What are RSS and Atom feeds?
RSS and Atom are types of XML code used to feed ever-changing news or other data to you. You view and subscribe to feeds from a program called an RSS or news reader or aggregator. In your reader, you can collect the feeds from the sites you’re interested in, so you can keep up-to-date without having to remember where the sites are or navigate all over the Web to get the information. Tip Programs that read RSS or Atom feeds are available free on the Web. To find out about a few of them, you might start by searching the Web for “rss reader.” Many feed readers treat RSS and Atom feeds the same way. However, Atom feeds use XML namespaces, which help in developing applications with web syndication feeds. For a brief overview of the differences, try the Atom Compared to RSS 2.0 section of the Atom page in the Wikipedia. I want to subscribe to a calendar feed.
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