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Assignment 2
Research Paper and practice
on RSS
due: Monday March 16, 2009
This paper will give an introduction to the meaning of RSS and also give a brief history, how it
came to be, and how it works? What RSS actually stands for? How and why did the technology emerge?
The second half will describe the benefits of the technology, and answering questions such as; what
problem it is intended to solve? This paper will also discuss the technology called “pod casting”, and the
syntax of RSS. It will also give an example of an rss.xml file based on RSS syntax and its specifications.
RSS is a format for delivering regular changing web content. Before going in to more detail one
need to know the abbreviation for RSS. RSS stands for Really Simply Syndication. The definition of
Syndification in the online dictionary states that syndicate refers to a group or organization combined or
making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty out specific transactions or negations. Taking that
definition in consideration, RSS is a format for syndicating news and content of news like sites, including
major news sites like wired. And example of this is CNN.com, but its just not for news, it is also for
anything that can be broken down into discrete items can be syndicated with the help of RSS.
What is RSS?
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a lightweight XML format designed for sharing headlines
and other Web content. Think of it as a distributable "What's New" for your site. Originated by
UserLand in 1997 and subsequently used by Netscape to fill channels for Netcenter, RSS has
evolved into a popular means of sharing content between sites (including the BBC, CNET, CNN,
Disney, Forbes, Motley Fool, Wired, Red Herring, Salon, Slashdot, ZDNet, and more). RSS
solves myriad problems webmasters commonly face, such as increasing traffic, and gathering
and distributing news. RSS can also be the basis for additional content distribution services.
http://www.whatisrss.com/
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/18/dive-into-xml.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(file_format)
http://www.webreference.com/authoring/languages/xml/rss/intro/
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