What is RSS?

   RSS stands for "RDF Site Summary" or "Rich Site Summary" or "Really Simple Syndication" depending on different sources or opinions. Simply said, is an XML file based on W3C's RDF Specification, which allows extensions. It is used to create a summary document for sites usually containing updates, new content or news. These XML files could be read directly by aggregators or newsreaders. Latest version of RSS is 2.0. Other versions are 1.0, 0.93, 0.92 and maybe others. For a quick intro to RSS you can read this or for a short history description read this.
   To see RSS in action try our demo.

Articles:

• RSS Introduction
• How to use RSS feeds?
• eBay2RSS free service - get RSS feeds for your eBay items list or categories
• What is Atom? (soon)

Technicaly details:

    RSS is an XML document with syndicated content of the sites. Many sites (especially weblogs) offer RSS feeds which are a summary of the site in XML format. This format is:

<rss version="2.0">
 <channel>
   <title>Channel title</title>
   <link>URL</link>
   <description>Channel Description</description>
   ...

   <item>
      <title>Title for Syndicating Content Item #1</title>
      <link>Link to Content Item #1</link>
      <description>Content Description #1</description>
   ...
   </item>
   ...
   <item>
      <title>Title for Syndicating Content Item #n</title>
      <link>Link to Content Item #n</link>
      <description>Content Description #n</description>
      ...
   </item>
 </channel>
</rss>

   The complete list of tags available is here.
   Also, this format supports extensions thru XML namespaces. The most common extensions are:

xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
xmlns:co="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/company/"
xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"

What can you find on this site?

• RSSlib - use it for free to add RSS feeds to your site. Scripts available for PHP & ASP.
• RSS 2.0 - RSS feed generator (for PHP & ASP) - use them to generate your own RSS feed (customizable).
• New: Search or browse for RSS feeds from your RSS reader
• New: RSS Directory Frequent Asked Questions

Links to articles and tutorials regarding RSS:

• RSS 2.0 Specification
• Google Directory references
• Yahoo Directory links
• RSS - A Primer for Publishers & Content Providers
• RSS Tutorial for Content Publishers and Webmasters
• All about RSS || Fagan Finder
• Pear :: XML_RSS package
• MSDN :: RSS with ASP.NET
• RSS with JSP

Groups & discussion lists:

• RSS-Dev
• RSS2-Support
• Syndication