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Yet another article explaining and extoling RSS, this one Shorthand for "rich site summary" or "really Still, interesting and well-written, as we have come to from Wired<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Graphic by APAK Yet another article explaining and extoling RSS, this one by BoingBoing’s Cory Doctrow in the current issue of Wired magazine. Unfortunately, RSS is a perfect example of something which, like certain Asian massage techniques, is almost impossible … Continue reading
\n by BoingBoing’s<\/a> Cory Doctrow in the current issue of Wired
\n magazine<\/a>.
\n Unfortunately, RSS is a perfect example of something which, like certain
\n Asian massage techniques, is almost impossible to explain
\n to
\n someone
\n who has
\n never seen it in action, but which almost everyone immediately gets when
\n they do. For example, the following paragraph makes perfect sense
\n to anyone who knows their way around an aggregator, but will mystify
\n most readers who have never used one:<\/p>\n\n
\n simple syndication," depending on whom you ask, RSS lets publishers
\n use XML code to define the content of their Web sites, much the way
\n HTML
\n lets them determine the format in which content is displayed. With
\n RSS, visitors can access multiple sites without having to go to each
\n one.
\n You subscribe to the RSS feeds of sites you like, and voila: The content
\n comes to you by way of an aggregator, which sends headlines and links
\n to a browser or a downloadable news reader on your mobile device or
\n desktop.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n expect from the Doc<\/a>.<\/p>\n