RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
RSS, known as Really Simple Syndication is a modern method of organising data that is on the internet. RSS users can subscribe to feeds, such as the news, blogs, sporting information etc. It collects short snippets of data from each source, and automatically collects them together, so it is easier for the user to scan through the data more efficiently.
While RSS is becoming more widespread, not all websites support it. An easy way to find out if a website supports RSS, is to use a browser such as Safari or Firefox, which has built in RSS support.
RSS uses the World Wide Web Consortium’s RDF (Resource Description Framework) as a guide to tell a feed aggregator to read a file. This RDF is based on XML, and is responsible for putting tags around existing data. These RSS tags are essentially responsible for the aggregator to display the content, as well as components such as time and date.
