RSS is generally used to notify others of the latest news and updates. When a site publishes new content regularly, the change can automatically be updated by subscriber via a RSS feed.

Displaying and Reading RSS From Other Sites

If another site publishes an RSS feed, you can include its contents in a Confluence page by including the RSS Feed in the page. Confluence will check the feed for updates at most every hour.

See below for an example using the RSS feeds published by the BBC:

BBC News - World (The latest stories from the World section of the BBC News web site.)
Fury as Greek MPs pass new cuts Greek MPs pass an unpopular austerity bill crucial for a 130bn euro ($170bn; £110bn) bailout, as protesters clash with police outside parliament.
Pakistan PM charged with contempt Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is charged with contempt as he appears at the country's Supreme Court, amid heightened tensions between the government and judiciary.
'No foul play' in Houston death A coroner says foul play was not suspected in the death of Whitney Houston as the music world pays tribute at the Grammy Awards in LA.
Syria rejects new Arab peace plan Syria "categorically rejects" an Arab League resolution seen by the BBC calling for a joint Arab-UN peacekeeping mission to the country.
Bali bomb suspect Patek on trial Umar Patek, one of the alleged masterminds of the 2002 Bali bombing that killed 202 people, goes on trial in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.

Subscribing to Confluence Updates via RSS

Confluence also produces RSS that you can subscribe to (using an RSS Newsreader) in order to receive notifications of new or updated content on the Confleunce site. Confluence supports both anonymous and authenticated feeds. Each space has many built in RSS feeds to select from, and you can custom create you own feed via the RSS Feed Builder.