Efficient Hypothesis – Alexander Garcia

• One
• of
• the
• most
• popular
• features
• of
• Internet
• portals,
• websites,
• pages
• and
• even
• emails
• is
• a
• frame
• that
• features
• an
• organized
• list
• of
• news
• headlines
• and
• periodic
• updates
• from
• other
• web
• sources.
• Really
• Simple
• Syndication,
• formerly
• “Rich
• Site
• Summary”
• or
• simply,
• RSS
• makes
• this
• possible.

• Most
• users
• visit
• a
• lot
• of
• websites
• whose
• content
• continually
• change,
• such
• as
• news
• sites,
• community
• organization
• or
• professional
• association
• information
• pages,
• medical
• websites,
• product
• support
• pages,
• and
• blogs.
• As
• Internet
• surfing
• became
• an
• intrinsic
• part
• of
• business
• and
• leisure,
• it
• became
• important
• to
• get
• rid
• of
• the
• very
• tedious
• task
• of
• repeatedly
• returning
• to
• each
• website
• to
• see
• updated
• content.

• RSS
• easily
• distributes
• information
• from
• different
• websites
• to
• a
• wider
• number
• of
• Internet
• users.
• RSS
• aggregators
• are
• programs
• that
• use
• RSS
• to
• source
• these
• updates,
• and
• then
• organize
• those
• lists
• of
• headlines,
• content
• and
• notices
• for
• easy
• reading.
• It
• allows
• computers
• to
• automatically
• retrieve
• and
• read
• the
• content
• that
• users
• want,
• then
• track
• changes
• and
• personalize
• lists
• of
• headlines
• that
• interests
• them.

• The
• specially
• made
• computer
• programs
• called
• “RSS
• aggregators”
• were
• created
• to
• automatically
• find
• and
• retrieve
• the
• RSS
• feeds
• of
• pre-selected
• internet
• sites
• on
• behalf
• of
• the
• user
• and
• organize
• the
• results
• accordingly.
• (RSS
• feeds
• and
• aggregators
• are
• also
• sometimes
• referred
• to
• as
• “RSS
• Channels”
• and
• “RSS
• Readers”.)

• The
• RSS
• aggregator
• is
• like
• a
• web
• browser
• for
• RSS
• content.
• HTML
• presents
• information
• directly
• to
• users,
• and
• RSS
• automatically
• lets
• computers
• communicate
• with
• one
• another.
• While
• users
• use
• browsers
• to
• surf
• the
• web
• then
• load
• and
• view
• each
• page
• of
• interest,
• RSS
• aggregators
• keeps
• track
• of
• changes
• to
• many
• websites.
• The
• titles
• or
• descriptions
• are
• links
• themselves
• and
• can
• be
• used
• to
• load
• the
• web
• page
• the
• user
• wants.

• RSS
• starts
• with
• an
• original
• Web
• site
• that
• has
• content
• made
• available
• by
• the
• administrator.
• The
• website
• creates
• an
• RSS
• document
• and
• registers
• this
• content
• with
• an
• RSS
• publisher
• that
• will
• allow
• other
• websites
• to
• syndicate
• the
• documents.
• The
• Web
• site
• also
• produces
• an
• RSS
• feed,
• or
• channel,
• which
• is
• available
• together
• with
• all
• other
• resources
• or
• documents
• on
• the
• particular
• Web
• server.
• The
• website
• will
• register
• the
• feed
• as
• an
• RSS
• document,
• with
• a
• listed
• directory
• of
• appropriate
• RSS
• publishers.

• An
• RSS
• feed
• is
• composed
• of
• website
• content
• listed
• from
• newest
• to
• oldest.
• Each
• item
• usually
• consists
• of
• a
• simple
• title
• describing
• the
• item
• along
• with
• a
• more
• complete
• description
• and
• a
• link
• to
• a
• web
• page
• with
• the
• actual
• content
• being
• described.
• In
• some
• instances,
• the
• short
• description
• or
• title
• line
• is
• the
• all
• the
• updated
• information
• that
• a
• user
• wants
• to
• read
• (for
• example,
• final
• games
• scores
• in
• sports,
• weblogs
• post,
• or
• stock
• updates).
• Therefore,
• it
• is
• not
• even
• necessary
• to
• have
• a
• web
• page
• associated
• with
• the
• content
• or
• update
• items
• listed
• —
• sometimes
• all
• the
• needed
• information
• that
• users
• need
• would
• be
• in
• the
• titles
• and
• short
• summaries
• themselves.

• The
• RSS
• content
• is
• located
• in
• a
• single
• file
• on
• a
• webpage
• in
• a
• manner
• not
• very
• different
• from
• typical
• web
• pages.
• The
• difference
• is
• that
• the
• information
• is
• written
• in
• the
• XML
• computer
• code
• for
• use
• by
• an
• RSS
• aggregator
• and
• not
• by
• a
• web
• user
• like
• a
• normal
• HTML
• page.

• There
• are
• 2
• main
• parts
• that
• are
• involved
• in
• RSS
• syndication,
• namely:
• the
• source
• end
• and
• the
• client
• end.

• The
• client
• end
• of
• RSS
• publishing
• makes
• up
• part
• of
• the
• system
• that
• gathers
• and
• uses
• the
• RSS
• feed.
• For
• example,
• Mozilla
• FireFox
• browser
• is
• typically
• at
• the
• client
• end
• of
• the
• RSS
• transaction.
• A
• user’s
• desktop
• RSS
• aggregator
• program
• also
• belongs
• to
• the
• client
• end.

• Once
• the
• URL
• of
• an
• RSS
• feed
• is
• known,
• a
• user
• can
• give
• that
• address
• to
• an
• RSS
• aggregator
• program
• and
• have
• the
• aggregator
• monitor
• the
• RSS
• feed
• for
• changes.
• Numerous
• RSS
• aggregators
• are
• already
• preconfigured
• with
• a
• ready
• list
• of
• RSS
• feed
• URLs
• for
• popular
• news
• or
• information
• websites
• that
• a
• user
• can
• simply
• choose
• from.

• There
• are
• many
• RSS
• aggregators
• that
• can
• be
• used
• by
• all
• Internet
• users.
• Some
• can
• be
• accessed
• through
• the
• Internet,
• some
• are
• already
• incorporated
• into
• email
• applications,
• and
• others
• run
• as
• a
• standalone
• program
• inside
• the
• personal
• computer.

• I
• realize
• this
• is
• a
• tangent,
• but
• before
• I
• go
• any
• further
• I
• don’t
• want
• to
• forget
• to
• mention
• that
• the
• idea
• for
• this
• article
• was
• actually
• given
• to
• me
• by
• these
• guys.
• Looks
• like
• they
• have
• an exciting botox service in Sudbury.
• All
• right,
• I’ll
• get
• back
• to
• it!

• RSS
• feeds
• have
• evolved
• into
• many
• uses.
• Some
• uses
• gaining
• popularity
• are:

• -For
• online
• store
• or
• retail
• establishments:
• Notification
• of
• new
• product
• arrivals

• -For
• organization
• or
• association
• newsletters:
• title
• listings
• and
• notification
• of
• new
• issues,
• including
• email
• newsletters

• -Weather
• Updates
• and
• other
• alerts
• of
• changing
• geographic
• conditions

• -Database
• management:
• Notification
• of
• new
• items
• added,
• or
• new
• registered
• members
• to
• a
• club
• or
• interest
• group.

• The
• uses
• of
• feeds
• will
• continue
• to
• grow,
• because
• RSS
• aggregators
• make
• access
• to
• any
• information
• that
• individual
• users
• like
• more
• convenient
• and
• fun.

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