What Is RSS

How to work with RSS technology

1. What is What is RSSRSS
Chanaka Wickramasinghe
Library Assistant/NSLRC

2. What is What is RSSRSS
ContentsContents
What is What is RSSRSS
How does How does RSSRSS work… work…
RSSRSS Readers (Readers (RSSRSS aggregates)aggregates)
RSSRSS aggregator in action aggregator in action
How do we find out a website has an How do we find out a website has an RSSRSS feeds feeds

3. What is What is RSSRSS
 RSSRSS stands for “Really simple stands for “Really simple
syndication”.syndication”.
 It is a way to easily distribute ,It is a way to easily distribute ,

A list of headlines.A list of headlines.
 Update notices.Update notices.

Results are presented to you Results are presented to you
well organized. well organized.

4. How does How does RSSRSS work…… work……

Server Side Client Side (User side)
Web site author
maintain list of
notifications.
Use Software to
create RSS feeds.
(RSS feeds)
Use special computer
programme to read the
RSS feeds.
This special programme
called “RSS aggregators”
(RSS Readers)

5. How does How does RSSRSS work work
Site 1 with
RSS feeds
Site 2 with
RSS feeds
Site 3 with
RSS feeds
No. of feeds 10 No. of feeds 15 No. of feeds 20
Use RSS Reader (RSS aggregate )
User

6. RSSRSS Readers (Readers (RSSRSS aggregates)aggregates)
Google ReaderGoogle Reader
My YahooMy Yahoo

7. RSSRSS aggregator in action aggregator in action
Add feeds Url to Reader
Number of Unread Headlines
All Unread Headlines

8. How do we find out a website How do we find out a website
has an has an RSSRSS feeds feeds
Web page displaying an orange button Web page displaying an orange button

with the letters “with the letters “XMLXML” or “” or “RSSRSS””