Simple Way of Building And Using Really Simple Syndication (RSS) Feed Part-II

Vocabulary

• Feed. It is a set of "item" tags, a set of infos or news.
• RDF. RDF stands for Resource Description Framework.
• Syndicated. Published through an RSS feed.
• Syndication. Publishing data by RSS feeds.

Main RSS tags

rss. The global container.
channel. A distributing channel. It has several descriptive tags and holds one or several items.
<rss version="2.0"> <channel> ... </channel> </rss>

Required tags for the channel

• title. The title of the channel. Should contains the name.
• link. URL of the website that provides this channel.
• description. Summary of what the provider is.
• one item tag at least, for the content.

<rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>ShivajiSoft</title> <link>http://www.shivajisoft.com</link> <description></description> <item> ... </item> </channel> </rss>

Optional tags for the channel

• language. The human language used for the text.
• docs. Where to find the doc for the format of the file, may be Harvard.
• webMaster. E-mail.
• pubDate. Publishing date.
• etc. See in the specification for more.

Items of the channel

Each item tag must hold these tags:

• title. Title of the article.
• link. The URL of the page.
• description. Summary of the article.

<item> <title>ShivajiSoft History</title> <link>http://www.shivajisoft.com/history.html</link> <description>... some text...</description> </item>

And some optional info for this article

• pubDate. Publishing date.
• guid. A string of character that is unique to designate this item.
• category. The category of the article.
• etc.

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Conclusion :

I hope that this article would have helped you to learn about RSS, its usage and simple way to publish that for websites. Your feedback and constructive contributions are always welcome.