RSS
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RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a web feed format that allows users and applications to automatically receive updates from websites, blogs, and other online content sources.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RSS canonical | 6 |
| RSS 2.0 | 4 |
| RSS 2.0 specification | 3 |
| RSS 1.0 specification | 2 |
| Atom syndication format | 1 |
| RSS 0.90 | 1 |
| RSS 0.91 | 1 |
| RSS 0.92 | 1 |
| RSS 1.0 | 1 |
| RSS 2.0 Specification (RSS Advisory Board edition) | 1 |
| RSS 2.0 core specification | 1 |
| RSS Advisory Board | 1 |
| RSS best practices profile | 1 |
| Really Simple Syndication | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T161265 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RSS Context triple: [Web 2.0, enabledBy, RSS]
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A.
SS
The SS was a paramilitary organization of Nazi Germany that became one of the principal instruments of terror, repression, and mass murder, including the systematic genocide of Jews and other targeted groups during World War II.
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B.
RSN
RSN is the common abbreviation for Red Sox Nation, the passionate fan base of Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox.
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C.
S
S is the distinctive middle initial of U.S. President Harry S. Truman, famously not standing for any specific name but honoring both of his grandfathers.
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D.
Tumblr
Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking platform known for its highly customizable blogs, fandom communities, and viral multimedia content.
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E.
SN
SN is the commonly used abbreviated form of the Ukrainian political party and former television series "Servant of the People."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RSS Target entity description: RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a web feed format that allows users and applications to automatically receive updates from websites, blogs, and other online content sources.
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A.
SS
The SS was a paramilitary organization of Nazi Germany that became one of the principal instruments of terror, repression, and mass murder, including the systematic genocide of Jews and other targeted groups during World War II.
-
B.
RSN
RSN is the common abbreviation for Red Sox Nation, the passionate fan base of Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox.
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C.
S
S is the distinctive middle initial of U.S. President Harry S. Truman, famously not standing for any specific name but honoring both of his grandfathers.
-
D.
Tumblr
Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking platform known for its highly customizable blogs, fandom communities, and viral multimedia content.
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E.
SN
SN is the commonly used abbreviated form of the Ukrainian political party and former television series "Servant of the People."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
syndication format
ⓘ
web feed format ⓘ |
| abbreviation | RSS ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Rich Site Summary ⓘ |
| basedOn | XML ⓘ |
| competesWith | Atom ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Dave Winer
ⓘ
Netscape Communications ⓘ
linked to:
Netscape Communications Corporation
|
| dataFormat | XML ⓘ |
| enables |
automatic content updates
ⓘ
machine-readable feeds ⓘ subscription to websites ⓘ |
| fullName |
Really Simple Syndication
ⓘ
linked to:
RSS
|
| hasElement |
channel
ⓘ
description ⓘ enclosure ⓘ guid ⓘ item ⓘ link ⓘ pubDate ⓘ title ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
RSS 0.90
ⓘ
linked to:
RSS
RSS 0.91 ⓘ
linked to:
RSS
RSS 0.92 ⓘ
linked to:
RSS
RSS 1.0 ⓘ
linked to:
RSS
RSS 2.0 ⓘ
linked to:
RSS
|
| introduced | late 1990s ⓘ |
| latestStableVersion | RSS 2.0 ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
RSS Advisory Board
ⓘ
linked to:
RSS
|
| mediaType | application/rss+xml ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
blogging
ⓘ
podcasting ⓘ web syndication ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | RSS Advisory Board ⓘ |
| supports |
enclosures
ⓘ
links ⓘ metadata ⓘ multimedia enclosures ⓘ podcast enclosures ⓘ text content ⓘ |
| typicalFileExtension | .rss ⓘ |
| usedFor |
blog updates
ⓘ
content aggregation ⓘ delivering website updates ⓘ news aggregation ⓘ podcast distribution ⓘ syndicating web content ⓘ |
| usedWith |
RSS reader
ⓘ
feed reader ⓘ news aggregator ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: RSS Description of subject: RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a web feed format that allows users and applications to automatically receive updates from websites, blogs, and other online content sources.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: RSS
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subject linked to:
Thunderbird email client