2.* branch) or through RDF (in the 1.* branch).^ RSS 1.0 also uses XML Namespaces to allow extensions, in a manner similar to RSS 2.0.
  • RSS Tutorial for Content Publishers and Webmasters 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.mnot.net [Source type: General]

 ^ The major change in this version is an explicit extension mechanism using XML Namespaces.
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ The RDF, or RSS 1.* branch includes the following versions: .
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .Most syndication software supports both branches.^ Most syndication software supports both branches.
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ When a website has an RSS feed, it is said to be “syndicated.” There are various other syndication formats besides RSS (such as Atom ), but RSS is by far the most widely used and supported today.
  • All About RSS || Fagan Finder 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.faganfinder.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Most aggregators and other software use syndication libraries which abstract out the particular format that a feed is in, so that they can consume any popular syndication feed.
  • RSS Tutorial for Content Publishers and Webmasters 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.mnot.net [Source type: General]

 ."The Myth of RSS Compatibility", an article written in 2004 by RSS critic and Atom advocate Mark Pilgrim, discusses RSS version compatibility issues in more detail.^ Mark Pilgrim's article "The Myth of RSS Compatibility" discusses RSS version compatibility in more detail.
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ News aggregators and other RSS consumers -- if they are written as XML applications -- should have an easier job of presenting more information to their users.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ "A persistent problem for Syndication standards is the existence of two feed formats: RSS and Atom, more specifically RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0" Good overview of the issue.
.The extension mechanisms make it possible for each branch to track innovations in the other.^ The extension mechanisms make it possible for each branch to track innovations in the other.
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ For example, the RSS 2.* branch was the first to support enclosures , making it the current leading choice for podcasting , and as of mid-2005 is the format supported for that use by iTunes and other podcasting software; however, an enclosure extension is now available for the RSS 1.* branch, mod_enclosure [2] .
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ The [[Office of the JAG]], or any other organization for that matter, is not innovating by bringing in these web 2.0 technologies because these technologies already have a definite track record.
  • The Future | JAG Legal Information Environment - a discussion paper by the CIMP 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.gov20.info [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .For example, the RSS 2.* branch was the first to support enclosures, making it the current leading choice for podcasting, and as of 2005 is the format supported for that use by iTunes and other podcasting software; however, an enclosure extension is now available for the RSS 1.* branch, mod_enclosure.^ Podcast feeds” are specially-designed RSS feeds to be used with iTunes .
  • RSS Tools and Services - The Best Picks From Sharewood 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.masternewmedia.org [Source type: General]

 ^ Other useful RSS articles include; .
  • RSS - A Primer for Publishers and Content Providers 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.techxtra.ac.uk [Source type: General]

 ^ For example, Apple's iTunes desktop software (version 4.9 onwards) supports podcasts.
  • Information technology and software for marketing: security, privacy, search, Apple Macintosh, and computer history 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.marketingminds.com.au [Source type: General]

 .Likewise, the RSS 2.* core specification does not support providing full-text in addition to a synopsis, but the RSS 1.* markup can be (and often is) used as an extension.^ Likewise, the RSS 2.* core specification does not support providing full-text in addition to a synopsis, but the RSS 1.* markup can be (and often is) used as an extension.
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ The RSS 2.0 specification was later updated to include examples of entity-encoded HTML, however all prior plain text usages remain valid.
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Additionally, Canadian Business Online maintains the right to require that use of the RSS feeds be stopped at any time for any reason upon notification from Canadian Business Online.

 There are also several common outside extension packages available, including a new proposal from Microsoft for use in Internet Explorer 7.
.The most serious compatibility problem is with HTML markup.^ The most serious compatibility problem is with HTML markup.
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .Userland's RSS reader—generally considered as the reference implementation—did not originally filter out HTML markup from feeds.^ Filter out unwanted topics from your RSS Feeds.

 ^ Top 10 RSS Feed Readers .

 ^ Tools to generate and test RSS feeds .
  • RSS tutorial: building and using a feed, step by step. 18 September 2009 8:13 UTC www.xul.fr [Source type: General]

 .As a result, publishers began placing HTML markup into the titles and descriptions of items in their RSS feeds.^ AddItem Insert a new item into the beginning of an RSS feed.
  • IP*Works! RSS Component : RSS OCX, RSS .NET Component, RSS Class, RSS Bean, RSS Object 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.nsoftware.com [Source type: Reference]
  • IP*Works! RSS Component : RSS OCX, RSS .NET Component, RSS Class, RSS Bean, RSS Object 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.nsoftware.com [Source type: Reference]

 ^ As a result, publishers began placing HTML markup into the titles and descriptions of items in their RSS feeds.
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Items A collection of items in the current RSS feed.
  • IP*Works! RSS Component : RSS OCX, RSS .NET Component, RSS Class, RSS Bean, RSS Object 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.nsoftware.com [Source type: Reference]
  • IP*Works! RSS Component : RSS OCX, RSS .NET Component, RSS Class, RSS Bean, RSS Object 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.nsoftware.com [Source type: Reference]

 .This behavior has become expected of readers, to the point of becoming a de facto standard, though there is still some inconsistency in how software handles this markup, particularly in titles.^ This behavior has become widely expected of readers, to the point of becoming a de facto standard, though there is still some inconsistency in how software handles this markup, particularly in titles.
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Recently acquired by Google, FeedBurner has become the de facto standard for RSS feed management, offering a huge set of features, including detailed analytics, chicklets, feed optimization and ad insertion.
  • The Ultimate RSS Toolbox – 120+ RSS Resources 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC mashable.com [Source type: General]

 ^ In the information handling track some time was spent exploring collaborative software.
  • allAfrica.com: Africa: Pambazuka News 239: Haiti: Human Rights Abuses and Implications for the African Diaspora 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC allafrica.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  • Pambazuka News : Issue 239 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.pambazuka.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .The RSS 2.0 specification was later updated to include examples of entity-encoded HTML; however, all prior plain text usages remain valid.^ All html must be entity-encoded.
  • Yahoo! Search 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC search.yahoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ The RSS 2.0 specification was later updated to include examples of entity-encoded HTML, however all prior plain text usages remain valid.
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ How can I use RSS? Typical applications for consuming, viewing, or using RSS include: Using a program known as a " news aggregator " to collect, update, and display RSS feeds.
  • RSS News Archive - Yahoo! Finance 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC biz.yahoo.com [Source type: News]
.As of January 2007, tracking data from www.syndic8.com indicates that the three main versions of RSS in current use are 0.91, 1.0, and 2.0. Of these, RSS 0.91 accounts for 13 percent of worldwide RSS usage and RSS 2.0 for 67 percent, while RSS 1.0 has a 17 percent share.^ Data are available at www.remss.com.
  • RSS / MSU and AMSU Data / Description 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.ssmi.com [Source type: Academic]

 ^ The use of RSS increased in 2007 by 21 percent since 2006."

 ^ There are 0.90 and 0.91 (created by Netscape ), 1.0 (by RSS-DEV ), and 0.9x and 2.0 (by UserLand Software ) versions, but almost all applications that handle RSS feeds can read all the different versions.
  • All About RSS || Fagan Finder 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.faganfinder.com [Source type: General]

 [22] .These figures, however, do not include usage of the rival web feed format Atom.^ The RSS 2.0 specification was later updated to include examples of entity-encoded HTML, however all prior plain text usages remain valid.
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ ABOUT RSS FEEDS RSS, or "Really Simple Syndication," is a format for publishing "feeds" of information that are read with RSS news software or displayed on other web sites.
  • Michigan Blogs - MLive.com 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.mlive.com [Source type: News]

 ^ RSS Business Feeds Entertainment Feeds News Feeds Sports Feeds RSS :: RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication", which is a format for distributing and sharing web content.
  • Post-Tribune :: RSS :: 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.post-trib.com [Source type: General]

 As of August 2008, the syndic8.com website is indexing 546,069 total feeds, of which 86,496 were some dialect of Atom and 438,102 were some dialect of RSS.[23]

Modules

.The primary objective of all RSS modules is to extend the basic XML schema established for more robust syndication of content.^ Do not extend RSS any more !

 ^ The primary objective of all RSS modules is to extend the basic XML schema established for more robust syndication of content.
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Some RSS 2.0 modules with established namespaces: .
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .This inherently allows for more diverse, yet standardized, transactions without modifying the core RSS specification.^ This inherently allows for more diverse, yet standardized, transactions without modifying the core RSS specification.
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Your chosen reader or personalized home page will allow you to read your subscribed RSS feed without having to visit the orignal site.
  • Continental Airlines - RSS Subscriptions 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.continental.com [Source type: News]

 ^ The feeds, also known as RSS, allow users to know when Web sites have been updated with new content without directly visiting the original sites.
  • RSS - Chico Enterprise Record 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.chicoer.com [Source type: News]
.To accomplish this extension, a tightly controlled vocabulary (in the RSS world, "module"; in the XML world, "schema") is declared through an XML namespace to give names to concepts and relationships between those concepts.^ "RSS modules are XML-namespace based compartmentalized extensions to RSS ('RDF Site Syndication') 1.0.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ Extensibility via XML Namespace-Based Modularization RSS 1.0 is extensible through XML-namespace based modules.
  • RDF Site Summary (RSS) 1.0 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC web.resource.org [Source type: Reference]

 ^ RSS 1.0 also uses XML Namespaces to allow extensions, in a manner similar to RSS 2.0.
  • RSS Tutorial for Content Publishers and Webmasters 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.mnot.net [Source type: General]
Some RSS 2.0 modules with established namespaces are:

BitTorrent and RSS

.Several BitTorrent-based peer-to-peer applications also support RSS. Such feeds (also known as Torrent/RSS-es or Torrentcasts) allow client applications to download files automatically from the moment the RSS reader detects them (also known as Broadcatching).^ The peer-to-peer application BitTorrent has also announced support for RSS. Such feeds (also known as Torrent/RSS-es ) will allow client applications to download files automatically (also known as Broadcatching ).
  • The RSS iDevice 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.cipel.ac.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ An XML file that defines the RSS feed.
  • RSS tutorial: building and using a feed, step by step. 18 September 2009 8:13 UTC www.xul.fr [Source type: General]

 ^ RSS readers – web based .
  • The Ultimate RSS Toolbox – 120+ RSS Resources 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC mashable.com [Source type: General]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The application/rss+xml Media Type". Network Working Group. May 22, 2006. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-mime-type-application.txt. Retrieved 2007-08-16.  
  2. ^ a b Libby, Dan (1999-07-10). "RSS 0.91 Spec, revision 3". Netscape Communications. http://web.archive.org/web/20001204093600/my.netscape.com/publish/formats/rss-spec-0.91.html. Retrieved 2007-02-14.  
  3. ^ "Web feeds | RSS | The Guardian | guardian.co.uk", The Guardian, London, 2008, webpage: GuardianUK-webfeeds.
  4. ^ a b "My Netscape Network: Quick Start". Netscape Communications. Archived from the original on 2000-12-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20001208063100/http://my.netscape.com/publish/help/quickstart.html. Retrieved 2006-10-31.  
  5. ^ "Icons: It's still orange". Microsoft RSS Blog. December 14, 2005. http://blogs.msdn.com/rssteam/archive/2005/12/14/503778.aspx. Retrieved 2008-11-09.  
  6. ^ Lash, Alex (1997-10-03). "W3C takes first step toward RDF spec". http://news.com.com/2100-1001-203893.html. Retrieved 2007-02-16.  
  7. ^ RSS Advisory Board (June 7, 2007). "RSS History". http://www.rssboard.org/rss-history. Retrieved 2007-09-04.  
  8. ^ "MNN Future Directions". Netscape Communications. Archived from the original on 2000-12-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20001204123600/http://my.netscape.com/publish/help/futures.html. Retrieved 2006-10-31.  
  9. ^ Andrew King (2003-04-13). "The Evolution of RSS". http://www.webreference.com/authoring/languages/xml/rss/1/. Retrieved 2007-01-17.  
  10. ^ Winer, Dave (2000-06-04). "RSS 0.91: Copyright and Disclaimer". UserLand Software. http://backend.userland.com/rss091#copyrightAndDisclaimer. Retrieved 2006-10-31.  
  11. ^ U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. "'RSS' Trademark Latest Status Info". http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=78025336.  
  12. ^ RSS-DEV Working Group (2000-12-09). "RDF Site Summary (RSS) 1.0". http://web.resource.org/rss/1.0/spec. Retrieved 2006-10-31.  
  13. ^ Winer, Dave (2000-12-25). "RSS 0.92 Specification". UserLand Software. http://backend.userland.com/rss092. Retrieved 2006-10-31.  
  14. ^ Winer, Dave (2001-04-20). "RSS 0.93 Specification". UserLand Software. http://backend.userland.com/rss093. Retrieved 2006-10-31.  
  15. ^ Harvard Law (2007-04-14). "Top-level namespaces". http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/toplevelNamespace.html. Retrieved 2009-08-03.  
  16. ^ Festa, Paul (2003-08-04). "Dispute exposes bitter power struggle behind Web logs". news.cnet.com. http://news.cnet.com/Battle-of-the-blog/2009-1032_3-5059006.html. Retrieved 2008-08-06. "The conflict centers on something called Really Simple Syndication (RSS), a technology widely used to syndicate blogs and other Web content. The dispute pits Harvard Law School fellow Dave Winer, the blogging pioneer who is the key gatekeeper of RSS, against advocates of a different format."  
  17. ^ "Advisory Board Notes". RSS Advisory Board. 2003-07-18. http://www.rssboard.org/advisory-board-notes. Retrieved 2007-09-04.  
  18. ^ "RSS 2.0 News". Dave Winer. http://www.scripting.com/2003/07/18.html#rss20News. Retrieved 2007-09-04.  
  19. ^ Icons: It’s still orange, Microsoft RSS Blog, December 14, 2005
  20. ^ RSS icon goodness, blog post by Michael A. Affronti of Microsoft (Outlook Program Manager), December 15, 2005
  21. ^ "Namespaces in XML 1.0". W3C. August 16, 2006. http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/.  
  22. ^ Peachpit article
  23. ^ Syndic8 stats table

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Initialism

RSS
  1. (Internet, deprecated) Rich Site Summary
  2. (Internet, deprecated) RDF Site Summary
  3. (Internet) Really Simple Syndication, a newsfeed technology that standardizes the publication of regularly updated Web works, such as blogs and news articles.

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Contents

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this chapter, you will
  • Understand the basics of RSS
  • Understand the history of RSS
  • Be able to construct a RSS 2.0 document using XML
  • Subscribe to an RSS aggregator/reader

Introduction

.RSS is a simple XML format used to syndicate headlines.^ "RSS ('Really Simple Syndication') is a web content syndication format.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ RSS is a lightweight syndication format.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ A syndication format using this syntax.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 .It is now popularly used by websites that publish new content regularly and provide a list of headlines with links to their latest content.^ Using the tools that modern technology provides, students can create professional-standard material that can be published for audiences anywhere in the world.
  • http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/StandardSetting/InternetLiteracy/InternetLiteracyHandbook_en.asp 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.coe.int [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  • Division Media et Soci�t� de l'Information Conseil de l'Europe - Accueil 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.coe.int [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ A good school website is a wonderful public relations tool that can be used in many different ways, for example for presenting school information or publishing lesson plans.
  • http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/StandardSetting/InternetLiteracy/InternetLiteracyHandbook_en.asp 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.coe.int [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  • Division Media et Soci�t� de l'Information Conseil de l'Europe - Accueil 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.coe.int [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ The Pambazuka News website has also been overhauled to allow for French content to be displayed and visitors will soon be able to choose their language preference.
  • Pambazuka News : Issue 239 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.pambazuka.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 Content such as news feeds, events listings, project updates, blogger and most recently podcasting, video and image distribution can all be distributed by RSS. RSS feeds are also used by major Internet portals such as Google, Yahoo and AOL for people to personalize and have information that they care about delivered to them, i.e. MyYahoo.

What does RSS mean?

.RSS is considered a name variously used to refer to three different standards.^ The abbreviation is variously used to refer to the following standards: • • • Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.
  • Enhancing Learning Through Human Computer Interaction 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.scribd.com [Source type: Academic]

 ^ RSS news aggregators are desktop or Web applications that are used to retrieve and display RSS feeds from various news sources.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ Some of the big names now using RSS include Apple Computer Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 .It started with Really Simple Syndication (RSS0.9)then, went to Rich Site Summary (RSS0.91) and RDF Site Summary (RSS 1.0/2.0).^ A couple of weeks ago, I established myself as an RSS (RDF Site Summary) channel.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ RSS (RDF [or Rich] Site Summary) is an application of XML (eXtensible Markup Language).
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ The XML::RSS Perl module "provides a basic framework for creating and maintaining Rich Site Summary (RSS) files.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 .Several different versions have been developed by different developers under different names.^ The names are misleading -- the specifications differ not only in version number but also in philosophy and implementation.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ The RSS Version 1.1 specification is said to be "designed for current RSS 1.0 users, and is not designed to compete with the currently-under-development Atom specification.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ For advanced users options for different backup sets and for versioning (saving time stamped versions of files with the same name) may be available.
  • Digital asset management system (DAMS) - Patent application - digital asset management system provides an integrated user experience for the rapid and facile manipulation of 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.faqs.org [Source type: Reference]

 .According to XML.com, seven versions of RSS have been developed (see What is RSS?).^ [January 18, 2005] Independent Developers Release Draft Version of RSS 1.1 (RDF Site Summary).
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ Already, according to www.xmltree.com, Network54 is the largest supplier of publicly syndicated XML content.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ "This specification documents version 2.0 of RSS (Really Simple Syndication), an XML-based format for syndicating Web content and metadata.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 .Because RSS is understood as a term referring to many types of syndication protocols, these various RSS protocols have sometimes been accused of being "incompatible" with each other (see The myth of RSS compatibility).^ We think 'syndication' is a useful term -- it refers to a well known model, and has a simple clarity all too often lacking in marketing or IT-speak (equally exasperating languages!
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ Fahy (2005) states that “the term “multimedia” refers to the provision of various audio and video elements in teaching and training materials” (p.
  • Handbook of Research on Instructional Systems and Technology 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.scribd.com [Source type: Academic]

 ^ And the repurposing didn't stop at headline syndication; today's RSS feeds carry an array of content types: news headlines, discussion forums, software announcements, and various bits of proprietary data.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 .This is an important issue for RSS reader/aggregator developers.^ That's cool, but now that I look at the service, there's a lot it can aggregate, including the items I mark as shared in Google Reader, my RSS reader of choice.
  • Blogs and RSS Feeds Free Tech Support from Ask Dave Taylor!® 16 September 2009 1:32 UTC www.askdavetaylor.com [Source type: General]

 ^ This article reviews RSS 2.0, looks at new RSS developments, and jump-starts your understanding of this important format.'
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ For now, the solution is to acquire a separate client program, called an RSS aggregator, RSS client, or RSS reader, to collect and process your feeds.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

History

.The original version (version 0.90) of RSS was released by Netscape in 1999. Netscape developers were designing a format for making portals of headlines for news sites.^ "RSS is an XML-based format for syndicating news and news-like sites.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ The original RSS, version 0.90, was designed by Netscape as a format for building portals of headlines to mainstream news sites.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ RSS 0.9 was introduced in 1999 by Netscape and has been one of the first RDF vocabularies to be widely adopted.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 .After Netscape released the simplified version of RSS, they lost interest in developing RSS. However, another company, UserLand Software took over with intention to use RSS with their web-logging products and web-based writing software.^ But 0.91 was picked up by another vendor, UserLand Software, which intended to use it as the basis of its weblogging products and other web-based writing software.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ The drill is simple: you write a file in RSS format, post it somewhere Web-accessible, and register it with one or more channel hosts.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ This is the model that most developers and users of RSS have in mind to this day, and it is a useful one.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 .While UserLand Software continued development with version 0.91, a third non-commercial group split off from the company and designed a new format based on version 0.90, which was a non-simplified version.^ But UserLand was not involved in designing this new format, and, as an advocate of simplifying 0.90, it was not happy when RSS 1.0 was announced.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ In the meantime, a third, non-commercial group split off and designed a new format based on what they perceived as the original guiding principles of RSS 0.90 (before it got simplified into 0.91).
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ When multimedia developers of software companies create commercial software.
  • Handbook of Research on Instructional Systems and Technology 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.scribd.com [Source type: Academic]

 .The new format developed by this non-commercial group became known as version 1.0. In the meantime UserLand Software grew angered at the new 1.0 version, kept developing RSS and released version 2.0. Version 2.0 has become the leader and most widely adopted version of RSS. The 2.0 specification was donated to a non-commercial third party, Harvard Law School.^ "A persistent problem for Syndication standards is the existence of two feed formats: RSS and Atom, more specifically RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0" Good overview of the issue.

 ^ The weekly newsletter, which is now five years old, has become the most widely known forum for debate, commentary and insightful analyses of current affairs in Africa.
  • Pambazuka News : Issue 239 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.pambazuka.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ RSS is a format for syndicating news and the content of news-like sites, news-oriented community sites, and personal weblogs.
  • Los Angeles RSS 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.laweekly.com [Source type: General]

 .Harvard Law is now responsible for the future development of the RSS 2.0 specification.^ RSS was originally developed by Netscape Communications, now owned by AOL Time Warner.
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 ^ He shared that issue with the supervising officer – the Director of Law for Training – and the responsible officer – the Training Development Officer.
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 ^ The RSS Version 1.1 specification is said to be "designed for current RSS 1.0 users, and is not designed to compete with the currently-under-development Atom specification.
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 .Below is a table that describes each version, the owner, pros and cons, as well as its current status and recommendation for use.^ Dave, I use two different versions of MovableType for my weblogs, one on each of two different servers, and am wondering what your best recommendations are in terms of limiting my comment spam?
  • Blogs and RSS Feeds Free Tech Support from Ask Dave Taylor!® 16 September 2009 1:32 UTC www.askdavetaylor.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Some examples of well-known course management programs currently in use include BlackBoard.com/resources/elearning/whitepapers.
  • Handbook of Research on Instructional Systems and Technology 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.scribd.com [Source type: Academic]

 ^ John Bradford: Well it did have, I think, a very significant impact on the pro-family policies that the current Government adopted prior to the last election.
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RSS versions and recommendations, Table source: What is RSS? XML.com
Version Owner Pros Status Recommendation
0.90 Netscape   Obsoleted by 1.0 Don't use
0.91 UserLand Drop dead simple Officially obsoleted by 2.0, but still quite popular Use for basic syndication. Easy migration path to 2.0 if you need more flexibility
0.92, 0.93, 0.94 UserLand Allows richer metadata than 0.91 Obsoleted by 2.0 Use 2.0 instead
1.0 RSS-DEV Working Group RDF-based, extensibility via modules, not controlled by a single vendor Stable core, active module development Use for RDF-based applications or if you need advanced RDF-specific modules
2.0 UserLand Extensibility via modules, easy migration path from 0.9x branch Stable core, active module development Use for general-purpose, metadata-rich syndication

RSS structure

.A RSS document is often known as RSS feed and can have three different types of file extensions: .RSS, .XML and .RDF. All RSS documents must conform 100% to the XML specification begin with the XML declaration.^ RSS documents MUST be conformant to the XML 1.0 specification.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ RSS in particular delivers this information as an XML file called an RSS feed.
  • Enhancing Learning Through Human Computer Interaction 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.scribd.com [Source type: Academic]

 ^ XML is a type of code similar to HTML and is also known as a feed.
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 .To identify a RSS document, the top level starts with a <rss> element, followed by a mandatory version attribute that specifies the RSS version.^ It has one mandatory attribute, version, which indicates the version of RSS which the document conforms to.
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 ^ The root (top-level) element of an RSS document MUST be the rss element.
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 ^ The need to include metadata within the feed raises the following questions: (1) Which version of RSS best supports the delivery of metadata to users?
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 .Sub-element to the <rss> element, is the single <channel> element which contains a brief description of the channel.^ The rss element MUST contain a channel element...
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ Channel- and item-level title and description elements are being overloaded with metadata and HTML. One proposed solution is the addition of more simple elements to the RSS core.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ For example, to link a channel to its Syndic8 identifier, include a category element as a sub-element of , with domain "Syndic8", and value the identifier for your channel in the Syndic8 database.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 .Below is a sample of RSS(2.0) from the New York Times.^ Media companies such as the BBC, The New York Times , and InfoWorld currently support RSS...
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ According to the New York Times , as of November 30 last year, Bear Stearns had on its books $46 billion worth of mortgages and mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities.
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 ^ Instead of going to our website to see what's news, you can use RSS to let you know each time there's something new.
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Exhibit 1: Data model for RSS
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>NYT > Home Page</title>
<link> http://www.nytimes.com/index.html </link>
<description>New York Times > Breaking News, World News & Multimedia</description>
<copyright>Copyright 2004 The New York Times Company</copyright>
<language>en-us</language>
<lastBuildDate>Sun, 7 Nov 2004 13:30:01 EST</lastBuildDate>
<image>
<url> http://www.nytimes.com/images/section/NytSectionHeader.gif </url>
<title>NYT > Home Page</title>
<link> http://www.nytimes.com/index.html </link>
</image>
<item>
<title>Iraq Declares State of Emergency as Insurgents Step Up Attacks</title>
<link> http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/international/middleeast/07cnd-iraq.html </link>
<description> Today's attacks, including three police post raids that killed 21, came a day after insurgents killed at least 30. </description>
<author> By EDWARD WONG </author>
<pubDate> Sun, 07 Nov 2004 00:00:00 EDT </pubDate>
<guid> http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/international/middleeast/07cnd-iraq.html </guid>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
.Figure 1-1: New York Times - HomePage.xml - RSS version 2

The <channel> element has three mandatory elements and several optional elements.^ The rss element MUST contain a channel element...
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 ^ News aggregators and other RSS consumers -- if they are written as XML applications -- should have an easier job of presenting more information to their users.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ RSS Version 1.1 is the independent project of three RSS 1.0 users, Sean B. Palmer, Christopher Schmidt, and Cody Woodard.
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Mandatory <channel> elements:
Element Description Example
<title> Name of the channel "The New York Times"
<description> Brief description of the channel New York Times > Breaking News, World News Multimedia
<link> URL to the channel associated website http://www.nytimes.com/index.html
Optional <channel> elements:
Element Description Example
<language> Channel language en-us
<copyright> Copyright notice for content in the channel Copyright 2004 The New York Times Company
<lastBuildDate> The last time the content of the channel was updated/changed Sun, 7 Nov 2004 13:30:01 EST
.
Other optional elements include: managingEditor, webMaster, pubDate, category, generator, docs, cloud, ttl, image, rating, textInput, skipHours, skipDates.^ For example, to link a channel to its Syndic8 identifier, include a category element as a sub-element of , with domain "Syndic8", and value the identifier for your channel in the Syndic8 database.
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 ^ A rating may include user-designated ratings of 1 through 5 stars that the user may optionally apply to any asset.
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 ^ Other module functions may include, generating a new random image on demand and restricting the Memory Generator to pull from a specific selected collection(s) and/or tag(s).
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 The requirement or sub-elements of each element please refer to the RSS specification.(see at Harvard Law). Below are example of image element.

<image> elements:
Element Description Example
<link> The URL to the item http://www.nytimes.com/index.html
<title> Picture title NYT > Home Page
<url> The URL to the picture http://www.nytimes.com/images/section/NytSectionHeader.gif
.A channel may contain a number of <item>s.^ For the visual setup, the user may choose which items to display (if applicable); choose what order to display them in (if applicable); and choose number of seconds delay between each item (if applicable) (0-60).
  • Digital asset management system (DAMS) - Patent application - digital asset management system provides an integrated user experience for the rapid and facile manipulation of 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.faqs.org [Source type: Reference]

 ^ This may be particularly useful for collections containing a large number of assets.
  • Digital asset management system (DAMS) - Patent application - digital asset management system provides an integrated user experience for the rapid and facile manipulation of 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.faqs.org [Source type: Reference]

 ^ For the audio setup, the user may choose which items to play (if applicable); choose what order to play them in (if applicable); and choose the number of seconds delay between each item (if applicable).
  • Digital asset management system (DAMS) - Patent application - digital asset management system provides an integrated user experience for the rapid and facile manipulation of 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.faqs.org [Source type: Reference]

 .An item may represent a "story" - much like a story in a newspaper or magazine; if so, its description is a synopsis of the story.^ For example, RSS channels might represent items from a Job-listing service, online auctions, an aggregation of personal Weblog feeds, or descriptions of houses for sale.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ G.Moore - May 5th, 2009 at 3:37 pm PDT I attune Twitter and RSS as like those dreaded dinosaurs, The newspapers.

 The link points to the full story. .An item may also be complete in itself, if so, the description contains the text (entity-encoded HTML is allowed; see examples), and the link and title may be omitted.^ Each item consists of a title, link, and brief description.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ Filters may block useful sites relating, for example, to World War history or sex education due to certain key words they contain.
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 ^ Shopping History may be positioned in the UI as an "example" filter only, that the users may edit completely, and even rename it to have a totally different function if desired.
  • Digital asset management system (DAMS) - Patent application - digital asset management system provides an integrated user experience for the rapid and facile manipulation of 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.faqs.org [Source type: Reference]
.Each RSS channel can contain up to 15 items.^ The rss element MUST contain a channel element...
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ Channel- and item-level title and description elements are being overloaded with metadata and HTML. One proposed solution is the addition of more simple elements to the RSS core.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ Use the methods provided by the RSS object to get a handle to other RSS objects, such as Channels and Items.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 .All elements of an item are optional,however, an <item> element must contain at least one <title> or <description> element.^ The rss element MUST contain a channel element...
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ Parts one and two contain 21 items each.
  • Handbook of Research on Instructional Systems and Technology 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.scribd.com [Source type: Academic]

 ^ Channel- and item-level title and description elements are being overloaded with metadata and HTML. One proposed solution is the addition of more simple elements to the RSS core.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

<item> elements:
Element Description Example
<title> Title of the item Iraq Declares State of Emergency as Insurgents Step Up Attacks
<link> The URL to the item http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/international/middleeast/07cnd-iraq.html
<description> Brief description of the item Today's attacks, including three police post raids that killed 21, came a day after insurgents killed at least 30.
<author> Author's name and/or author's email address mail@nytimes.com (Edward Wong)
<pubDate> Date/time the item was published Sun, 07 Nov 2004 00:00:00 EDT
<guid> Is a string that uniquely identifies the item. Can be used by the aggregator to determine if an item is new. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/international/middleeast/07cnd-iraq.html
.Others include:
source, enclosure, category, and comments.^ For the Text/Other category, the display includes file types, or display assets, not included in the Pictures, Videos, and Music groupings.
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 (see at Harvard Law).

An item can either be a child or a sibling of a channel.
"child"
<channel>
...
<item>
.....
</item>
</channel>
"sibling"
<channel>
...
</channel>
<item>
.....
</item>
More optional elements visit RSS 2.0 Specification

How does it work?

.RSS can be divided into two parts; the reader/ag and the feed.^ Top 10 RSS Feed Readers .

 ^ Voyage - RSS feed reader .

 ^ FeedShow : online RSS feed reader .

 .The reader is the program that reads and presents the RSS feed in an understandable format.^ Top 10 RSS Feed Readers .

 ^ Voyage - RSS feed reader .

 ^ FeedShow : online RSS feed reader .

 .The feed is the website with its RSS file.^ But I have an RSS feed and I even have a little 'xml' button that links to the "index.xml" file that contains the RSS. So what am I missing?
  • Blogs and RSS Feeds Free Tech Support from Ask Dave Taylor!® 16 September 2009 1:32 UTC www.askdavetaylor.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Using RSS files, you can create a data feed that supplies headlines, links, and article summaries from your Web site.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ A quick and easy way to put RSS feeds on your website or blog.

 .RSS feeds are typically identified on webpages with an orange rectangle icon, or an orange icon with the letters RSS written on it.^ In addition to the RSS feeds on this page, look for the blue icons on various other pages to get a number or feeds from all over Examiner.com.
  • Examiner.com RSS feeds 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www.examiner.com [Source type: News]

 ^ Pageflakes competes with iGoogle and MyYahoo in creating a personalized webpage using primarily RSS Feeds.

 ^ "Feedity lets you can create a custom RSS web feed for any ANY webpage!

 .To view the XML code, you simply have to click on the icon.^ ATSDR To subscribe, click the subscribe link or XML icon or copy and paste this address into you RSS reader.
  • CDC - RSS 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www2a.cdc.gov [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ He presents guidelines and code to get you started working with this widespread XML application.'
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ Recent updates to CDC vaccine or health recommendations for international travelers To subscribe, click the subscribe link or XML icon or copy and paste this address into you RSS reader.
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Creating an RSS feed

.A website author can establish a RSS feed for itself in different ways; either by doing it manually, by using software or by online services.^ FeedShow : online RSS feed reader .

 ^ The newsreader uses the standard stream reading technology (RSS feed) and provides a single reading window that fills up with content as you scroll.

 ^ There are people who are changing the way in which they use some of the child care services.
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 .Most large websites use content management software to produce their RSS feed.^ Add and remove RSS feeds using the management pane at the bottom."

 ^ Use Government RSS feeds to create free content.

 ^ We provide the following feeds, or collections of items, in RSS version 2.0 so that RSS-aware programs can process our feeds and present our site content to users as they desire.
  • Los Angeles RSS 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.laweekly.com [Source type: General]

 .Every time a change is made on their website, the content management software produce a RSS file of the changes with the new items added and old items removed.^ I have been blogging pretty happily at Blogger.com for a while, but now I have decided it's time for a bit of a facelift, and I've heard that Blogger just added a bunch of new templates.
  • Blogs and RSS Feeds Free Tech Support from Ask Dave Taylor!® 16 September 2009 1:32 UTC www.askdavetaylor.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Although the tracking of content and ad viewing has always been one of RSS's weak points, Williams says his company tracks ad views by means of a simple transparent image file.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ When the max cache size is reached and a new object is added, the oldest object in the cache is removed.
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Subscribing to an RSS feed

.As a RSS subscriber you need a RSS aggregator.^ ATSDR To subscribe, click the subscribe link or XML icon or copy and paste this address into you RSS reader.
  • CDC - RSS 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www2a.cdc.gov [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ "The new My AOL is a feed reader that allows you to subscribe to RSS feeds.

 ^ "The RSS Screensaver is a screensaver that lets you subscribe to one or more RSS feeds, and select a directory for background images.

 .By feeding a RSS link, the aggregator will search for information you subscribed and display them.^ News aggregators and other RSS consumers -- if they are written as XML applications -- should have an easier job of presenting more information to their users.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ I've just heard from some friends that MSN Search now lets me look through RSS feeds to find information, in addition to its regular search capabilities?
  • Blogs and RSS Feeds Free Tech Support from Ask Dave Taylor!® 16 September 2009 1:32 UTC www.askdavetaylor.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Case studies in Environmental Medicine as presented and provided by ATSDR. To subscribe, click the subscribe link or XML icon or copy and paste this address into you RSS reader.
  • CDC - RSS 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www2a.cdc.gov [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .Say that you subscribe on the sport section in the New York Times; each time the NY Times publish a new sport article the article’s headlines, description and the URL will be displayed on your computer.^ Information, resources and research from The New York Times and partners.
  • Post a Job, Find a Job, Get Career Advice - The New York Times & Monster 19 September 2009 0:15 UTC jobmarket.nytimes.com [Source type: News]

 ^ The user uploads new photos from time to time from her digital camera to the synched folder on her computer.
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 ^ Listen to/view CDC podcasts on your computer or download them for reliable health and safety information when and where you want it.
  • CDC - RSS 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC www2a.cdc.gov [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .Whenever you are online, the aggregator will search out and sort your list of interests and display them.^ Check your list of contacts to find out who is online and available to chat.
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 ^ Your address book, local weather information, to-do-list, news, blogs and much more – all on one page that you can access from anywhere."

 ^ With your baa lambs and your empty sky, you big fella stretched out sun baking..
  • RatbagMedia - The Ratbag's very own powerful personal wiki. 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC ratbagradio.tiddlyspot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

RSS Aggregators

.RSS aggregator (aka RSS Reader) is an application that is used to collect, update and display RSS feeds.^ Top 10 RSS Feed Readers .

 ^ Voyage - RSS feed reader .

 ^ FeedShow : online RSS feed reader .

 .Below is a list of some RSS aggregators for different platforms that the aggregator will work properly on.^ The list below touches on some ways you can read the news, but it also lets you learn, share, keep up with your interests, and so much more."

 ^ "Below is a list of the submission urls for RSS and blog directories that you can submit your blog or RSS feed to.

 ^ This article looks at the RSS format and examines some open source Perl modules that will allow you to work with RSS files easily."
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]
Some others include:

Future of RSS

.The future of RSS seems very promising as version 2.0 has become extremely popular with the Internet industry and somewhat the standard of the RSS versions.^ Whatever else can be said about RSS, in which ever version you care about or hate most, it's been for the most part a very grassroots effort.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ RSS has contributed to the explosion of weblogs, and it is becoming a standard part of other Web sites, too.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ The UserLand community of Web enthusiasts became early supporters of RSS, and it soon became a very popular format.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 .Yahoo recently released its new version of Yahoo Maps and the API is based on georRSS version 2.0. This version of Yahoo Maps allows users to edit the information on the maps, which makes the Maps and Local Search products more effective.^ News aggregators and other RSS consumers -- if they are written as XML applications -- should have an easier job of presenting more information to their users.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ Hyperlinks in the e-mail take the user directly to the list items in question so that the new information can be viewed directly without having to navigate from the home page of the site.
  • Handbook of Research on Instructional Systems and Technology 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.scribd.com [Source type: Academic]

 ^ Consider walkshed technologies , all those great mapping, locating and imaging tools that are helping to make substituting proximity for mobility more practical.
  • RatbagMedia - The Ratbag's very own powerful personal wiki. 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC ratbagradio.tiddlyspot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .RSS version 2.0 is also very popular with distributing podcasts to the subscriber base along with distributing content Google’s blogger product.^ We provide the following feeds, or collections of items, in RSS version 2.0 so that RSS-aware programs can process our feeds and present our site content to users as they desire.
  • Los Angeles RSS 17 January 2010 8:38 UTC www.laweekly.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Google provides a simple way to put RSS content on your website.

 ^ Web-based productivity tools: Blogging and RSS along with e-mail and instant messaging (IM) are Web-based productivity tools.
  • Handbook of Research on Instructional Systems and Technology 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.scribd.com [Source type: Academic]

 .Furthermore, RSS is being utilized in an innovative way for search engine marketers to submit time sensitive content to the engines.^ User profiles have been utilized for some time in marketing and project design.
  • Enhancing Learning Through Human Computer Interaction 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.scribd.com [Source type: Academic]

 ^ They have taken the stock market by storm and instigated a revolution in the way childcare services are being delivered across Australia.
  • RatbagMedia - The Ratbag's very own powerful personal wiki. 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC ratbagradio.tiddlyspot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ RSS changed the way we processed information, by turning search into push and content into people.

 .The Mozilla Firefox browser already contains an internal RSS aggregator that allows users to view RSS news and blog headlines in the bookmark toolbar or bookmark menu.^ News aggregators and other RSS consumers -- if they are written as XML applications -- should have an easier job of presenting more information to their users.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ The answer to "How do I subscribe to a blog's RSS feed with Firefox?"
  • Blogs and RSS Feeds Free Tech Support from Ask Dave Taylor!® 16 September 2009 1:32 UTC www.askdavetaylor.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Users may have the option of searching all of their assets, or, optionally, searching within an already refined/filtered view of their assets.
  • Digital asset management system (DAMS) - Patent application - digital asset management system provides an integrated user experience for the rapid and facile manipulation of 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.faqs.org [Source type: Reference]

 .This is accomplished through the Mozilla Firefox feature named “Live Bookmarks”.^ Opera Software ASA introduced RSS support with its latest browser, Opera 7.50, released in May, and the Mozilla Foundation is planning a feature to bookmark feeds with its Firefox 1.0 release later this year.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 .RSS has quickly become a mainstream technology in a relatively short period and has definitely become a major player in the Internet space.^ But recently, corporate giants have begun distributing content via RSS as well, putting this new technology more squarely in the b-to-b marketing mainstream.
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

 ^ DAMS' "Webgrab" technology enables users to quickly earmark any web destination page or file for addition to DAMS storage space.
  • Digital asset management system (DAMS) - Patent application - digital asset management system provides an integrated user experience for the rapid and facile manipulation of 3 February 2010 17:48 UTC www.faqs.org [Source type: Reference]

 ^ RSS is a XML service by virtue of being an exchange of XML information over an Internet protocol (the vast majority of RSS exchange is simple HTTP GET of RSS documents).
  • Cover Pages: RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) 30 January 2010 3:18 UTC xml.coverpages.org [Source type: General]

Use RSS on Firefox

Summary

Now, RSS is commonly used in areas such as, websites and blogs, with version 2.0 being the most popular standard. RSS feeds are typically identified on webpages with an orange rectangle icon, or an orange icon with the letters RSS written on it. To view the XML code, you simply have to click on the icon.

Exercises

Answers

References

Technology at Harvard Law - Internet technology hosted by Berkman Center - RSS 2.0 Specification
Dive-into-XML by Mark Pilgrim - What is RSS?
Mozilla Firefox - Live Bookmarks
Apple - PodCasting
RSS INFO - RSS info
USA Today - USA Today

Citable sentences

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