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RSS - RDF Site Summary aka Really Simple Syndication

RDF - Resource Description Framework is a family of World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) specifications which integrate various applications and events using XML as an interchange syntax.

An RSS document called a "feed", "web feed", or "channel", contains either full text or a summary of content from a linked website. It is an easy way to keep up with new information on the user's chosen websites. e.g. feeds can be sent directly to a user's inbox.

In 1997 Dave Winer at UserLand designed thescriptingNews format.

In 1999 Netscape designed RSS 0.90 for use with my.netscape.com, which also supported scriptingNews format.