RSS: What is RSS?
Who is it for?
What is it?
How does it work?
Which sites are providing news?
What you need to do?
More information on RSS
If you prefer to receive your paper at home instead of picking it up at the
store, then XML is what you need. XML is very useful for those of us who
want monitor news on a variety of sites closely (not only news about the
administration). It means you no longer need to visit each site separately.
The XML logo means that the site uses an RSS system which understands the XML programming language. RSS stands for Rich Site Summary. Some sites are also using the RSS logo.
Special software called a feed reader collects all the news from the various sites you have selected and introduced into your system and then makes all this news available to you without any further intervention by you.
Example:
You may want to be notified about any news from Federal Ministry of Economy,
the International Press Centre, presscenter.org, Reuters, etc. The news titles
will be displayed on your screen and all you have to do is click the ones
that interest you.
Which sites are providing news?
You can find an overview of all the sites that display the XML (or RSS) logo on the following websites:
http://rssgov.com/
http://www.syndic8.com/
Although RSS is technically quite complex, it's very easy to use. There are two things you need to do:
1. Install a so-called feed reader on your PC. You can choose which reader you want to download (some examples).
2.
In the relevant dialogue box, just type the addresses (url) of the sites
that you want to receive news from.
You can find more information on the RSS system by following the link to the web guide which is published by the online cell of the External Communications Department.
