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Explanation of RSS, How You Can Use it, and Finding RSS Feeds view detail comment email this

This site provides information about RSS. "Quite a few websites use RSS to display headlines from other websites, as it provides additional content to their readers." RSS is an acronym, "but depending on who you ask and what version of RSS you are speaking about, it may stand for Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary, RDF Site Summary, or a variation of those." Includes links to pages about creating an RSS feed or reader. From Fagan Finder.
http://www.faganfinder.com/search/rss.php
Topics: Blogs & Podcasts, Internet, Web Design and Management

Last updated Jan 5, 2007


Peterson's: College and University Feed Directory view detail comment email this

Directory of links to RSS (Really Simple Syndication) and Atom feeds related to higher education. Some of the topics are admissions, alumni, human resources and employment, libraries (general and new acquisitions), sports, and technology. From Peterson's, a company offering education products and services.
http://directory.edufeeds.com
Topics: Blogs & Podcasts, College and University Education

Last updated Feb 7, 2007


RSS view detail comment email this

"The Rich Site Summary (RSS) format, previously known as the RDF Site Summary, has quietly become a dominant format for distributing news headlines on the Web." This site features links to articles, tutorials, software, tools, collections, and other RSS resources. From WebReference.com.
http://www.webreference.com/authoring/languages/xml/rss/
Topics: Blogs & Podcasts, Internet, Web Design and Management

Last updated Sep 10, 2003


RSS in Government: News About How RSS is Being Used by International, Federal, State, and Local Governments view detail comment email this

Find breaking coverage about RSS in local, state, national, and international governments, as well as in the Department of Defense and other agencies. (RSS, most commonly known as Really Simple Syndication, is an Internet tool for tracking news and updates.) Searchable. The editorial team includes Ray Matthews, an RSS apostle based at the Utah State Library.
http://rssgov.com/rssworkshop.html
Topics: Blogs & Podcasts, Internet, Web Design and Management

Last updated Jan 15, 2004


RSS Tutorial for Content Publishers and Webmasters view detail comment email this

"This tutorial explains the features and benefits of a Web format called RSS, and gives a brief technical overview of it. The reader is assumed to have some familiarity with XML and other Web technologies." Includes related Web links.
http://www.mnot.net/rss/tutorial/
Topics: Blogs & Podcasts, Internet, Web Design and Management

Last updated Sep 2, 2003


USA.gov: U.S. Government RSS Library view detail comment email this

RSS is "a method of summarizing the latest news and information from a website." This site provides access to government sites with RSS feeds. Topics include agriculture, business, education, health, international relations, and science. Also includes a link for downloading RSS readers. ("RSS has several meanings: Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary, and RDF Site Summary, where RDF stands for Resource Data Framework.") From USA.gov (formerly FirstGov.gov), the U.S. government's official Web portal.
http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries/RSS_Library.shtml
Topics: Blogs & Podcasts, Internet, Web Design and Management

Last updated Jan 15, 2007




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