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RSS files are standard XML-based files that provide a means for syndicating and aggregating Web content. The files contain metadata commonly used to provide descriptive information about the content, context, and characteristics of data. Using RSS files, a data feed can be created that supplies headlines, links, and article summaries from a Web site. These files describe a channel of information that can include a logo, a site link, an input box, and multiple news items. Other Web sites can incorporate this information into their pages automatically or use the feeds to provide a site with current news headlines. These techniques allow distribution of up-to-date information for any given Web site.

Learn about RSS:

Check out this "Introduction to Syndication, (RSS) Really Simple Syndication" article, which describes what feed readers are available and which one might fit your needs..

Read about the fundamentals of RSS in this RSS primer, which explains what RSS is and why publishers and content providers should produce it.

Learn how to grab headlines from a remote RSS file to retrieve syndicated content, transform it, and display the result.

You can get more information about RSS (Really Simple Syndication) from the concise FAQ from PC World.

Get information on Atom feeds in the article "An overview of the Atom 1.0 Syndication Format," which discusses Atom's technical strengths relative to other syndication formats, and offers several compelling use case examples that illustrate those strengths.

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Add dW content on your site. You can create a custom feed using HTML to syndicate developerWorks content directly on your site.

Find your personal reader:

	AmphetaDesk is a personal news aggregator that sits on your desktop. (Mac/Win/Linux)
	Bloglines is a Web-based personal RSS aggregator and blog publisher.
	dynamicobjects spaces displays RSS feeds in an Outlook-like interface. (Mac/Win/Lin)
	FeedReader is free software that reads and displays Internet newsfeeds. (Win)
	Headline Viewer is a desktop client for syndicated news in RSS and many other formats, with over 500 built-in news sources. (Win)
	HotSheet provides an RSS news retrieval program written in Java 2. (Win/Mac/Linux)
	javaRSS.com focuses on Java news, articles, and blogs.
	Meerkat is a custom API for searching and categorizing. (Web)
	My UserLand provides this hour's news on one page. (Web)
	News Is Free lets you create your own customized news page with feeds from the sites you're interested in. (Web)
	Novobot is a smart headline viewer and news ticker that can also process almost any Web site. (Win)
	Peerkat is a personal syndicated data aggregator living on your computer desktop. It's simple, small, P2P, Python, cross-platform, open source and supports RSS and HTML. (Mac/Win/Linux)
	Radio UserLand provides a full-stregth news-reading application, on your desktop. (Mac/Win)
	rss2email reads RSS feeds and sends each new item to you as an e-mail.
	SOAPClient.com RSS News Reader is an aggregation of RSS content using SQLData XML technologies. (Web)

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