What is RSS?
November 9, 2005 – 6:58 pmRSS
RSS is a family of XML files format for web syndication used by news websites and weblogs. The acronym stands for one of the following standards:
* Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.9x)
* RDF Site Summary (RSS 0.9 and 1.0)
* Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.x)
RSS is used to provide items containing short descriptions of web
content together with a link to the full version of the content. This
information is delivered as an XML file called RSS feed, RSS stream, or RSS channel. An orange rectangle with the letters XML or RSS is often used as a link to a site’s RSS feed.
RSS is widely used by the weblog community and major news
organizations.
