Syndicated Feeds (RSS)

Introduction

The following information is useful for developing your own Java software to handle RSS technology.

Getting Started

• Wikipedia - RSS (file format) - A complete description of the RSS file format including all version specifications.
• Wikipedia - Atom (file format) - A complete description of the Atom file format.
• ROME - The Java class library that provides API for reading and writing RSS feeds.

Tutorials/Articles

• W3 Schools RSS Tutorial.
• The Anatomy of an RSS Feed by Kris Hadlock.
• ROME in a Day: Parse and Publish Feeds in Java.
• Yahoo - Publisher’s Guide to RSS.
• John Panzer’s Best Practices.
• Feed Access Control.
• Google - Namespaced Extensions in Feeds.
• RSS and Atom Considerations: Moving Toward Atom

Related Software

• The Blogapps Project - A RSS and Atom development kit written in Java.

Tools

• Feed Validator - Validates an RSS feed in almost all RSS versions.
• Yahoo! Pipes - Is basically a web based mashup that allows you to visually aggregate and assemble a new feed of your choice.

Resources

• Feed Icons - Stay tuned with the latest trends in icon recognition.