Computer Science 1033A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: News Aggregator, Publishers Syndicate, Xml

• School: Western University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: Computer Science 1033A/B
• Professor: Vivi Tryphonopoulos

Document Summary

Conventional method of accessing information visiting sites to see what"s new: problem with conventional access: Information that you"re looking for is located across multiple sites. Difficult to keep track of where the sites are. Don"t know if/when new information is posted: solution: Have information delivered directly to you no need to access all of your favourite websites individually. Alternative method of accessing information rss technology: get updates sent directly to you instead of finding them yourself. Developers can embed rss feeds in their iphone apps, How to create an rss feed: create the rss feed (. xml file) Channel appears at the top of the file and tell people how the items relate to each other (title, link and description): Title written to describe the content. Description written to describe the content. Link the website that contains the content. Rss feeders (rss generators) a program that allows users to easily create xml files, edit and publish rss feeds.