Using RSS to Publish Library News and Information

Abstract

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is an emerging technology for providing news to the patron. Providing an RSS feed is relatively simple and consists of client-side and server-side software; in many cases, this only involves minor alterations to existing software. As an alternative, various services provide entirely Web-based RSS services. At a deeper level, RSS markups consist of metadata with the possibility of passive information integration leading to the Semantic Web.