Connexions provides several feeds as a simple way for users to stay informed about changes to the Connexions site.

What is RSS and Atom?

RSS and Atom are standard XML formats that are easily understood by RSS readers and most browsers. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and provides a standard format for RSS readers or aggregaters to receive information about the feeds the reader has subscribed to. Atom feeds are based on 2 different standards: The Atom Publishing Protocol which is an HTTP-based approach for creating and editing web resources and the Atom Syndication Format which is an XML-based syndication standard.

To subscribe to a feed, the URL for the feed must be added to an RSS reader or your browser.

What feeds are available from Connexions?

Connections provides several different feeds. All use RSS except for the lens feed which uses Atom.

Connexions News Feed

http://cnx.org/news/RSS

Recent Connexions Content Feed

This is an RSS feed that provides a list of updated collections and modules from Connexions. The URL for this feed is http://cnx.org/content/recent.rss.

Recent Connexions Collections Feed

http://cnx.org/content/collection.rss

Lens Feed

The Lens Feed is an Atom feed that provides access to public lenses in Connexions. The feed can be accessed by adding /atom to the end of any lens URL.

Examples:

• View listing of all lenses: http://cnx.org/lenses/atom
• View listing of lenses for a user: http://cnx.org/lenses/[user id]/atom
• View listing of lens for a user: http://cnx.org/lenses/[user id]/[lens name]/atom

Replace any text in [] in the above URLs with the actual value.

The View All Lenses feed provides links to subscribe to the other Lenses. Just click on the "Subscribe to this lens" link.

Figure 1: Connexions All Lenses Feed in Firefox 3