Web Syndication Presented by Gani Dragusha Web Syndication

Web Syndication Presented by: Gani Dragusha

Web Syndication Overview What is Web Syndication? What is RSS? • History of RSS • Advantages / Disadvantages • RSS New Features

Web Syndication? • A section of a website that is available for other websites to use it. • It refers also as Web “feeds” (list of information) • It works by using “RSS”

Web Syndication What is RSS? l RSS refers to: - Rich Site Summary (RSS 0. 91) - Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2. 0) l some people call it Real Slim Shady A new web technology that automatically updates your news reader with information (feeds)

Web Syndication What is RSS? l Almost every news website offer RSS feeds. RSS Feeds are identified by these images: l You can also get feeds for web blogs, bookmarks, calendars, etc. l Protocol of XML file format

Web Syndication History of RSS Year VERSIONS OWNED BY - My. Netscape. com was launched using RSS 0. 90 1999 DESCRIPTION Netscape 0. 91 - Few months later released new version -Released their first version 0. 91 2000 User. Land 0. 92 -Created confusions since Netscape’s version was called 0. 91 -So they updated and called it 0. 92

Web Syndication History of RSS Year 2000 2002 2003 VERSIONS 1. 0 2. 0 OWNED BY RSS-DEV Working Group DESCRIPTION - Very different from previous versions of RSS - Not capable with the other version User. Land - Migration from versions 0. 9 x Harvard Law School User Land Software transferred Ownership to Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School.

Web Syndication RSS Code Here is an example of RSS 2. 0 feed

Web Syndication Advantages of RSS l Time Saving l You're in control l Your own personalized page l No Advertisements l Free

Web Syndication Disadvantages of RSS l Updates every 1 hour l When you get new feeds, you will lose the old ones. l Hard to know your web feed statistics l You must know XML & Java. Script

Web Syndication New RSS Features l Broadcasting - listen audio files - watch video clips l Images Flicker is a software that allows to share pictures using RSS feeds.

Web Syndication SOURCES l l l Wikipedia (www. en. wikipedia. com) Answers (www. answers. com) MNOT (www. mnot. net) RSS Specifications (www. ss-specifications. com) XML (www. xml. com)