One of the easiest demonstrations
of XML working within a world environment is the Really Simple
Syndication (RSS). This is a XML-based format that allows the
syndication of lists of hyperlinks, along with other information,
or metadata, that helps viewers decide whether they want to follow
the link. It is like looking at the title of a news article.
RSS allows peoples' computers to fetch and understand the information,
so that all of the lists they're interested in can be tracked
and personalized for them. It is a format that's intended for
use by computers on behalf of people, rather than being directly
presented to them like web pages.
To enable this, a Web site will make an RSS feed, or channel,
available, just like any other file or resource on the server.
Once a feed is available, computers can regularly fetch the file
to get the most recent items on the list. Most often, people will
do this with an aggregator, a program that manages a number of
lists and presents them in a single interface.
With this short explanation, in the above links, there a number
of examples for the RSS feed. We have chosen a few topics within
the scope of our business.
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