Last updated: 13th April 2006
© 2005/2006 - Jay Zelos
Last updated: 13th April 2006
© 2005/2006 - Jay Zelos
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an very simple XML schema that can be used to obtain news feeds from another site. These can be used in a news aggregator or some sort of desktop reader program (task bar ticker) or can be combined and used on another website. Be careful of copyright issues, using a RSS feed without giving credit could be construed as ‘Passing Off’. Most online newspaper sites now provide RSS Feeds and many IT support organizations are moving in that direction in order to better inform resellers of faults.
Directly below is a demonstration, reading the World news feed directly from the BBC.
The US vice-president renews criticism of Israel over an East Jerusalem building project and urges bold steps to peace.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says it is the US, not Tehran, that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan.
The Large Hadron Collider must be shut down for a year starting in late 2011 to address design flaws, the BBC has learned.
Indonesia's president confirms security forces have killed the last main main suspect in the 2002 Bali bombings, Dulmatin.
A Shanghai company denies it used sweatshop labour to produce World Cup mascots, as Fifa suspends its manufacturing contract.
Gunmen attack the office of a Western aid agency, killing six people and wounding others, the agency and police say.
China's exports surged 46% in February, figures show, raising hopes of a strong recovery in global trade.
Deforestation in central Africa has revealed what could be an impact crater left by a giant space rock, scientists say.
Lost Boys actor Corey Haim dies at the age of 38, the Los Angeles coroner's office confirms.
A Belgian daily has issued what is thought to be Europe's first 3D newspaper - complete with cardboard viewing glasses.
The largest meat-eating plant in the world is designed not to eat small animals, but small animal poo, scientists discover.
Pakistan cricketers Mohammad Yousuf and Younus Khan are banned indefinitely from representing their country.
David Beckham believes his AC Milan side can overturn a 3-2 deficit and send his former club Manchester United crashing out of the Champions League.
Church authority at risk as scandals spread in Europe
Can all species live side by side in unique ecosystem?
Lone stand of anti-Taliban militia in Pakistan
Women's quotas - historic moment for largest democracy
Togo in trouble as election protests continue to rage
Families fight 'racist' Israeli marriage and citizenship law
South Africa's ANC asks Winnie Mandela to clarify a media report in which she apparently fiercely criticised ex-husband Nelson.
A Spanish woman aid worker kidnapped in West Africa last year has been freed, the Spanish government says.
The earthquake in Chile may cost the global insurance industry as much as $7bn (£4.7bn), Swiss Re estimates.
Granny D, who walked across the US at the age of 89 in support of election campaign finance reform, dies.
An elephant in a Sydney zoo gives birth to a live calf, shocking vets who thought the baby had died in the womb.
A new election law formally bars pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from taking part in elections planned in Burma.
Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky wins his libel case over claims he was behind the murder of former agent Alexander Litvinenko.
EU president Herman Van Rompuy says he pities Nigel Farage, the British Eurosceptic MEP who called him a "damp rag".
Egypt's top Muslim cleric has died suddenly in Saudi Arabia at the age of 81.
A court case brought by the family of Rachel Corrie, a US protester killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in 2003, opens in Israel.
The father of a British boy kidnapped in Pakistan is returning to the UK, against the wishes of the police, the BBC learns.
An Indian charity sends a team to Sri Lanka to provide 1,000 amputees in the war-ravaged north with artificial limbs.
Jim Muir reports on the new Kurdish party that has emerged in northern Iraq to mount a challenge in the third general election since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003.
Andrew Harding reports from Harare on the uneasy mood among the white population and the MDC party as President Robert Mugabe says he's ready for another term.
Joe Biden is in the region to encourage talks between the Palestinians and Israel. What can be achieved?
Below is sample code to use the Microsoft XML object in ASP 3.0 to load and utilize an RSS feed from a remote site. (The XML object has many other uses for reading and writing XML based documents.)
Dim objDoc, objItems, I
Set objDoc = Server.CreateObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.4.0")
objDoc.async = False
objDoc.setProperty "ServerHTTPRequest", True
objDoc.Load("http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/world/rss.xml")
Set objItems = objDoc.getElementsByTagName("item")
For Each I In objItems
Response.Write("<h4><a href=""" & I.selectSingleNode("link").text & "">" & I.selectSingleNode("title").text & "</a></h4>")
Response.Write("<p>" & I.selectSingleNode("description").text & "</p>")
Next
Set objItems = Nothing
Set objDoc = Nothing