RSS Really Simple Syndication Team E

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RSS- Really Simple SyndicationTeam E

• Kim Howard
• Keith Wagner
• Paul Romano
• Andy Neilson
• Dylan Buell

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What is RSS and How does it work?

• Kimberly Howard

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RSS is

• What?
• Really Simple Syndication
• Where?
• Blogs, News Reels, and Podcasts
• Why?
• Its an easy way to distribute news

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How did RSS get started?

• UserLand is accredited with RSSs first use
• RSS however was made popular by the millions who
  followed thereafter
• Netscape, BBC, Disney, Forbes, Wired, ZDNet

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Problem Solved!

• Consumer problems fixed
• Quickly receive new information
• Available on a single site
• Better privacy
• Acquiring info in the hands of consumers
• Provider problems fixed
• Increased traffic
• Easier to obtain and distribute news

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How it works

• Output of XML
• Extensive Mark-up Language
• Read by content aggregators
• The XML is taken in and transferred into a
  website
• Displayed on Site
• The XML is readable by the consumer

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How the provider does it

• First add the file to the root folder of the site
  in terms of XML
• This includes coding, preview text and all links
• The site then checks for updates which are added
  to the when available

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Conclusion

• The news at our fingertips
• Relieves problems for both the consumer and
  provider
• Its both quick and easy

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What types of content are best suited for RSS
feed?

• Keith Wagner

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Content

• Blogs
• Newsfeeds
• Podcasts

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Blog

• Sometimes called a web log
• A user-generated website where entries are made
  in journal style
• Usually on one certain subject
• Personal online diary
• Displayed in reverse chronological order

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Newsfeed

• Allows user to see when new content is added to a
  website
• Latest videos and headlines in one place
• Used in popular sites such as
• Facebook
• AOL welcome page
• Most weather sites

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Podcast

• One or many digital media files
• Uses syndication feeds
• Has the ability to be downloaded automatically
• Term comes from combination of i Pod and
  Broadcast

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Podcast (Continued)

• Can be played back on
• Portable media players
• Personal computers

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Conclusion

• Content best suited for RSS
• Blog
• Online diary
• Newsfeed
• Shows recently added content
• Podcast
• Digital media files which can download
  automatically

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Websites Providing RSS Feeds
Paul Romano
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What sites?

• Who, why?
• constant updating and syndicated information.
• Major news sites, community-news sites, personal
  web logs, other blogs
• to expand their own popularity and notoriety.

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Major Media Sites

• abcnews.go.com
• drudgereport.com
• http//nytimes.com/
• http//www.msnbc.com

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Sports Sites

• suathletics.com
• newyorkyankees.mlb.com
• newyorkislanders.com

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Local Sites

• http//www.syracuse.com/
• http//pall-times.com/
• http//oswego.edu/

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Misc. Sites

• weather.com
• http//www.blockbuster.com/
• xbox.com

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RSS Feeds

• RSS feeds are not solely for blogs and major news
  sites. They are in general a format for
  delivering regularly changing web content.

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• A web developer with intentions of linking
  different sites blogs to their own site would
  search Syndic8 and Blogdigger to copy the RSS
  feed texts for the respective site.

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RSS Feed Aggregation Software

• Andy Neilson

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What is RSS Feed Aggregation Software?

• RSS Feed aggregation software allows new items
  from websites to be added quickly and easily.
• RSS aggregation software is used to relay the
  constant flow of information from websites.
• The feed readers and aggregators are what allow
  your computer to grab the feeds from the web
  sites.

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Whats its deal?

• It is becoming an easier way for people to search
  the web for what they are looking for
• Their software is buffed up by XML and it turns
  their computer into a media hub
• You can subscribe to a news aggregator and when
  you sign onto a computer the most recent
  headlines will usually pop up on a panel and if
  interested the user can click on it
• They also allow the user to personalize your
  software to your own specifications

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Some popular aggregator software

• Newzcrawler
• Feed Demon
• Bloglines
• News Gator
• Net Newswire
• Straw

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Whats best?

• For Windows- Sharp Reader
• For Mac OS- NetNewswire
• For Linux- Straw

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RSS Feed Aggregation Software

• It can be used to gets recent news, article,
  short stories from websites, or even to change
  wiki articles.
• Overall it is an important advancement in
  technology, and is a big step in keeping people
  informed on what is happening in the world today.

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RSS Related Concepts

• Dylan Buell

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RDF

• Resource Description Framework
• System of categorizing information
• Searches metadata for relevant topics
• Used for most RSS and other feed programs

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RDF

• Developed under standards of the W3C
• In the universal XML format
• Holds information about websites as well as
  search keywords

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RDF

• Breaks information into three parts
• Resource
• Property type
• Value

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RDF

• Efficient searching
• Allows for a number of different types of
  searches
• Makes it possible for a machine program to locate
  information more efficiently

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Other services

• Atom
• Similar to RSS feeders
• Allows for the easy location of information
• In the universal XML format as well

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Other services

• Atom
• Slightly more complex to use
• Holds more information about websites

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Other services

• Atom
• Allows for greater storage of information
• Bi-directional information flow

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Other services

• SSE
• An extension of RSS
• Holds more information than typical RSS feeders

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Other services

• SSE
• Allows for bi-directional flow of information
• Multiple users can update information in
  applications such as a calender