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Using RSS—Technical Overview for Webmasters

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RSS Feed Components

channel <title> -

A short heading for the feed

Uses channel <link> for link target

example: Infoplease - Today's Birthday

channel <description> -

A descriptive subtitle for the feed

example: Famous Birthdays from the Editors of Infoplease

item <title> -

Combines the channel name with a short summary of that days content

Uses item <link> for link target

example: Scott Joplin

item <description> -

Has a longer summary of the content

Not all items have descriptions

example: 1868?1917, American ragtime pianist and composer.

See biography and links to other people born today...

Available Feeds

Channel Subscription	Item Content
XML Infoplease - Daily Analogy A Daily Analogy Quiz from the Editors of Infoplease	GREECE : COUNTRY :: salami : _____
XML Infoplease - Today's Birthday Famous Birthdays from the Editors of Infoplease	Scott Joplin 1868?1917, American ragtime pianist and composer. See biography and links to other people born today...
XML Infoplease - This Day in History Events from This Day in History from the Editors of Infoplease	Abel Tasman discovered Van Diemen's land, later renamed Tasmania. See more events with links to background articles...
XML Infoplease - Did You Know? 'Did You Know?' from the Editors of Infoplease	The Nile, Amazon, Mississippi, Yangtze, and Ob (Russia) are the world's five longest rivers.
XML Infoplease - Featured Articles Featured Articles from the Editors of Infoplease	Thanksgiving Day Presidential Pardon Movie Review Thanksgiving Day The Kennedys Turkey Day American Indian Loan Words Leonids Geography Glossary National Geography Awareness Week
XML Infoplease - Link of the Day Link of the Day from the Editors of Infoplease	Deadliest Countries for Journalists
XML Infoplease - Who Said? 'Who Said?' from the Editors of Infoplease	Who said: Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
XML Infoplease - Top Ten List A Top Ten List from the Editors of Infoplease	Most Livable Countries
XML Infoplease - Today's Weather Fact Daily Weather Trivia from the Editors of Infoplease	First hurricane to hit Hawaii in 25 years
XML Infoplease - Daily Word Quiz A Daily Word Quiz from the Editors of Infoplease	Daily Word Quiz: turgid Senator Heffenhuffer's speech was characteristically turgid—...
XML Infoplease - Daily Almanac Collected Daily Feeds from Infoplease.com	This Day in History: Origin published Daily Word Quiz: turgid Today's Birthday: Scott Joplin Today's Weather Fact: First hurricane to hit Hawaii in 25 years Did you know: The Nile, Amazon, Mississippi, Yangtze, and Ob (Russia) are the world's five longest rivers. Who said: Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. Top Ten List: Most Livable Countries Link of the Day: Deadliest Countries for Journalists Today's Featured Article: Thanksgiving Day