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Ektron CMS400.NET Developer Reference Manual

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Syndicating Web Content as<br />

RSS<br />

What is RSS Syndication?<br />

The RSS Specification<br />

This section explains how to add RSS syndication to <strong>Ektron</strong><br />

<strong>CMS400.NET</strong> for ASP.NET. RSS syndication allows you to<br />

prepare <strong>Ektron</strong> <strong>CMS400.NET</strong> content for reading by RSS news<br />

feed aggregators.<br />

To make this task easier, <strong>Ektron</strong> provides sample files to<br />

illustrate RSS syndication. You should customize the files to<br />

meet your needs.<br />

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication, a common method<br />

of syndicating Web content as an XML document. There are<br />

several versions of RSS. <strong>Ektron</strong> has implemented version 2.0.<br />

In <strong>Ektron</strong> <strong>CMS400.NET</strong>, you use RSS to prepare a collection<br />

list or a list summary for reading by an aggregator. An<br />

aggregator consumes an RSS feed and displays it to the user.<br />

(An aggregator is similar in function to a portal.) There are<br />

several popular aggregators, including:<br />

• AmphetaDesk (http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/)<br />

• NewzCrawler (http://www.newzcrawler.com/).<br />

The RSS specification is a document: http://<br />

backend.userland.com/rss. <strong>Ektron</strong> has implemented the<br />

specification, but you can customize the RSS classes to<br />

support advanced features.<br />

<strong>Ektron</strong> <strong>CMS400.NET</strong> <strong>Developer</strong> <strong>Reference</strong> <strong>Manual</strong>, Version 5.1, Revision 5 564

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