RSS FEEDERPresented By:Anuradha Srivastava

RSS is an acronymn for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary.

XML document that facilitates content syndicationa. This “feed” contains structured

datab. Transformed to information by

RSS reader

Ease of syndication, low cost.

Syndication Syndication is key element.

It enables you -- your library -- to make your content available to anyone to use.a. Newsb. Eventsc. Book listsd. Study guidese. Etc.

WHERE DOES RSS COME FROM?

Automatically Generateda. Weblog software (Movable Type,

TypePad, Blog lines, Word press, etc.)b. Content management systems (i.e.,

Wikis)Using Perl, PHP, Ruby, etc.

Create feeds from database searchesBy Hand

If you know HTML you can learn RSS

WHAT IS RSS USED FOR?

Initially RSS was restricted to News Headlines. As RSS’ popularity has increased the uses For RSS have expanded. Common uses for RSS include:

Blogs Newsletters Weather Alerts Press Announcements Specials or Discounts Calendars

Common Industry specific uses for RSS include:

Service Industry Real Estate Schools Restaurants Law Enforcement

RSS IS EVERYWHERE

OLD WAY

RSS WAY

NEWSREADER SERVICES

• NewsGator

• Live Bookmarks

• Personal Start Pages

TYPES OF NEWSREADER SERVICES

Bloglines

Google Reader

Rojo

BLOGLINES

Feed List Search Reading PaneClippings Folder Add Feed

Mark as Read Date Sort Mark New Email Article Clip

•Indexes tens of millions of RSS feeds •Available in 10 languages

Features

TO CREATE A BLOGLINES ACCOUNT:

Go to http://www.bloglines.com

• Click “Sign up now”

CREATE ACCOUNT

Fill in account information

Click “Register”

An email verification will be sent to your email address

You are subscribed!

Note: BlogLines will

always tell you how

many new entries are

listed

SUBSCRIBE

REGISTRATION

RSS feeds can be read using- o software called an "RSS reader", "feed reader", or "aggregator”.

o It can be web-based, desktop-based, or mobile-device-based.

HOW CAN I READ RSS FEEDS?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel> <title>RSS Title</title> <description>This is an example of an RSS feed</description> <link>http://www.someexamplerssdomain.com/main.html</link> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0000 </lastBuildDate> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2009 16:45:00 +0000 </pubDate> <ttl>1800</ttl> <item> <title>Example entry</title> <description>Here is some text containing an interesting description.</description> <link>http://www.wikipedia.org/</link> <guid>unique string per item</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2009 16:45:00 +0000 </pubDate> </item> </channel></rss>

EXAMPLE OF RSS

Feedreader: http://www.feedreader.com/ - Sage (for FF only): https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/77/ Taskable:

http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/Taskable_RSS/taskablerss.html RSSReader:

http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/RssReader/RssReader.html Custom XML Reader 1.0:

http://www.tucows.com/preview/501293 FeedExpress:

http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/FeedExpress/feedexpress.html GoogleReader: http://www.google.com/reader Yahoo: http://my.yahoo.com/s/about/rss/

TOOLS ON THE WEB FOR RSS

The RDF (or RSS 1.*) branch includes the following versions:

•RSS 0.90 was the original Netscape RSS version. This RSS was called RDF Site Summary.

•RSS 1.0 is an open format by the RSS DEV WORKING GROUP.

•RSS 1.1 is also an open format and is intended to update and replace RSS 1.0.

VARIANTS

The RSS 2.* branch includes the following versions:

•RSS 0.91 is the simplified RSS version released by Netscape.

• RSS 0.92 through 0.94 are expansions of the RSS 0.91 format,

•RSS 2.0.1 has the internal version number 2.0.

Some RSS 2.0 modules with established namespaces are:

•MEDIA RSS 2.0 MODULE•OPEN SEARCH RSS 2.0 MODULE

RSS 2.0 MODULES

Opt-In

Syndication

Content

Aggregation

Traffic

BENEFITS TO RSS:

The bottom line is that RSS makes surfers more productive and saves time it is not burdened

with the problems commonly associated with e-mail and offers a great communication venue.

If you have not considered using RSS perhaps its time to take a closer look at:

CONCLUSION

ICONS

Thank you!!!

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