What is RSS? can you explain what is this for??

I heard about RSS a lot but i still don't know how this works? can you explain this?? Thank you

What is RSS? can you explain what is this for??
(Really Simple Syndication) is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content including, but not limited to, blog entries, news headlines, and podcasts. An RSS document (which is called a "feed" or "web feed" or "channel") contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with web sites in an automated manner that can be piped into special programs or filtered displays.





RSS content can be read using software called an "RSS reader", "feed reader" or an "aggregator". The user subscribes to a feed by entering the feed's link into the reader or by clicking an RSS icon in a browser that initiates the subscription process. The reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new content, downloading any updates that it finds.





The initials "RSS" are used to refer to the following formats:





* Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0)


* RDF Site Summary (RSS 1.0 and RSS 0.90)


* Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91).





RSS formats are specified using XML, a generic specification for the creation of data formats. Although RSS formats have evolved since March 1999.





Ron
Reply:RSS is a standard format for syndicating content on the Internet. The content can be anything! Often information contained in an RSS feed is syndicated on other sites which expands its reach.





Website visitors love RSS because they choose which feeds they wish to subscribe to, if at any point they are unhapy with the content contained in the RSS feed they simply unsubscribe and no longer receive notification of feed updates.





RSS is really a win, win for both subscribers and publishers.





In order to get a better understanding of how RSS works download an RSS reader or use a web aggregator and subscribe to an RSS feed (they are usually indicated by a small orange icon).
Reply:What does RSS look like?





Imagine you want to write a program that reads RSS feeds, so that you can publish headlines on your site, build your own portal or homegrown news aggregator, or whatever. What does an RSS feed look like? That depends on which version of RSS you're talking about. Here's a sample RSS 0.91 feed (adapted from XML.com's RSS feed):





%26lt;rss version="0.91"%26gt;


%26lt;channel%26gt;


%26lt;title%26gt;XML.com%26lt;/title%26gt;


%26lt;link%26gt;%26lt;/link%26gt;http://www.xml.com/%26lt;/link%26gt;


%26lt;description%26gt;XML.com features a rich mix of information and services for the XML community.%26lt;/description%26gt;


%26lt;language%26gt;en-us%26lt;/language%26gt;


%26lt;item%26gt;


%26lt;title%26gt;Normalizing XML, Part 2%26lt;/title%26gt;


%26lt;link%26gt;%26lt;/link%26gt;http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/04/norm...


%26lt;description%26gt;In this second and final look at applying relational normalization techniques to W3C XML Schema data modeling, Will Provost discusses when not to normalize, the scope of uniqueness and the fourth and fifth normal forms.%26lt;/description%26gt;


%26lt;/item%26gt;


%26lt;item%26gt;


%26lt;title%26gt;The .NET Schema Object Model%26lt;/title%26gt;


%26lt;link%26gt;%26lt;/link%26gt;http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/04/som....


%26lt;description%26gt;Priya Lakshminarayanan describes in detail the use of the .NET Schema Object Model for programmatic manipulation of W3C XML Schemas.%26lt;/description%26gt;


%26lt;/item%26gt;


%26lt;item%26gt;


%26lt;title%26gt;SVG's Past and Promising Future%26lt;/title%26gt;


%26lt;link%26gt;%26lt;/link%26gt;http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/04/svg....


%26lt;description%26gt;In this month's SVG column, Antoine Quint looks back at SVG's journey through 2002 and looks forward to 2003.%26lt;/description%26gt;


%26lt;/item%26gt;


%26lt;/channel%26gt;


%26lt;/rss%26gt;
Reply:you wasted points, you should have just gone to wikipedia.
Reply:"RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content including, but not limited to, blog entries, news headlines, and podcasts.[2] An RSS document (which is called a "feed" or "web feed" [3] or "channel") contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with web sites in an automated manner that can be piped into special programs or filtered displays.[3]"
Reply:Hi, RSS stands for RDF site summary or Really simple syndication means that u can get site/news data in the form of XML. the simple eg:


%26lt;rss version="0.91"%26gt;


%26lt;channel%26gt;


%26lt;title%26gt;...%26lt;/title%26gt;


%26lt;link%26gt;...%26lt;/link%26gt;


%26lt;description%26gt;...%26lt;/description%26gt;


%26lt;language%26gt;en-us%26lt;/language%26gt;


%26lt;item%26gt;


%26lt;title%26gt;...%26lt;/title%26gt;


%26lt;link%26gt;...%26lt;/link%26gt;


%26lt;description%26gt;....%26lt;/description%26gt;


%26lt;/item%26gt;


%26lt;/channel%26gt;


%26lt;/rss%26gt;





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