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Keeping Up With Your Field Electronically: Getting Information Delivered to Your Desktop |
RSS has been described as Tivo for the Internet...Netflix for the Internet...Podcasting for more than just audio...
"[RSS] Feeds are a way for websites large and small to distribute their content well beyond just visitors using browsers. Feeds permit subscription to regular updates, delivered automatically via a web portal, news reader, or in some cases good old email. Feeds also make it possible for site content to be packaged into "widgets," "gadgets," mobile devices, and other bite-sized technologies that make it possible to display blogs, podcasts, and major news/sports/weather/whatever headlines just about anywhere."
-Google's Feedburner Help Center - Feed 101 Page
Image courtesy of http://www.backinskinnyjeans.com/2006/09/how_to_explain_.html
Generic RSS Feed Icon may appear on a web page when a feed is available.
Firefox: Blue Feed Icon appears in URL bar when a feed is available.
Internet Explorer: Orange Feed Icon with drop down list of available feeds appears below search box on right when a feed (or feeds) is available.
Safari: Blue RSS icon appears in URL bar when a feed is available.
Other icons may appear within a web page to indicate that a feed is available. (Image courtesy of the RSS Advisory Board)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<rss version="2.0"> <channel>
<title>W3Schools Home Page</title>
<link>http://www.w3schools.com</link>
<description>Free web building tutorials</description>
<item>
<title>RSS Tutorial</title>
<link>http://www.w3schools.com/rss</link>
<description>New RSS tutorial on W3Schools</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>XML Tutorial</title>
<link>http://www.w3schools.com/xml</link>
<description>New XML tutorial on W3Schools</description>
</item>
</channel></rss>
Sample courtesy of the W3 Schools
YouTube video from Common Craft.
