what is Really Simple Syndication?

• Really Simple Syndication(RSS) is a family of Webfeed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format.


• An RSS document (which is called a "feed", "web feed or "channel") includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship.


• Web feeds benefit publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically.


• They benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place.


• RSS feeds can be read using software called an "RSS reader", "feed reader", or "aggregator", which can be web-based, desktop-based, or mobile-device-based.


• A standardized XML file format allows the information to be published once and viewed by many different programs.


• The user subscribes to a feed by entering the feed's URI, often referred to informally as a "URL" (uniform resource locator), although technically the two terms are not exactly synonymous, into the reader, or by clicking an RSS icon in a browser that initiates the subscription process.


• The RSS reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new work, downloads any updates that it finds, and provides a user interface to monitor and read the feeds.


• RSS formats are specified using XML, a generic specification for the creation of data formats.