What RSS is, how it can be used, how it came to be, how to use RSS syntax, how to make your first RSS document, Overview of the RSS <channel> element, overview of the RSS <item> element, how to publish your RSS doc, how to read other sites' RSS docs.
For complete beginners, this primer is fantastic for getting a sense of the big picture, for touring the territory, and becoming familiar with the key concepts, languages, and resources. W3Schools also offers a huge number of free tutorials (quite compre