a really simple syndication rss compliant format an atom syndication format atom compliant format an extensible markup language xml based syndication format as well as other feed formats syndication of feeds refers to a publishing of frequently updated content such as blog entries news headlines or podcasts a syndication feed item or document is often referred to as a feed a web feed or a channel one network location from which syndication content 232 can be extracted from can be a web server where the syndication content 232 is web content the invention is not to be construed as limited in this regard however and any content source can be used additionally each syndication feed item can contain a summary of content from an associated web site the full text extracted from the web site and related data items for example syndication channel aaa 240 can contain syndication feed items e g aaaa bbbb cccc and dddd each having an associated update time content and source address the syndication channel aaa 240 can be maintained in a repurposed group table as is syndication channel bbb 242 storing syndication channels within group tables 240 242 can occur in a non interfering manner that does not affect operation of standard list server group tables 244 the syndication engine 214 can accept feed requests 230 from.