We already have learned about RSS, use of RSS in part-I as well as some Vocabulary of RSS and information of tags in part-II.
In this part-III, we will learn practical purpose of RSS. So be ready for that...
At start, this is just a simple text file, created with any text editor. But an XML editor is more convenient. The name may be, for example: "feed.xml".
It is a format to share data, defined in the 1.0 version of XML. You can deliver information in this format at one
can get this information, and information from other various sources, in this
format. (With RSS it is possible to distribute up-to-date web content from one web site to thousands of other web sites around the world.) Information provided by a website in an XML file is called an RSS
feed.
Recent browsers can read directly RSS files, but a special RSS reader
or aggregator may be used too.
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication or it's sometimes referred to as Rich Site Summary. It's an XML-based content format for distributing news, headlines, content, etc.
Most popular sites, news sites and blogs provide RSS feeds for you to subscribe to. All you need is a feed reader to view its contents. Feed readers come in all shapes and sizes these days. The Firefox browser has one built right into the Bookmarks feature.
You can also create feeds for your own website so your audience can subscribe to them.
