Rss9

RSS Validators:

http://aggregator.userland.com/validator (RSS 0.91, RSS 0.92)

http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccslrd/rss_validator/1.0/ (RSS 1.0)

http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccslrd/rss_validator/ (RSS 0.9)

0.9x infoSchematron Validator for RSS An RSS schema written in Schematron. It supports 0.9x and 1.0.

Redland RSS 1.0 Viewer (RSS 1.0) is RSS->HTML converter, but acts as validator also.

Why should I produce it?

Syndicating headlines is an excellent and cost-effective way of driving traffic to, Continue Reading »

See also Distributing lists of feeds and Slash Style Sites.

Lists of RSS sources

NewsIsFree A large site that collects RSS and publishes feeds it finds. Continue Reading »

Why should I read it?

RSS provides an easy to manage way of collecting headlines, links and Continue Reading »

According to UserLand, “There is no consensus on what RSS stands for, so it’s not an acronym, it’s a name.” I’ve seen the following:-

Really Simple Syndication

Rich Site Summary

R(DF) Site Summary

Rich Site Syndication

Rich Syndication Standard
And no doubt many others. I like the first of these, but the others have merit too.

Since the split in the community between the 0.9 development and the 1.0 development, there has been talk of giving new names for each fork but retaining RSS for 0.91 and earlier. But there hasn’t been consensus on this, so for the moment, everyone continues to use “RSS” for all of it.

Websites that publish new content regularly usually provide a list of news headline style links to their latest content. In addition to displaying these headlines on their own Continue Reading »

A favorite shareware program of mine that adds all kinds of information to your iPod has raised the number of RSS feed items it can handle. Pod2Go, which has been a Mac product Continue Reading »

Microsoft’s Windows Live has just improved its RSS feed reading feature and supposedly now lets you import your OPML files. But the biggest news is that a new toolbar is due out Continue Reading »

eBay has recently added RSS feeds to its search results, allowing users to track their favorite auction items in their news readers. Given that most RSS readers only check for Continue Reading »

RDF Site Summary (RSS) 1.0 - Official Specification

RSS 0.90 - May 2001

RSS 0.91 - July 1999

RSS 0.92 - Mon, Dec 25, 2000 - Dave Winer

RSS 0.93 Fri, Apr 20, 2001 - Dave Winer

RSS 2.0 - Mon, Aug 19, 2002 - Dave Winer

RSS Version Comparison

Simply put, RSS Re-mixers allow you take multiple feeds and re-mix them into one new feed.

Advanced RSS2Web - helps you to download newsfeeds in RSS and XML format, reformat them Continue Reading »