Add thousands of Free News Headlines using Servlets and JSP

Add thousands of Free News Headlines using Servlets and JSP

A free Java Servlet is available called JERRS (Jay Eckles Rich Site Summary) which generates Javascript that can be used by the web author to read from offsite RSS files and dynamically create custom HTML. It provides a greater ability to customize than any other RSS software. The only programming knowledge a web author needs to use the JERSS servlet is Javascript. What is RSS?
RSS stands for "Rich Site Summary". It is a defined XML format (or "schema"). It is a format designed to provide easy and consistent syndication of headlines on the Internet. Almost every major media outlet provides syndicated headlines, either for free or on a subscription basis, in RSS format. It has become the media industry standard for syndication. There are several versions of RSS in use, with the most common being 0.91 and RDF 1.0. Netscape is often credited with inventing RSS for use on their public portal page called My Netscape Network for providing content modules. Other websites such as Slashdot and Userland developed very similar formats that influenced the definition of RSS; examples include the somewhat popular scriptingNews schema. RSS is not a standard sanctioned by the W3C like XML or HTML. The doctype for RSS is hosted by Netscape, and is maintained by an RSS developer community.