RSS: What is it? RSS (Rich Site Summary or Really Simple
Syndication) is a standard based on XML (eXtensible Markup
Language) designed for distributing news headlines and site
updates. A variety of RSS versions and standards exist which
most aggregators and readers can understand. The advantage of
using RSS to obtain news and updates is the ability to
consolidate and monitor new events in one place without having
to visit a website. In addition, because RSS is based on a
standard (XML), the content is consistently structured, and the
displayed output can be modified by the user through XSL or
XSLT. Several web browsers offer the ability to read or
subscribe to RSS feeds. Safari 2.0, Firefox, Opera 8, and
Internet Explorer 7 have this functionality. Firefox uses Live
Bookmarks to aggregate feeds natively, but there are also
extensions which provide an RSS interface to Firefox similar to
Safari's and Internet Explorer 7's. In addition, Thunderbird 1.5
has built-in RSS aggregating and display. There is also soft