OCRWM provides RSS (Really Simple
Syndication) feeds of content on this
Web site. RSS allows immediate notification
and access to new content without
the clutter of e-mail.
To access our RSS feeds, click the
orange XML icon, copy the URL from
your browser's address bar, and paste
the URL into your RSS reader.
What's New: News
releases, reports, Congressional
testimony, and other items placed
on the "What's New" menu
on the OCRWM home page.-
Office of Science, Technology,
& International: Abstracts,
technical papers, and presentations
from scientists and researchers
participating on OST&I projects.
Subjects include advanced sciences
such as materials performance, natural
barriers, source term, and others.
RSS is a web feed format used to publish
frequently updated digital content,
such as blogs, news feeds or podcasts.
Users of RSS content use programs
called feed 'readers' or 'aggregators.'
The user 'subscribes' to a feed by
supplying their reader program a link
to the feed. The reader program can
then check the selected feeds to see
if there's any new content since the
last time it checked, and if so, retrieve
that content and present it to the
user.
An RSS reader is a program that retrieves
the RSS content specified by the user,
formats it, and displays it to the
user. RSS readers can be installed
on a user's computer or accessed on
a personalized Web service such as
My Yahoo! or NewsGator online.
The first step, as described below,
is to choose an RSS reader. Each reader
has a slightly different way of adding
a new feed (also called a "channel").
In most cases, here's how it works:
1. Click on the small XML button
near the channel you want. You'll
see a page displaying XML code.
2. From your browser, copy the URL
that appears in your Address Bar.
For example, the URL you would copy
for DOE Press Releases is: http://www.energy.gov/pressreleases.xml
3. Paste that URL into the 'Add New
Channel' section of the reader. You
should be all set! The RSS feed will
start to display and regularly update
the headlines for you.
A wide range of RSS readers can be
easily downloaded from the Web. Some
readers are Web-based while others
require you to download a small software
program onto your desktop. Most are
free to use. (Several readers require
Microsoft's .NET framework on your
computer. They may be slightly more
complicated to install if you do not
have .NET.)
Google
and Yahoo!
both offer comprehensive lists of
RSS readers. A few sample readers
are also offered below for the purpose
of evaluation:
There are a range of articles about
RSS available online. The Lockergnome
Web site offers a beginner's
tutorial; extended
RSS resources are available from
Radio Userland. Here are a few additional
resources:
The OCRWM news feed is valid RSS.
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