Wednesday, 2. June 2004

RSS is...


  1. A format.

  2. Content management tools that generate feeds in the format.

  3. Aggregators and readers that subscribe to the feeds.

  4. Search engines and utilities that crunch the information and ideas.

  5. Services from technology companies like Microsoft and Apple.

  6. Authoritative publications like the BBC, The New York Times, CNET, InfoWorld, PC World, Time, Wired, Salon, Yahoo, Reuters -- that distribute news and opinion in RSS.

  7. Many thousands of weblogs covering virtually every aspect of life on this planet.

  8. A vast and growing community of thinkers, writers, educators, public servants, and technologists.

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