RSS allows users to aggregate headlines and content from multiple websites into a single feed that can be easily viewed and monitored. It works by websites publishing content updates in RSS format, which are plain text files that use XML tags to describe things like titles, dates, and URLs. RSS readers then collect these updates from across the web and display them together for the user to review quickly without visiting each individual site. Creating RSS feeds is similar to building a regular website, with the content and design controlled by XML tags that readers can interpret to display the feed.

1. How RSS Works
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2. Introduction to How RSS Works
The trouble with living in the Information Age is
paradoxical: There's too much information.
If you're addicted to the constant flow of data that
we know as the Internet, you're not going to be
able to manage it without some help.
Some Web-browsing software automatically
detects RSS feeds.

3. RSS Reader part1
Reading RSS feeds can be a great time-saver. In
the time it takes you to scan whole Web pages for
information, you can review headlines from dozens
of sites all collected in one place.
On the other hand, the ease with which you can
view RSS headlines may convince you that you
can subscribe to even more sites.
You may end up spending just as much time
reading feeds as you used to on regular Web sites.

4. RSS Reader part2
Reading feeds requires a few simple things, many
of which you already have.
You'll need a computer -- or compatible electronic
device -- and an Internet connection.
After that, you need something that can read, or
aggregate, RSS files.
Aggregators collect and interpret RSS feeds in
one location.
That way, you can see the latest headlines from
HowStuffWorks, CNN, the BBC and Reuters, all in
one place.

5. Creating RSS Feeds part1
RSS isn't really that different from a normal Web
site.
In fact, they're the same in one respect: Both are
simple text files on Web servers.
RSS uses the World Wide Web Consortium's
Resource Description Framework (RDF) as a guide
to tell a feed aggregator how to read the file.
RDF is based on extensible markup language
(XML), a cousin of hypertext markup language
(HTML), which is the language used for everyday
Web sites.

6. Creating RSS Feeds part2
RSS tags tell your aggregator how to display the
feed on your screen.
In addition to the size of the font and other details,
RSS tags also include the name of the creator of
the feed, the date it was published, when the feed
was updated and more useful information that
helps you decide which articles to select from the
feed and read in ful

7. Lots More Information
Sources
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http://www.webreference.com/authoring/languages/
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* Resource Description Framework. Whatis.com.
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