• What is RSS?
• How does the City of Austin use RSS?
• How will RSS help me?
• How can I subscribe to an RSS feed?
• Related Information

What is RSS?

RSS is a method for getting and sending news and information. You can subscribe to an RSS feed and have the latest news and information sent to your RSS reader program. The RSS reader program will alert you when there is new information for you to read.

How does the City of Austin use RSS?

Right now the City offers news and event highlights on the home page and Austin - Travis County Traffic Report. We will be adding more in the near future. COA information is available in RSS so that your RSS reader will alert you when there are new highlights, rather than having to check the City home page yourself. The title, text of the highlight, and a link to the highlight are provided in the RSS feed.

Quick Links - Available RSS feeds on Austin City Connection:

• COA News and Event Highlights
• Austin - Travis County Traffic Report

How will RSS help me?

Several RSS feeds can be loaded into your RSS program. The RSS reader will alert you when new content is available on any of your feeds. This can save you time from having to check multiple sites regularly, to find that there is no new information available or that the new information is of no interest to you. When your RSS reader alerts you of new content, you get to choose whether you want to go to the site for more information.

How can I subscribe to an RSS feed?

Below are general instructions for subscribing to an RSS feed. Your reader might be different. For specific instructions and options, see your RSS reader's help documentation.

1. Click on the RSS icon on the City home page or Austin - Travis County Traffic Report at the top of the page
2. Copy the address (URI) of the feed from your browser's address field
3. Paste the address (URI) of the RSS file into your RSS reader program.
4. Click Subscribe

Related Information

RSS Readers

• List of news aggregators - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

What does the acronym stand for?

The acronym means something different depending on which specification the RSS file uses. COA uses RDF Site Summary as the specification for its RSS feed.

• Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91)
• RDF Site Summary (RSS 0.9, 1.0 and 1.1);
• Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0)