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| Filename extension |
.rss, .xml |
|---|---|
| Internet media type | application/rss+xml (registration not finished)[1] |
| Developed by | RSS Advisory Board |
| Initial release | RSS 0.90 (Netscape), March 15, 1999 |
| Latest release | RSS 2.0 (version 2.0.11) March 30, 2009 |
| Type of format | Web syndication |
| Container for | Updates of a website and its related metadata (web feed) |
| Extended from | XML |
| Open format? | Yes |
| Website | rssboard |
RSS (RDF Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication)[2] is a web feed[3] that allows users and applications to access updates to websites in a standardized, computer-readable format. Subscribing to RSS feeds can allow a user to keep track of many different websites in a single news aggregator, which constantly monitors sites for new content, removing the need for the user to manually check them. News aggregators (or "RSS readers") can be built into a browser, installed on a desktop computer, or installed on a mobile device.[4]
Websites usually use RSS feeds to publish frequently updated information, such as blog entries, news headlines, episodes of audio and video series, or for distributing podcasts. An RSS document (called "feed", "web feed",[5] or "channel") includes full or summarized text, and metadata, like publishing date and author's name. RSS formats are specified using a generic XML file.[4]
Although RSS formats have evolved from as early as March 1999,[6] it was between 2005 and 2006 when RSS gained widespread use, and the ("") icon was decided upon by several major web browsers.[7] RSS feed data is presented to users using software called a news aggregator and the passing of content is called web syndication. Users subscribe to feeds either by entering a feed's URI into the reader or by clicking on the browser's feed icon. The RSS reader checks the user's feeds regularly for new information and can automatically download it, if that function is enabled.
- ^ "The application/rss+xml Media Type". Network Working Group. May 22, 2006. Archived from the original on June 14, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2007.
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- ^ "Web feeds | RSS | The Guardian | guardian.co.uk", The Guardian, London, 2008, webpage: GuardianUK-webfeeds. Archived December 15, 2017, at the Wayback Machine.
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