Really Simple Syndication
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is an XML-based format for content distribution. RSS is an easy way for Web sites to share headlines, web content and stories from other sites. It is a format for syndicating news and the content of news-like sites including major news sites and also personal weblogs. RSS has been adopted by news syndication services, weblogs, and other online information services. RSS lets users read dozens of websites, all on the same page. The sites can be scanned in seconds rather than waiting for these pages to be loaded. These days sites are using RSS to provide their content as an RSS feed so that it would reach a wider audience.
To read RSS feeds, News Aggregators or RSS Readers are used. They are the most popular tool for interpreting RSS files. These readers can be can be used to view the headlines from various sources in a single application. The user can also subscribe to website’s RSS feeds through personalized news sites. If the user has a personal Website, then the feeds can be used to add headlines from different sources to his pages. RSS news readers allow the user to view the service you select all together in the same place and, by automatically retrieving updates, stay current with new content soon after it is published.
An RSS feed can be created by writing an XML format or by using the softwares available. I used FeedForAll, a feeder software. It takes the user through a wizard which creates the feed. The channel, the title, the description, the URL and the item title and the item description has to be provided. An XML file is created based on the given details. The FeedForAll is a free software available at the following link http://www.feedforall.com/
For this purpose, I have used an RSS Aggregator. It is called the Active Web Reader. It is a free download and can be downloaded from http://www.deskshare.com/awr.aspx
RSS Feeds
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