RSS

Stands for “RDF Site Summary,” “Rich Site Summary,” or more generally “Really Simple Syndication.”

RSS is a technique of publishing on-line content material feeds using a typical XML format. Websites use RSS to supply a feed of recent articles, weblog posts, podcasts, and different content material that will get mechanically pushed to anybody subscribing to that feed. People can subscribe to RSS feeds to learn articles in feed studying software program and get podcasts in a podcast participant.

Subscribers to an RSS feed can learn articles and weblog posts inside a feed reader, both a standalone software or in a net browser using a browser extension. A subscriber simply wants so as to add the RSS feed URL to the reader software, which can mechanically obtain articles and type them chronologically as they arrive in.

Podcasts additionally use RSS to distribute episodes to subscribers. Podcast participant apps let listeners subscribe to a podcast by including its RSS feed, mechanically downloading new episodes as quickly as they’re launched. The XML utilized by RSS consists of metadata like episode titles, art work, and present notes that present further details about every episode.

NOTE: RSS feeds for information publishers are declining in recognition following the rise of social media. Sites like Facebook and Twitter present each a reside feed of stories articles and a feed of debate about these articles—for higher or worse—which is more invaluable to the publishers and advertisers.