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What is RSS?
If you are new to RSS and syndication on the Internet, this page gives you a description of the way that RSS can help to keep you up to date with information in a systematic way without having to click through all of the websites in your Favourites list.
When websites add new content you get the latest headlines and the introduction to articles in your RSS news reader.
RSS stands for 'Really Simple Syndication'. RSS feeds are just a special kind of web page, designed to be read by computers rather than people. It might help to think of them as the Internet version of the old-fashioned ticker-tape news wire machines.
We have RSS feeds for the latest updates to the ASSI website.
How do I start using RSS feeds?
In general, the first thing you need is something called a news reader. This is a piece of software that checks RSS feeds and lets you read any new articles that have been added to them. There are many different versions, some of which are accessed using a browser, and some of which are downloadable applications. Browser-based news readers let you catch up with your RSS feed subscriptions from any computer, whereas downloadable applications let you store them on your main computer, in the same way that you either download your e-mail using Outlook, or keep it on a web-based service like Hotmail.
Once you have chosen a news reader, all you have to do is to decide what content you want to receive in your news reader, by finding and subscribing to the relevant RSS feeds. For example, if you would like the ASSI RSS feed, simply visit the front page of our website and you will notice a blue RSS button at the bottom of the page.
If you click on the button you can subscribe to the feed in various ways, including by dragging the URL of the RSS feed into your news reader or by cutting and pasting the same URL into a new feed in your news reader.
Some browsers, including Firefox, Opera and Safari, automatically check for RSS feeds for you when you visit a website, and display an icon when they find one. This can make subscribing to RSS feeds much easier. For more details on these, please check their websites.
News Readers
You can access our RSS feed using the following news readers:
Windows
Mac OS X
Web
Browser
There is a range of different news readers available and new versions are appearing all the time.
Different news readers work on different operating systems, so you will need to choose one that will work with your computer.
Using the ASSI RSS feeds on your site
If you run your own website, you can use RSS feeds to display the latest headlines from our website on your site.
We encourage the use of the ASSI RSS feed as part of a website, subject to our RSS Terms and Conditions, which are as follows:
- You must attribute ASSI with the text "Air Safety Support International website updates" if you feature our RSS feed on your website.
- You can not use our logo without written permission from us.
- We reserve the right to prevent the distribution of our RSS content.
- You must create a functional link back to our website summarised in our RSS feed.
- You may not directly or indirectly suggest any endorsement or approval by ASSI of your site or any non-ASSI entity, product or content or any views expressed within your site or service.
- ASSI does not accept any liability for its RSS feed. The ASSI Feed is made available on an "as is" and "as available" basis and ASSI gives no warranty of any kind in relation to the ASSI Feed, the ASSI Content, or any content on the ASSI website. ASSI disclaims all implied warranties, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, and accuracy regarding the ASSI Content, the ASSI Feed and the ASSI website and any content thereon.