6. Technically Speaking
RSS is:
A standard way to format a text file
That organizes content (text, pics, etc.)
In a machine-readable format (xml)
For easy Internet syndication
8. <?xml version=quot;1.0quot;?>
Machine readable
<rss version=quot;2.0quot; xmlns:dc=quot;http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/quot;>
<channel>
<title>TMZ.com</title>
TMZ.com’s
<link>http://www.tmz.com</link>
<description>TMZ.com</description>
<image>
RSS file
<url>http://www.tmz.com/media/feedlogo.gif</url>
<title>TMZ.com</title>
<link>http://www.tmz.com</link>
</image>
<language>en-us</language>
<copyright>Copyright 2007 TMZ.com, Inc. The contents of this headlines and excerpts feed are available for
limited commercial distribution. You may repost this feed to your site provided you link back to the original story, do
not edit the material, and do not remove this copyright notice.</copyright>
<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator>
<item>
1.
<title>Rosie Going Nowhere for Now</title>
<link>http://www.tmz.com/2007/03/11/rosie-going-nowhere-for-now/</link>
<guid isPermaLink=quot;truequot;>http://www.tmz.com/2007/03/11/rosie-going-nowhere-for-now/</guid>
<comments>http://www.tmz.com/2007/03/11/rosie-going-nowhere-for-now/#comments</comments>
2.
<description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href=quot;http://www.tmz.com/category/lets-get-this-party-started/quot;
rel=quot;tagquot;>Let's Get This Party Started</a></p><a href=quot;http://www.tmz.comquot;>TMZ.com</a>: Rosie
O'Donnell is sticking around at quot;The Viewquot; for at least another year, though it seems she might
bolt after next year to start her own show.Page Six says that Ro will re-up for another year at ABC
when her contract ends this summer, mainly... <a href=quot;http://www.tmz.com/2007/03/11/rosie-going-
nowhere-for-now/quot;>Read more</a><br/><br/>]]></description>
3.
<category>Let's Get This Party Started</category><category>Let'sGetThisPartyStarted</
category><dc:creator>TMZ Staff</dc:creator><dc:date>2007-03-11T03:05:00+00:00</dc:date>
</item>
More content
<item>
<title>Bobby Trendy: Anna Loved the Lip Gloss!</title>
14. RSS: Really Simple
Syndication
Online content (e.g. news) is dynamic
RSS files are updated with the latest content
of a site (automatically)
Could be the latest story, comment, photo,
podcast, video, etc.
Fresh content can be syndicated (widely
distributed) easily
15. RSS: I’m Ready for
Some Stories!
Explaining RSS the Oprah way
“A way online to get a quick list of the
latest story headlines from all your
favorite websites and blogs all in one
place.”
Credit: Stephanie Quilao, Back in Skinny
Jeans blog
17. Before we move
forward...
RSS File = RSS Feed = Feed
XML, RSS, ATOM = easy subscription
to any news reader
easy subscription to a
=
specific news reader
19. The Blog Effect
Blogs are built using RSS (or ATOM)
by default
More sites are resembling blogs
RSS has become a de facto standard
on millions of Web sites
29. Before we move
forward...
News reader = Feed reader =
Aggregator = RSS reader = News
aggregator, and so on
Their basic function is managing all the
feeds (RSS, ATOM, etc.) to which
you’ve subscribed.
