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XML subset designed to let Web sites - and individuals - grab headlines and some content from Web sites.

RSS, also called RDF Site Summary, lets Web sites describe and syndicate site content. Actually, according to one of the main culprits in the development of RSS, the infamous Dave Winer of UserLand, "There is no consensus on what RSS stands for, so it's not an acronym, it's a name."

First, a Web site that wants to distribute its content (that is, be a publisher) creates an RSS specification of what it has to offer. That file is usually located in the root of your Web site but you can put it anywhere you please. Indeed, a single site could have multiple RSS specification scattered throughout its structure.

The next step is to register with an RSS directory - see ASPRSS Directories, XMLTree, NewsIsFree and GrokSoup.

Note that anyone can publish anything, so you'll find many fabulously self-indulgent Web logs among the more useful news sources. Then again, everyone has to start somewhere with banging the rocks together . . . .

From All the news that's fit to RSS, Network World, 02/25/02.

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Network World Fusion RSS feeds
Covering more than 40 key networking topics and vendors, updated daily.

Network World Fusion's Do-It-Yourself RSS Feed
Shows how to create your own RSS feed if the above doesn't cover what you're looking for.

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