RSS and Atom web feeds are types of XML language which allow users to view recent updates, news, images, multimedia files, etc.
More information on RSS and Atom web feeds can be found in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_(standard)
Using XML datasource, you are able to retrieve information such as titles, links, image links, descriptions, etc. from the RSS or Atom web feeds.
Samples:
Flickr Feed - Atom 1.0.ds
Flickr Feed - RSS 2.0.ds
More information on XML datasource can be found in http://www.elixirtech.com/release/Rep7.5.2/Data-Designer/ch07.html
Note: The above samples are based on Flickr’ RSS and Atom web feeds.
http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne
http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?format=rss2
The links are working as of 5th June 2009.
The following .zip file consists of FlickrFeed-Atom1.0.ds and FlickrFeed-RSS2.0.ds.
FlickrFeed.zip (1.4 KB)