RSS

RSS, which stands for Really Simple Syndication, is an easy way to keep up with your
favorite news and information. An RSS feed contains headlines, summaries and links to full
news stories on www.energy.gov. If you click an RSS link, you will see XML (or eXtensible Markup
Language) code in your browser. This is to be expected, since you do not view RSS content
through a browser. You view the headlines through an RSS news reader (also called an RSS aggregator).

What are RSS Readers?
RSS news readers are small software programs that aggregate RSS feeds and display the story
information. They allow you to scan headlines from hundreds of news sources in a central location.
Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines
or podcasts. An RSS document, which is called a "feed," "web feed," or "channel," contains either
a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS makes it possible for people
to keep up with their favorite web sites in an automated manner that's easier than checking them manually.
RSS content can be read using software called an "RSS reader," "feed reader" or an "aggregator."
The user subscribes to a feed by entering the feed's link into the reader or by clicking an RSS
icon in a browser that initiates the subscription process. The reader checks the user's subscribed
feeds regularly for new content, downloading any updates that it finds.