RSS - Really Simple Syndication

Hola,

I have been wondering what to write.. Suddenly this word striked me 'RSS'. Its been around the corner of every webpage for a while . I never cared to check what exactly it is.
Finally I thought to hunt it down for myself and share it with you. This is what I found -

So, What is RSS ?

Wikipedia says -

RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format.

An RSS document (which is called a "feed", "web feed",[3] or "channel") includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship.
Web feeds benefit publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically. They benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place.

So, how do you view it now?

RSS feeds can be read using software called an "RSS reader", "feed reader", or "aggregator", which can be web-based or desktop-based.

A standardized XML file formatallows the information to be published once and viewed by many different programs.
The user subscribes to a feed by entering the feed's URI (often referred to non-technically as a URL) into the reader or by clicking an RSS icon in a browser that initiates the subscription process.

The RSS reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new work, downloads any updates that it finds, and provides a user interface to monitor and read the feeds.

Wow that's cool !

Here goes another definition of RSS -

RSS is a mechanism used to distribute news content without depending on the browser or email client. Not everyone agrees precisely what RSS stands for, but “Really Simple Syndication” is a popular choice.
What are the advantages of RSS?

In general it means time savings because, thanks to RSS, you stay ahead of what’s new without having to browse every site you normaly visit. An RSS reader aggregates the content for you to view in one place, this saves time and brings you the content like when you're reading a newspaper with the advantage to view only headlines. You're in control of which articles you want to read.

RSS enabled sites

The following type of sites are typically now RSS-enabled;

- News services
- Databases
- many web logs (commonly called "blogs")

It will be a very good decision if we can add 'RSS' into our new web site 'SPARSH'. We can update data like News, Events , Blogs and other frequently updated works.