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Wednesday 3 October 2012

What Web 2.0 technology you are interested in ?

I am interested in  RSS feed which is growing rapidly nowadays. RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it. RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in. You save time by not needing to visit each site individually. You ensure your privacy, by not needing to join each site's email newsletter.

RSS feeds benefit publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically. A standardized XML file format allows the information to be published once and viewed by many different programs. They benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favorite websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place.
I think having RSS feed in any library is a great idea. It is a convienient way to keep up with new content on your favorite website. Instead of having to click through various sections of library to see whats new, you have that you have that information published directly to your computer. Libraries can create RSS feed for new additions to the online catalogue, new programs and events posted on libaray website, libarays electronic newsletter, library closings including emergeancy closings , job openings etc.

RSS feeds can be read using software called an "RSS reader", "feed reader", or "aggregator", which can be web-based, desktop- based, or mobile-device-based. The user subscribes to a feed by entering into the reader the feed's URI or by clicking a feed icon in a web browser that initiates the subscription process. The RSS reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new work, downloads any updates that it finds, and provides a user interfaceto monitor and read the feeds. RSS allows users to avoid manually inspecting all of the websites they are interested in, and instead subscribe to websites such that all new content is pushed onto their browsers when it becomes available.

1 comment:

  1. A reader is like a one stop shop - but is accessible everywhere!

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