Syndication (computers)

In computer science, syndication is the act of providing automated feeds (including podcasts), of updated website content. Since around the year 2000, various XML-based format standards have emerged for allowing world wide web users to subscribe to automatic feeds that show recent content updates for certain websites. The available syndication standards include:

• RSS v 0.9.x
• RSS v 1.0 (based on Resource Description Framework
• RSS v 1.1
• RSS v 2.0
• Atom