Why web developers will need to know their RSS.

The article presents information on a lightweight XML format called RSS which is used to standardize news and other material so that updates on website content can be sent to end-users who have requested them. The XML format also enables content to be syndicated to other websites. Effectively a mini-database of headlines and other summaries of new content, this technology is also being explored as a mechanism for content distribution services, which Microsoft Corp.'s Simple List Extensions will support.