RSS is a type of XML which allows one system to tell other systems what new information it has. It's generally used to notify others of the latest news which is available over a network.

RSS stands for `Really Simple Syndication' or `Rich Site Summary', depending on which part of it you are referring to!

Confluence and RSS

Confluence reads incoming RSS and creates outgoing RSS. It allows you to stay informed of the latest current affairs of others and allows you to tell them of your own.

Confluence and Blogging

Blogging (or weblogging) has recently received massive attention in online communication but is not a terribly new concept as ideas go on the internet. Confluence allows users to create blogs in each space, which can be used to publish regular news about what your organisation is thinking. These blogs are fully searchable within Confluence.

Also see an example blog in the Demonstration Space: [ds:2004/11/21/Octagon blog post]

Reading incoming RSS

Reading incoming RSS is quite simple. See below for an example using the RSS feeds published by the BBC:

Usage:
{rss:url=my_rss_url}

Example:
{rss:url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/feeds/news/ukfs_news/world/rss091.xml|max=5}

BBC News - World (The latest stories from the World section of the BBC News web site.)
Syria troops step up Homs bombing Heavy artillery fire rocks the restive Syrian city of Homs, in what anti-government activists are calling one of the fiercest assaults yet.
Abbas to head interim government Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he will head an interim government which will prepare for elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Romanian PM resigns over protests Romania's Prime Minister Emil Boc steps down to "defuse political and social tension" after a series of austerity protests.
Many trapped in Lahore collapse A factory building collapses in the Pakistani city of Lahore with many people, including women and children, feared trapped, officials say.
Bailout talks to resume in Greece Party leaders in Greece are to resume crisis talks on new austerity measures demanded by EU leaders in return for funds needed to avoid defaulting on its debts.

Publishing RSS from Confluence

Confluence automatically generates RSS feeds for

• New blog posts
• New pages
• Updated pages
• New comments

You can find the XML documents which describe each of the above items by visiting the //Space Summary and viewing the //Content tab, which leads to RSS options.

For example, here is a list new pages published by your own instance of Confluence right now. It can easily be used to let your team share news at a rapid rate.

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A blog is really a piece of news, or a journal, published by a specific author.

Here is a blog with a guest appearance of the word 'octagon'. By searching for 'octagon' in the top right hand menu or by a pre-configured search, blogs can be related to other pieces of content.

In Confluence, blogs are attached to spaces, not pages. Any user, if permitted by Confluence, may write blogs which other members can notice.

Confluence will even publish blogs to the internet, for anyone to read - this feature may be enabled or disabled for each user.

Read more about Confluence and RSS here.

Posted at marras 21, 2004 by Anonymous | 0 comments | Edit