RSS

Definition of RSS

According to wikipedia, 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".

Aggregators

Wikipedia - Definition of RSS

XML.com - What is RSS?

Article Directory for RSS Related Articles

RSS Feeds: How to syndicate headlines

RSS: Generate the script needed to present an RSS feed in Blackboard or on your Web site

Good RSS Feeds

The New York Times RSS

Washingtonpost.com RSS

SFGate

The Seattle Times

Yahoo! News