Does no one really know what "RSS" stands for in the blogging world? On Steven M. Cohen's site this morning there was a reference to "really simple syndication."
Other meanings for the acronym:
real simple syndication
rich site summary
RFD Site summary
Then we get this comment a lot:
The meaning of the acronym is not terribly important, however. An RSS feed (also known as a news feed) is a site's syndicated news feed that you subscribe to using your news reader.
As an English major and a librarian, I'd like to see the acronym take on a fixed meaning. It won't of course, for a few years, and we'll be dealing with Library of Congress subject updates in our catalogs.
It seems clear to me that "site syndication" is the most complete meaning of the "SS" part of the RSS.
As to the "R" part, the trouble seems to be in finding an adjective to modify "site syndication." But come on, folks: "Really" "Real" and "RFD"?
I'll offer a word that comes from court reporting and News captioning and seems particularly fitting. "Realtime" as in "Realtime Site Syndication."
I like it because it adds to the description as a modifier, rather than creating a mere superlative or confusing with another acronym.
Realtime Site Syndication: RSS. Says it for me.
Micaela
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