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RSS

Summary

RSS is a markup language[1]. RSS ranks in the top 5% of markup_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27,907 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • RSS's instance of is recorded as markup language[3].
  • RSS's instance of is recorded as XML-based format[4].
  • RSS's instance of is recorded as web feed[5].
  • RSS's Commons category is recorded as RSS[6].
  • March 1999 marks the founding of RSS[7].
  • RSS's official website is recorded as https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification[8].
  • RSS's topic's main category is recorded as Category:RSS[9].
  • RSS's Commons gallery is recorded as RSS icons[10].
  • RSS's described at URL is recorded as http://my.netscape.com/publish/help/quickstart.com[11].
  • RSS's described at URL is recorded as http://www.rssboard.org/rss-0-9-1-netscape[12].
  • RSS's described at URL is recorded as http://www.rssboard.org/rss-0-9-1[13].
  • RSS's described at URL is recorded as http://www.rssboard.org/rss-0-9-2[14].
  • RSS's described at URL is recorded as http://www.rssboard.org/rss-2-0[15].
  • RSS's described at URL is recorded as http://www.rssboard.org/rss-2-0-1[16].
  • RSS's media type is recorded as application/rss+xml[17].
  • RSS's file extension is recorded as xml[18].
  • RSS's file extension is recorded as rss[19].
  • RSS's described by source is recorded as RSS 2.0 Specification[20].
  • RSS's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/rss[21].
  • RSS's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1019[22].
  • RSS's different from is recorded as Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh[23].
  • RSS's XML namespace URL is recorded as http://my.netscape.com/rdf/simple/0.9/[24].
  • RSS's XML namespace URL is recorded as http://purl.org/rss/1.0/[25].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include markup language[3], XML-based format[4], and web feed[5].

History and Context

March 1999 marks the founding of RSS[7].

Why It Matters

RSS ranks in the top 5% of markup_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27,907 views/month).[2] RSS has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] RSS is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Ђидо · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P856]]: https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification"
  2. 4w ago · ~2026-48219-22 · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||eu, es, et, bn, el, ar, eo, ast, mk, fi, be-tarask, hr, da, kk, be, fr, ko, he, lv, it, gl, de, id, ja, ku, hy, ca, mg, cs, bg, fa, ka, lt, en-ca, en-gb, ky, "
  3. 8w ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Debian wiki article → RSS
    Fandom article id → internet:Really_Simple_Syndication, apple:RSS, logos:RSS
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P1810]]: RSS, update metadata from fandom API ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/f4a5df54f6c|details]])"
  4. 8w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → internet:Really_Simple_Syndication, apple:RSS, logos:RSS
    Svkkl authority id → 0244997-RSS-technologie
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P6262]]: apple:RSS, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143413884|RSS (#143413884)]] for {{P|6262}}"
  5. 16w ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foldoc id → RSS, Rich+Site+Summary, Really+Simple+Syndication +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12946]]: Rich+Site+Summary, import FOLDOC ID ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/wikibase-cli/36ecd009bcfe7/|details]])"
  6. 20w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main wikidata property → P1019
    Instance of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:RSS
    Instance of → markup language, XML-based format, web feed
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ka, ky, eu, lv, ast, bg, cy, vi, ms, uz, mzn, id, zh-min-nan, hu, qu, sh, sr, zh-yue, ko, no, be-x-old, ur, sk, el, pl, eo, tr, et, gl, kk, kaa, simple, ia, k"
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