What is RSS?

RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as news headlines, blog entries, and other dynamic information.  An RSS document (which is called a feed, web feed or channel) contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text.

RSS makes it possible for you to keep up with web sites in an automated manner that can be read using an RSS Reader (also called a "feed reader" or an "aggregator"). You subscribe to a feed by entering the feed's link into the reader or by clicking an RSS icon in a browser to initiate the subscription process. The reader checks your subscribed feeds regularly for new content, and downloads any updates that it finds.

Once you have an RSS Reader, to add a City of Ottawa RSS channel click on the appropriate RSS link (identified by the RSS logo above), copy the URL and paste it into your RSS Reader. It's simple!

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