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RSS

RSS (RDF Site Summary, Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) is a web feed that allows users and applications to access updates to websites in a standardized, computer-readable format. Subscribing to RSS feeds can allow a user to keep track of many different websites in a single news aggregator, which constantly monitors sites for new content…

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Container for
Updates of a website and its related metadata (web feed)
Developed by
RSS Advisory Board
Extended from
XML
Initial release
RSS 0.90 (Netscape), March 15, 1999; 27 years ago (1999-03-15)
Internet media type
application/rss+xml (registration not finished)
Latest release
RSS 2.0 (version 2.0.11) March 30, 2009; 17 years ago (2009-03-30)

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Overview

History

Example

Variants

Modules

Interoperability

RSS compared with Atom

Current usage

Advanced semantic analysis

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Map overview Semantic statistics

RSS

Nodes94
Edges93
Triples117
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021277
Components1

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RSS

Top relations

related to Current usage · 26
RSS → Additionally, Android, At, Facebook, FeedDemon, Feedly, Google Chrome, Google Reader, In, It's Time, Legacy, Mail, Microsoft Edge, Mountain Lion's, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, New, OS, RSS Revival, Safari
related to history · 20
RSS → Apple's Advanced Technology Group, Com, Dan Libby, Dave Winer's, Eckart Walther, Guha, In July, It, Libby, March, Meta Content Framework, My, Netscape, Ramanathan, RDF, RDF Site Summary, Rich Site Summary, The, The RSS, This
related to RSS to email · 9
RSS → Conversely, Examples, Further, Gmane, IFTTT, NNTP, Some, Thunderbird, Zapier
related to Interoperability · 8
RSS → Although, Common Feed List, For, Interoperability, Podcasts, Some, To, Windows
related to RSS compared with Atom · 8
RSS → Atom, Both RSS, IANA-registered MIME, RELAX NG, Technically, The, URI, XML
related to External links · 5
RSS → Building, Mark Pilgrim, RSS Fork, SpecificationHistory, Tutorial
related to Aggregators · 4
RSS → Mozilla Thunderbird, There, When, XML
related to Example · 4
RSS → An, Content, The RSS, XML-formatted
related to Modules · 4
RSS → The, This, To, XML
related to Variants · 3
RSS → RDF, The RDF, There

Important terminology Word statistics

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Important terminology

format feed feeds rdf version atom syndication support web xml use software content news netscape specification new also extension winer

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
RSSContainer forUpdates of a website and its related metadata (web feed)1.00infobox
RSSDeveloped byRSS Advisory Board1.00infobox
RSSExtended fromXML1.00infobox
RSSFilename extension.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .rss, .xml1.00infobox
RSSInitial releaseRSS 0.90 (Netscape), March 15, 1999; 27 years ago (1999-03-15)1.00infobox
RSSInternet media typeapplication/rss+xml (registration not finished)1.00infobox
RSSLatest releaseRSS 2.0 (version 2.0.11) March 30, 2009; 17 years ago (2009-03-30)1.00infobox
RSSOpen format?Yes1.00infobox
RSSType of formatWeb syndication1.00infobox
RSSWebsiterssboard.org/rss-specification1.00infobox
Dublin Core.In December 2000instance ofadopting elements from standard metadata vocabularies0.80text
Winer released RSS 0.92 a minor set of changes aside from the introduction of the enclosure elementinstance ofadopting elements from standard metadata vocabularies0.80text

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