Syndication and Feeds

 

• FeedTree - Collaborative RSS and Atom delivery using using peer-to-peer multicast. Includes information for readers and publishers.
• GeoRSS - Provides details of how to add geographic data to RSS and Atom feeds using Geography Markup Language (GML) or the simplified GeoRSS standards.
• Wikipedia: Web Feed - Encyclopedia article on the topic, including benfits, technical definition, and basic information on how to read feeds.
• Yahoo Pipes - An interactive feed aggregator and manipulator. List of 'hot pipes' to subscribe to, and ability to create your own (yahoo account required).
• What is this RSS, XML, RDF, and Atom Business? - Article from the eNewsletter Journal, including consideration of the likely impact on the online newsletter business. (August 9, 2006)
• What is RSS/XML/Atom/Syndication? - Introduction to syndication from the blog of Dave Shea. (May 19, 2004)

Atom

• Atom Wiki - Work area for writing specifications for syndicating, archiving and editing episodic web sites.
• AtomEnabled.org - Atom is a way to read and write information on the web, and is considered a competitor/alternate format to RSs. Basic information about the format as well as on software and services which use or can read Atom data.
• How to Make a Good ID in Atom - Advice on constructing ID values from Mark Pilgrim.
• RFC 4287: The Atom Syndication Format - Official specification for the XML-based document format that describes lists of related information known as "feeds".
• Wikipedia: Atom (standard) - Encyclopedia article about the atom standards, including history, motivation, and a comparison with RSS.

iCalendar

• RFC 2447: iCalendar Message-Based Interoperability Protocol (iMIP) - Specifies a binding from the iCalendar Transport-independent Interoperability Protocol (iTIP) to internet email-based transports.
• RFC 2446: iCalendar Transport-Independent Interoperability Protocol (iTIP) - Specifies how calendaring systems can use iCalendar objects to interoperate with other calendar systems.
• RFC 2445: Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar) - Official specification for the format, including full syntax and recommendations.
• Wikipedia: iCalendar - Encyclopdia article on the format, with an overview of the specifications, and details of various implementations.

RSS

• CaRP: Caching RSS Parser - Free PHP script to integrate RSS newsfeeds into webpages. Features flexible formatting, caching for speed, and includes proxy server support.
• Dave Winer's RSS Weblog - Weblog that covers new developments in the field of RSS.
• MagpieRSS - A XML-based RSS parser in PHP. Supports most RSS versions including Userland RSS and RSS 1.0. Supports modules, and namespaces.
• Network World Fusion's Do-It-Yourself RSS Feed - Instructions for creating RSS feeds on any topic covered by Network World and Network World Fusion.
• RDF Rich Site Summary (RSS) - News and history of RSS. By Robin Cover, XML Cover Pages, OASIS.
• RSS 2 PDF - An online utility that can convert RSS feeds into PDF files.
• RSS Compendium - News, resources, tools and links.
• RSS DevCenter - A collection of essays and guides to RSS, from O'Reilly, the technical book publisher.
• RSS General - Explains the RSS format and its uses, including the creation of feeds.
• RSS in Government - News about how RSS is being used by international, federal, state, and local governments.
• RSS Specifications - Information related to RSS and XML, including software, newsreaders, specifications, content syndication, and the history of rss.
• RSS Suite - Four separate RSS/Atom online tools including a browser-based feed reader, an email-to-RSS service and a submission service.
• The RSS Weblog - A blog that covers all things RSS. Updated multiple times a day.
• RSS4Medics - An explanation of how RSS can be used in medical research. Includes a directory of medical RSS feeds.
• W3C RSS 1.0 News Feed Creation How-To - Guide offers a simple way of creating RSS 1.0 news feeds from one's W3C related domain, activity or working group home page.
• Web Reference: RSS - A collection of RSS resources by Web Reference.
• XML Tools: RSSApplet - This site contains XML tools for web masters, for instance the RSSViewerApplet for displaying RSS headlines in an HTML page.
• Yahoo! Publisher's Guide to RSS - Provides a five-step process to support effective RSS publishing on the Web.
• zShaped and zFeeder - zShaped is a tool to post (syndicate) news (content) on your site. zFeeder is a tool to show other's RSS content on your site, or use it on your PC or intranet as a news reader.
• What is RSS? - A how to covering all the various versions of RSS. (December 18, 2002)
• The WebReference/internet.com Multi-Feed RSS Sidebar Tab (1/6) - An in-depth look at the WebReference/internet.com multi-feed RSS sidebar tab; a combined Perl, XHTML, and JavaScript application. (May 17, 2002)
• LLRX.com - RSS for Non-Techie Librarians - Steven M. Cohen explains RSS with illustrated examples. (2002)
• RSS: Lightweight Web Syndication - RSS, a simple XML application to describe web site headlines, has had such enormous success that it has been pulled in many directions. By Rael Dornfest, XML.com. (July 17, 2000)
• Registering and Publishing with RSS - Explains how to register your RSS file with one of the news syndication sites (July 3, 2000)