1. Chapter 1 Introduction

   1. What Are RSS and Atom for?

   2. A Short History of RSS and Atom

   3. Why Syndicate Your Content?

   4. Legal Implications

2. Chapter 2 Using Feeds

   1. Web-Based Applications

   2. Desktop Applications

   3. Other Cunning Techniques

   4. Finding Feeds to Read

3. Chapter 3 Feeds Without Programming

   1. From Email

   2. From a Search Engine

   3. From Online Stores

4. Chapter 4 RSS 2.0

   1. Bringing Things Up to Date

   2. The Basic Structure

   3. Producing RSS 2.0 with Blogging Tools

   4. Introducing Modules

   5. Creating RSS 2.0 Feeds

5. Chapter 5 RSS 1.0

   1. Metadata in RSS 2.0

   2. Resource Description Framework

   3. RDF in XML

   4. Introducing RSS 1.0

   5. The Specification in Detail

   6. Creating RSS 1.0 Feeds

6. Chapter 6 RSS 1.0 Modules

   1. Module Status

   2. Support for Modules in Common Applications

   3. Other RSS 1.0 Modules

7. Chapter 7 The Atom Syndication Format

   1. Introducing Atom

   2. The Atom Entry Document in Detail

   3. Producing Atom Feeds

8. Chapter 8 Parsing and Using Feeds

   1. Important Issues

   2. JavaScript Display Parsers

   3. Parsing for Programming

   4. Using Regular Expressions

   5. Using XSLT

   6. Client-Side Inclusion

   7. Server-Side Inclusion

9. Chapter 9 Feeds in the Wild

   1. Once You Have Created Your Simple RSS Feed

   2. Publish and Subscribe

   3. Rolling Your Own: LinkPimp PubSub

   4. LinkpimpClient.pl

10. Chapter 10 Unconventional Feeds

    1. Apache Logfiles

    2. Code TODOs to RSS

    3. Daily Doonesbury

    4. Amazon.com Wishlist to RSS

    5. FedEx Parcel Tracker

    6. Google to RSS with SOAP

    7. Last-Modified Files

    8. Installed Perl Modules

    9. The W3C Validator to RSS

    10. Game Statistics to Excel

    11. Feeds by SMS

    12. Podcasting Weather Forecasts

    13. Having Amazon Produce Its Own RSS Feeds

    14. Cross-Poster for Movable Type

11. Chapter 11 Developing New Modules

    1. Namespaces and Modules Within RSS 2.0 and Atom

    2. Case Study: mod_Book

    3. Extending Your Desktop Reader

    4. Introducing AmphetaDesk

1. Appendix A The XML You Need for RSS

   1. What Is XML?

   2. Anatomy of an XML Document

   3. Tools for Processing XML

2. Appendix B Useful Sites and Software

   1. Uber Resources

   2. Specification Documents

   3. Mailing Lists

   4. Validators

   5. Desktop Readers

3. Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The animal on the cover of Developing Feeds with RSS and Atom is an American kestrel (Falco sparverius). Though it is also commonly known as a "sparrow hawk," because it occasionally eats sparrows and other small birds, this name does not accurately reflect the American kestrel's much more diverse diet. American kestrels also eat small mammals, insects, reptiles, and amphibians. In the summer, or in warmer climates, their diet consists primarily of insects.

American kestrels are the smallest, most colorful, and most common falcons in North America. On average, they are 8.5 to 11 inches long, with a wingspan of 19 to 22 inches, and they weigh between 3.5 and 6 ounces. Though males and females are similar in size, they differ in their markings and coloration. Both sexes have reddish brown backs and tails and two black stripes on their faces. Adult males have slate blue wings and are redder than females. Females are browner, with reddish wings and black bands on their tails.

Kestrels nest throughout North America in small cavities, such as tree holes, building eaves, or human-provided nesting boxes. The female lays between three and seven eggs, about half of which usually develop into healthy young. The off-white or pinkish eggs hatch after incubating for 28 to 30 days, and the young fledglings leave the nest 28 to 30 days later. While the female and young hatchlings nest, the male hunts and brings them food. Kestrels are quite noisy; their high-pitched call of excitement or alarm is a sharp "klee, klee, klee." Mary Anne Weeks Mayo was the production editor and copyeditor for Developing Feeds with RSS and Atom. Matt Hutchinson proofread the book. Genevieve d'Entremont and Claire Cloutier provided quality control. Peter Ryan, Keith Fahlgren,and Lydia Onofrei provided production assistance. John Bickelhaupt wrote the index.

Ellie Volckhausen designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by Edie Freedman. The cover image is a 19th-century engraving from the Dover Pictorial Archive. Karen Montgomery produced the cover layout with Adobe InDesign CS using Adobe's ITC Garamond font.

David Futato designed the interior layout. This book was converted by Joe Wizda to FrameMaker 5.5.6 with a format conversion tool created by Erik Ray, Jason McIntosh, Neil Walls, and Mike Sierra that uses Perl and XML technologies. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano, Jessamyn Read, and Lesley Borash using Macromedia FreeHand MX and Adobe Photoshop CS. The tip and warning icons were drawn by Christopher Bing. This colophon was written by Brian Sawyer.