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RSS and the news. Sylvain Barilly Fanny Millon Didier De Nadaï. What is RSS ?. RSS : Really Simple Syndication Designed for sharing headlines Originated in 1997 An XML grammar http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss. What usage ?. For webmasters : An easy way to distribute your news
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RSS and the news Sylvain Barilly Fanny Millon Didier De Nadaï
What is RSS ? • RSS : Really Simple Syndication • Designed for sharing headlines • Originated in 1997 • An XML grammar • http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
What usage ? • For webmasters : • An easy way to distribute your news • For readers : • Being aware of changes on your favorite web sites • You need a news feed reader
A few examples • A desktop integrated news reader : KNewsTicker (KDE Applet) • Titles scroll, click to read the whole article in your browser
A few examples • You can also browse the available titles • There are many other solutions (Samurize …)
A few examples • Live bookmarks (Firefox) • You are warned of available RSS feeds
A few examples • A folder is automatically created in your bookmarks, showing the titles of the latest articles on the site
A few examples • Sage : a RSS extension for Firefox http://sage.mozdev.org/ • Its main originality : a « newspaper feed rendering » for easy and fast news reading
Serious News • New York Times • Playing with news
Fun News • Odd news • News for the kids
The most popular news • Daypop
Weblogs • Personnal blogs • Multimedia : photoblogs, videoblogs • Company blogs
Personnal blogs • Supelec Netclass http://supelec.blogspot.com/atom.xml • Your blog can benefit from it too ! • Several portals do it for you : Blogger
Multimedia • Photoblogs : http://www.mikedaddy.com/photoblog/ • Videoblogs
Company blogs • Dynamic aspect • A broader target • Even more companies interested
Conclusion • Blog is life (A. Dutertre) • RSS is the future of mankind