Selected RSS Resources

This trail lists some useful resources for those interested in finding out more about RSS search engines.

RSS v0.91 specification - (Found June 19, 2008 )

RSS versions have a complicated history beyond the scope of this simple trail. This version is widely supported by aggregators and weblogs.
http://backend.userland.com/stories/rss091

RSS V1.0 specification - (Found June 19, 2008 )

This version of RSS conforms to the W3C's RDF Specification and is extensible via XML-namespace andor RDF based modularization.
http://www.purl.org/rss/1.0/spec

RSS v2.0 specification - (Found June 19, 2008 )

This is the latest version of RSS supported by UserLand's popular weblogging tool, Radio UserLand.
http://backend.userland.com/rss

What is RSS - (Found June 19, 2008 )

A sensible introduction to RSS written by Mark Pilgrim.
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/18/dive-into-xml.html

Content Syndication with RSS - (Found June 19, 2008 )

Brand new O'Reilly book by Ben&221;Hammersley. This book will likely become required reading for those interested in the development of RSS as a content syndication file format.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/consynrss/index.html?CMP=IL7015

UserLand's RSS Resources Directory - (Found June 19, 2008 )

A useful collection of links to some RSS resources.
http://backend.userland.com/directory/167

RSS Search Engines - (Found June 19, 2008 )

An up to date list on the state of the art of RSS search engines maintained by David Davies.
http://backend.userland.com/directory/167/searchEngines