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RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary. It is used as a communication system between 4Syndication blogs and applications that can read the RSS information to enable syndication of the content posted on our blogs.

What is an RSS Reader?
Essentially, an RSS reader is a snippet of software that lives on a user's desktop or is hosted for them on the Web. This software visits all of the blogs and RSS feeds that that the user tells it to visit, and it downloads any new content that has been posted. The RSS reader software then displays blog and RSS feed content in a format that looks a lot like email so the user can scan the headlines of the day easily and decide which articles or blog postings they would like to read.

Who is using RSS?
RSS is currently built into Web browsers such as Firefox, Opera, and Safari, the new web browser for Macintosh. RSS will also be heavily integrated into Internet Explorer 7. As this technology becomes readily available, we will see it adopted by users as the top method for gathering news and information from the Web.

Links to some popular RSS applications are available here.

Discussions
For more information on RSS look here and for a look at the technology behind the 4Syndication site look here. To keep up-to-date on changes to the 4Syndication system, visit the 4Syndication status blog or subscribe to the RSS 2.0 feed.