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Notification with RSS. Samuel Eriksson Mattias Viberg. What is RSS?. A way of subscribing/publishing to: Electronic News papers Weblogs Podcasts Anything?. Why use RSS?. Saves time Relatively simple User is in control (compared to e-mail) But! Hard to grasp
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Notification with RSS Samuel Eriksson Mattias Viberg
What is RSS? A way of subscribing/publishing to: • Electronic News papers • Weblogs • Podcasts • Anything?
Why use RSS? • Saves time • Relatively simple • User is in control (compared to e-mail) But! • Hard to grasp • Requires one more tool (currently)
Description <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>W3Schools</title> <link>http://www.w3schools.com</link> <description>W3Schools Web Tutorials </description> <item> <title>RSS Tutorial</title> <link>http://www.w3schools.com/rss</link> <description>Check out the RSS tutorial on W3Schools.com</description> </item> </channel> </rss>
Description (2) • XML: • All XML elements must have a closing tag • XML tags are case sensitive • All XML elements must be properly nested • Attribute values must always be quoted
Description (3) • News aggregators • Syndic8, http://www.syndic8.com: The largest RSS directory with over 300,000 feeds listed. • Daypop, http://www.daypop.com: A large news oriented RSS aggregator with over 50,000 feeds listed. • Newsisfree, http://www.newsisfree.com: Another news oriented RSS aggregator with over 18,000 feeds listed
History First RSS format: • RSS 0.9 Netscape -99 Most commonly used: • RSS 0.91 Netscape by request -99 • RSS 1.0 RSS-DEV group -00 (imcompatible with the rest) • RSS 2.0 Dave Weiner -02 Alternative: • Atom Supported by Google!
Example Demo
Future • Replace Email? • Replace browsers? • RSS vs. Atom