No me gusta el comunismo porque el comunismo es mucho malo, pero me gusta mucho la libertad.

Much of my job here consists of asking stupid questions, so that everyone else has the excuse they need to pile in with clever answers.

I think I understand and agree with SeNor Obvioso. But stupid questions: What do RDF and XML stand for? What are syndication feeds? And why did it matter that they were not functioning correctly?

It's no news really. Perry just wanted a use for his new banana icon.

The obvious wags would still say that the RDF and XML syndication feeds are still buggered up. Especially if you try understanding all the stuff contained therein... :0)

Brian,

In answer to your questions:

RDF stands for Resource Description Framework and XML stands for Extensible Markup Language.

I'm sure that's not much help in understanding what they do (in this context). So...

Syndication feeds allow content produced in one place to be displayed/read elsewhere (similar to syndication in other media). XML and RDF are means of labelling and describing what is being syndicated. If you click on the XML sydication link you can see how it's structured (Internet Explorer only - doesn't seem to work in Netscape).

You can, for example, download software (a news aggregator) that will allow you to bring content from various blogs/news sites together and display it in one place. You do this by pointing at a site's syndication feed (the XML or RDF). You can then browse the summaries of articles before going to the site to look at them in full.

Hope this helps.