What is RSS?

Do 16 Okt, 2008; by torstenr - FAQ

RSS provides a convenient way for content publishers to distribute information in a standardized format. A standardized XML file format allows the information to be published once and viewed by many different programs such as RSS Bandit. A common example of RSS content is sources of information such as news headlines that are frequently updated.

Here are a couple of articles describing it: 

• http://www.mnot.net/rss/tutorial/ (good tutorial, recommended)
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/3223484.stm (BBC explains how their RSS works)
• http://www.whatisrss.com/ (what is RSS?)

Tagged as: rss