What is RSS? Rich Site Summary (RSS)

It is a file in format RDF or XML that is utilized to distribute news and similar content that proceed of different sources. The files RSS serve to create simple channels of publication that can be read by special programs (readers of news or regular). When we read in a web "Syndicate this site" with an icon XML or RSS, signifies that you can read the news that publish in that place web without need to agree to the page. Advantages? many, the main one is that only will notify you when changes in the page be produced, without need to agree to the same one.

A file RSS is a document RDF or XML that is brought up to date of regular form and that contains metadatos on a specific source of news and its content. Is evident fundamentally of:

- Channel, that represents the source of the news.
- Title, regular of the channel.
- Link, bond of the channel.
- Description, description of the channel.

Besides, a file RSS is evident normally of one or various elements item that represent individual elements of news, each one of which should arrange of a title, a link or a description.