RSS

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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 (1,900 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 topic's main category is recorded as Category:RSS[8].
  • RSS's Commons gallery is recorded as RSS icons[9].
  • RSS's described at URL is recorded as http://my.netscape.com/publish/help/quickstart.com[10].
  • RSS's described at URL is recorded as http://www.rssboard.org/rss-0-9-1-netscape[11].
  • RSS's described at URL is recorded as http://www.rssboard.org/rss-0-9-1[12].
  • RSS's described at URL is recorded as http://www.rssboard.org/rss-0-9-2[13].
  • RSS's described at URL is recorded as http://www.rssboard.org/rss-2-0[14].
  • RSS's described at URL is recorded as http://www.rssboard.org/rss-2-0-1[15].
  • RSS's media type is recorded as application/rss+xml[16].
  • RSS's file extension is recorded as xml[17].
  • RSS's file extension is recorded as rss[18].
  • RSS's described by source is recorded as RSS 2.0 Specification[19].
  • RSS's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/rss[20].
  • RSS's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1019[21].
  • RSS's different from is recorded as Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh[22].
  • RSS's XML namespace URL is recorded as http://my.netscape.com/rdf/simple/0.9/[23].
  • RSS's XML namespace URL is recorded as http://purl.org/rss/1.0/[24].

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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 (1,900 views/month).[2] RSS has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] RSS is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . mimesniff.spec.whatwg.org. Retrieved . mimesniff.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: 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] . my.netscape.com. my.netscape.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . web.resource.org. Retrieved . web.resource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d 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)
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