RSS

So what is RSS? Well, RSS stands for Rich Site Summary. RSS channels have feeds. What is a feed? Whats in a feed? A feed contains a list of items or entries, eah of those items have a link. Then those items have metadata in them, any amount in them. A feed might look like this. blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah along with many other inserts like the and, and same with description. RSS is a dialect of XML. All RSS files must conform to the XML 1.0 specification. Here is a good example of an RSS feed, and just how much info they can store.  XML.com http://www.xml.com/ XML.com features a rich mix of information and services for the XML community. en-us Normalizing XML, Part 2 http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/04/normalizing.html In this second and final look at applying relational normalization techniques to W3C XML Schema data modeling, Will Provost discusses when not to normalize, the scope of uniqueness and the fourth and fifth forms. The .NET Schema Object Model http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/04/som.html Priya Lakshminarayanan describes in detail the use of the .NET Schema Object Model for programmatic manipulation of W3C XML Schemas. SVG's Past and Promising Future http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/04/svg.html In this month's SVG column, Antoine Quint looks back at SVG's journey through 2002 and looks forward to 2003. Simple, right? A feed comprises a channel, which has a title, link, description, and (optional) language, followed by a series of items, each of which have a title, link, and description. Now look at the RSS 1.0 version of the same information:   XML.com http://www.xml.com/ XML.com features a rich mix of information and services for the XML community. en-us       Normalizing XML, Part 2 http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/04/normalizing.html In this second and final look at applying relational normalization techniques to W3C XML Schema data modeling, Will Provost discusses when not to normalize, the scope of uniqueness and the fourth and fifth normal forms. Will Provost 2002-12-04  The .NET Schema Object Model http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/04/som.html Priya Lakshminarayanan describes in detail the use of the .NET Schema Object Model for programmatic manipulation of W3C XML Schemas. Priya Lakshminarayanan 2002-12-04</dc:date> <item rdf:about="http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/04/svg.html"> SVG's Past and Promising Future http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/04/svg.html In this month's SVG column, Antoine Quint looks back at SVG's journey through 2002 and looks forward to 2003. Antoine Quint</dc:creator> 2002-12-04</dc:date> </rdf:RDF> Crazy, right? imagine having to type that, wow. I know that I wouldn't want to.I hope you've learned a lot about RSS. [] [] [] [] []