RSS+Feed

=What is it?= RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication". It is a way to easily distribute a list of headlines, update notices, and sometimes content to a wide number of people. It is used by computer programs that organize those headlines and notices for easy reading.

RSS Feed 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. An RSS document (which is called a "feed", "web feed", or "channel") includes full or summarized text, plus [|metadata] such as publishing dates and authorship.

=﻿What is it used for?= Most people are interested in many websites whose content changes on an unpredictable schedule. Examples of such websites are news sites, community and religious organization information pages, product information pages, medical websites, and weblogs. Repeatedly checking each website to see if there is any new content can be very tedious. Email notification of changes was an early solution to this problem. Unfortunately, when you receive email notifications from multiple websites they are usually disorganized and can get overwhelming, and are often mistaken for spam. RSS is a better way to be notified of new and changed content. Notifications of changes to multiple websites are handled easily, and the results are presented to you well organized and distinct from email.

RSS feeds benefit publishers by letting them [|syndicate] content automatically. A standardized [|XML] file format allows the information to be published once and viewed by many different programs. They benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place. 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 user subscribes to a feed by entering into the reader the feed's [|URI] or by clicking a [|feed icon] in a web browser that initiates the subscription process. 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. RSS allows users to avoid manually inspecting all of the websites they are interested in, and instead subscribe to websites such that all new content is pushed onto their browsers when it becomes available.

=﻿Where did the name come from?= 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].


 * [|RDF] Site Summary**, the first version of RSS, was created by [|Dan Libby] and [|Ramanathan V. Guha] at [|Netscape] . It was released in March 1999 for use on the My.Netscape.Com portal. This version became known as RSS 0.9. In July 1999, [|Dan Libby] of Netscape produced a new version, RSS 0.91, which simplified the format by removing RDF elements and incorporating elements from [|Dave Winer] 's scriptingNews syndication format. Libby also renamed RSS **Rich Site Summary** and outlined further development of the format in a "futures document".

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