I see it all over the place on websites and stuff, but I have no idea what it is.
2007-01-06 18:33:07 · 6 answers · asked by concretebrunette 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
RSS is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated digital content, such as blogs, news feeds or podcasts.
Users of RSS content use programs called feed 'readers' or 'aggregators': the user 'subscribes' to a feed by supplying to their reader a link to the feed; the reader can then check the user's subscribed feeds to see if any of those feeds have new content since the last time it checked, and if so, retrieve that content and present it to the user.
The initials "RSS" are variously used to refer to the following standards:
* Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0)
* Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91, RSS 1.0)
* RDF Site Summary (RSS 0.9 and 1.0)
RSS formats are specified in XML (a generic specification for data formats). RSS delivers its information as an XML file called an "RSS feed", "webfeed", "RSS stream", or "RSS channel".
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Try this RSS "primer":
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1228694,00.asp
2007-01-06 18:36:12 · answer #1 · answered by Joe D 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
RSS is an acronym, which stands for Really Simple Syndication and sometimes it is also referred to as Rich Site Summary. It is essentially a tool you can use to have news related headlines and announcements, delivered directly to you, rather than having to go look for it. RSS makes use of a certain code that constantly scans a website for updated content and then broadcasts those updates to all subscribers through a feed. These RSS feeds will contain the Date, Title, a Brief Description of the content and a Link to click on to read more of the article.
More and more sites are now offering RSS feeds, which can be identified by a small orange button that says either or - However, if you click one of these links, you will most likely get a page full of code in your browser. Therefore, you will need one of the free RSS readers listed below to properly read the feed.
2007-01-07 02:37:31 · answer #2 · answered by G 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
RSS is very easy in concept but difficult to explain. Basically, RSS is for updates of news, blogs, etc. So instead of having to go to every website and see the updates, you can get an RSS reader. This reader goes ahead and looks at all the sites you want it to and gives you headlines of the latest updates. But only works with sites that have RSS feeds.
2007-01-07 02:36:48 · answer #3 · answered by olympikdude 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-07 09:24:21 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a protocol that allows you to read all your favourite websites from an RSS reader, like you'd read a newspaper or a LiveJournal friends list. Try going to http://reader.google.com/ and adding a few subscriptions (by copying the URL you get when you click on an RSS icon, usually a file named something like "feed.xml"). It's great for reading comics; instead of going to each comic website and seeing if there are any updates, you can view any updates to any websites from your homepage.
2007-01-07 02:37:15 · answer #5 · answered by manuelriliz 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.
2007-01-07 02:39:03 · answer #6 · answered by Rakesh Kashyap 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋