XML and RSS files…
Someone asked me a question about the point of XML or RSS files…I answered to the best of my knowledge but if anyone can explain a little better…please comment…
Question: What is the point of the XML (or RSS) files? Can they be edited? Actually the blog seems to operate with HTML, so I haven’t quite got why the XML files are necessary
Userland’s Definition: Radio automatically turns the content on your weblog into a XML feed that can be syndicated and subscribed to by other Radio users.
Here is what I understand about it:
- your blog is in HTML format so you can edit and post it but
- Radio converts it to XML in the background so that your blog can be read in the RSS format which is a format for syndicating news and the content of news-like sites or blog sites.
- You are editing the XML files in a round about way when you edit your blog.