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Streamline Your Content: Explore the World of RSS Feeds

Discover the power of RSS - a convenient way to access news, blogs, podcasts, and more online. Learn why RSS saves time and puts you in control, though it may require an additional tool. Explore the basics of XML and popular RSS aggregators like Syndic8 and Daypop. Uncover the history and evolution of RSS formats from Netscape to Dave Weiner's RSS 2.0. Dive into the debate between RSS and Atom for future content consumption alternatives.

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Streamline Your Content: Explore the World of RSS Feeds

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  1. Notification with RSS Samuel Eriksson Mattias Viberg

  2. What is RSS? A way of subscribing/publishing to: • Electronic News papers • Weblogs • Podcasts • Anything?

  3. Why use RSS? • Saves time • Relatively simple • User is in control (compared to e-mail) But! • Hard to grasp • Requires one more tool (currently)

  4. Description <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>W3Schools</title> <link>http://www.w3schools.com</link> <description>W3Schools Web Tutorials </description> <item> <title>RSS Tutorial</title> <link>http://www.w3schools.com/rss</link> <description>Check out the RSS tutorial on W3Schools.com</description> </item> </channel> </rss>

  5. Description (2) • XML: • All XML elements must have a closing tag • XML tags are case sensitive • All XML elements must be properly nested • Attribute values must always be quoted

  6. Description (3) • News aggregators • Syndic8, http://www.syndic8.com: The largest RSS directory with over 300,000 feeds listed. • Daypop, http://www.daypop.com: A large news oriented RSS aggregator with over 50,000 feeds listed. • Newsisfree, http://www.newsisfree.com: Another news oriented RSS aggregator with over 18,000 feeds listed

  7. History First RSS format: • RSS 0.9 Netscape -99 Most commonly used: • RSS 0.91 Netscape by request -99 • RSS 1.0 RSS-DEV group -00 (imcompatible with the rest) • RSS 2.0 Dave Weiner -02 Alternative: • Atom Supported by Google!

  8. Example Demo

  9. Future • Replace Email? • Replace browsers? • RSS vs. Atom

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