Week 4 - RSS & Newsreaders

Webopedia defines RSS (Really Simple Syndication) or (Rich Site Summary) as the standard for the syndication of Web content. It goes on to say that RSS is an XML-based format and while it can be used in different ways for content distribution, its most widespread usage is in distributing news headlines on the Web.

I think of RSS as an alternative way to access updated, personalized information in the World Wide Web. Organized, sorted by date, information of interest is sent to the user's computer via RSS files.

RSS, originially developed by Netscape in 1999, requires a special reader like "Bloglines" to view messages. It is mostly used by news sites and webblogs.