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RDF Site Summary: a lightweight multipurpose extensible metadata description and syndication format. RSS is an XML application, conforms to the W3C's RDF Specification and is extensible via XML-namespace and/or RDF based modularization. see http://www.oreillynet.com/rss

eally imple yndication. A method for distributing news headlines on the web using an XML file format.

Acronym for "Real Simple Syndication". Syndicated content is in an XML format, and aggregators or news readers such as Attensa check a site at specific intervals for updates in an RSS feed.

Rich Site Summary or Real Simple Syndication; means of distributing dynamic content to subscribers via an XML (Extensible Markup Language) format rather than e-mail.

RDF Site Summary. A lightweight multipurpose extensible metadata description and syndication format. RSS is an XML application, conforms to the W3C's RDF Specification, and is extensible via XML-namespace and/or RDF based modularization. An RSS feed produces extracts or full citations of information (Web pages, blog entries, database information etc.) with links to original sources. See W3C for more information. Return

An XML format (originally developed by Netscape) for sharing news headlines and article abstracts; it is an acronym for "RDF Site Summary" (formerly for "Rich Site Summary"). See http://www.purl.org/rss/1.0/.

See RDF Site Summary .

Rich Site Summary: provides a way of describing fixed and changeable website content. An RSS feed can be used to, for example, provide updates about new headlines on a news site.

Stands for "RDF Site Summary," but is commonly referred to as "Really Simple S...

RSS stands for either ich ite ummary, eally imple yndication, or DF ite ummary, depending upon whom you ask. The general idea is that it can provide brief summaries of articles that appear in full on a web site. It is well-formed XML, and newer versions are even more specifically well-formed RDF.

Rich site summary. Some referred to as Real Simple Syndication. An XML-based format for syndicated content.

RDF (Resource Description Framework) Site Summary

Real Simple Syndication, among other definitions. A format for syndicating blogs.

a popular, but contentious format for syndicating news and Web site updates. All RSS standards which are currently in use are XML, and of these, RSS 1.0 is also RDF.

Abbreviation of Rich Site Summary. RSS is an application of the Markup Language XML. With RSS it is possible to keep informed, in a simple way, of updates on websites that support RSS. With help of a RSS-reader, you can ensure this information will be sent to you, and you can read it.

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Resource Description Framework Site Summary (RSS) is data formatted with XML tags. This is commonly used to display current information such as news, prices, etc. The RSS format is standardized so that XML transformations can turn RSS data into HTML data or otherwise manipulate that data

RSS feeds use an XML document to publish information.

RSS is a web content syndication format. eally imple yndication or ich ite ummary. RSS allows content to be shared in real-time. Making it an extremely valuable communication tool.

RSS is a family of XML file formats designed for syndicating website content. It is most associated with news websites (like the BBC and Reuters) and weblogs. It makes it easy for sites to syndicate their content to other websites and to specialist readers. Websites (such as http://www.bloglines.com) allow you to take the rss feed or news feed of a number of others website (often weblogs) and consolidate them all into a single page

RSS is an XML specification for content syndication that allows organizations to feed key information to other Websites in the form of a headline, a short description and a link to the actual location of the information. Syndication is also an efficient way for corporate head office to disseminate information to sites within the organization, and vice versa.

A publishing format that uses XML to display a summary of the content found on a website.

A format for syndicating news. "News" in this context can encompass not only current events but also recent changes to a web page, CVS check-ins, or the revision history of a document. Site owners can add RSS via the News tool. | | | | | | | J | K | L | | | | | | | | | | X | Y | Z

An RSS feed is a tool that manages the excessive amount of information available on the Web by delivering a feed to a user's inbox containing updated headlines and article summaries. The typical content of an RSS feed contains information on the date, title, summary, and link of an article. This technology enables the aggregation - automatic pulling of updates - and the syndication - republishing elsewhere - of information available through e-newsletters, Weblogs and other Web pages.

Short for DF ite ummary or ich ite ummary, (or eally imple yndicate) an XML format for syndicating Web content. Syndicating or syndication is the sharing of content between different websites. A Web site that wants to allow other sites to publish some of its content creates an RSS document and registers the document with an RSS publisher. A user that can read RSS-distributed content can present this content on another site. Syndicated content includes such data as news feeds, events listings, news stories, headlines, project updates, excerpts from discussion forums or even corporate information. Or in this case – your blog posts! Internet.com/Webopedia.com

RSS is a Web content syndication format. RSS is an acronym for DF ite Summary or eally imple yndication or ich ite ummary. You can subscribe to Web sites using RSS, such as news sites and blogs, and add the subscription to your blog. Content, or posts, from the Web site you subscribe to display on your Web site. Subscription content is updated in real-time, that is, when the author submits an updated post, your Web page reflects the update.

Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication. This technology allows users of your website to subscribe to news, press releases or changes made to your website.

Syndication: RSS is the acronym of a family of web feed formats. Web feeds in general provide web content or summaries of web content together with links to the full versions of the content, and other meta-data.  RSS in particular delivers this information as an XML file called an RSS feed.

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. If you see RSS on a web site, it generally means that site has files, such as news articles or podcasts, which you can subscribe to be through an aggregator.

Really Simple Syndication -- a way for websites to make available content to subscribers. Unlike email, RSS "feeds" are pulled from the site directly by the subscriber using one of the newer web browsers, email programs, or one of the various computer programs designed just to read RSS feeds. There are various protocols for RSS feeds, including XML, RDF and Atom. RSS feeds usually can be found on websites by a small, rectangular, orange icon that says "RSS" or "XML." See Wikipedia: RSS

Rich Site Summary ( aka Really Simple Syndication) - see Introduction to RSS.

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is becoming a popular way to distribute news via the Web. It allows users to "subscribe" to a web site as one would subscribe to a newspaper and then receive the latest information published from that site. This is a feature that the Web Development team can help you add to your site; please contact us.

Really Simple Syndication : XML file format for web syndication used by websites and weblogs to allow users to subscribe to their updates. Wikipedia definition of RSS. The RSS feed for this website is : http://sophie-g.net/info/e_feed.rss.

(Rich Site Summary or Real Simply Syndication) A commonly used protocol for syndicating and sharing content such as a blog.

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is basically just a simple code like xml or html, that allows website owners to send out or syndicates a site's contents. RSS is usually associated with Blogs and Blogging because Blogs use RSS Feeds to syndicate their contents.

Depending on who you ask, either Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication. Either way, it is a protocol for providing text (news or press releases) in a generic XML format so that RSS-capable browsers can format it themselves and notify subscribers. Many websites now offer RSS feeds instead of email subscriptions.

RSS, an acronym for Rich Site Summary, RDF Site Summary, or Really Simple Syndication, is an XML vocabulary for describing and syndicating content on the Web. An RSS file on a Web site provides content references to current headlines, links, images, Web log or “blog” pages, and/or other news-related information. An RSS supplies users with brief, up-to-date information about a particular topic, and an RSS from one site can be incorporated automatically on another site. Examples of RSS news feeds are available on Yahoo News. To learn how to create an RSS, visit the W3C or the O'Reilly Network. RSS files are XML documents that can be written and edited using XMLSpy® 2006. Check out Altova's RSS feeds here. S- Z

Really Simple Syndication. Previously "Remote Site Syndication" (now obsolete). Based on XML, Really Simple Syndication is a format for allowing content from one online resource to be reproduced (syndicated) by other websites or systems.

This technology is used, to transmit website content or parts of it through a so called "Feed" to a subscriber. Either a software tool which can read those feeds or a small plug-in is required and new information are being automatically updated.

RSS is an XML-based format (using the Resource Description Framework (RDF) - a language for representing information about resources in the World Wide Web) that allows the syndication of lists of hyperlinks, along with other information, or metadata, that helps viewers decide whether they want to follow the link. RSS allows a person's computer to fetch and understand the information, so that all of the lists that person is interested in can be tracked and personalized for them. It is a format that's intended for use by computers on behalf of people, rather than being directly presented to them (like HTML).

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It's a standardized way to broadcast your Web site's content to a list of subscribers. Rather than visiting a Web site to see if it's posted anything new, RSS users use newsreader programs to subscribe to a site's RSS "channel," receiving a regular stream of updated information from that site. For example, subscribers to a news site's RSS feed will see an updating list of all the day's news stories as they are posted. Web browsers have begun to incorporate the ability to subscribe to RSS feeds. For more information on RSS, visit http://www.mnot.net/rss/tutorial/.

Acronym for Really Simple Syndication. RSS alerts web users when websites have been updated so they don't have to keep visiting them to check for changes. To use RSS, a "reader" program must be installed. Then you look for the orange RSS logo on websites. Your reader program will show you how to subscribe to RSS feeds from those websites, and summaries of updates are then sent to the reader.

Acronym Really Simple Syndication - A syndication format that was developed by Netscape in 1999 and became very popular for aggregating updates to blogs and the latest news from Web sites. Read more about 'RSS'...

Really Simple Syndication, a family of XML based web-content distribution and republication (Web syndication) protocols primarily used by news sites and weblogs (blogs). the Rich Site Summary is also known as RSS 0.91, 0.92 and RSS 2.x (although many weblog feeds are full-text, not summaries) the RDF Site Summary is based on Netscape's short-lived RSS 0.90, which used the W3C Resource Description Framework Standard; this is also known as RSS 1.x Sometimes, by casual (though incorrect) use, alternative syndication protocols, such as Atom.

RSS, a lso know as Rich Site Summary, is an XML format for distributing news headlines on the Web, also known as syndication. First started by Netscape as part of the My Netscape site.

Is short for Rich Site Summary. RSS is an XML-based language which represents information on the World Wide Web in a form which may be syndicated (subscribed to) in special news reader applications. RSS allows your news reader program to bring a websites news feed directly to your computer.

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Rich Site Summary, RDF Site Summary, or Really Simple Syndication. An XML-based technology allowing sites to distribute content, eg news headlines, to other sites and clients.

Stands for Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication. A technology that allows you to subscribe to a Web site that provides periodically updated information automatically to your computer in the form of text, audio, video, or a combination of all three. To receive these feeds you must use some type of aggregator.

A form of web syndication used by news websites and weblogs. It notifies a user of news or new content and provides a link to the new article.

Really Simple Syndication is an easy, efficient means for gathering and keeping up-to-date with the news.

Stands for "Real Simple Syndication" and refers to the methods of publishing content in such away that other sites can use this content. In many cases the RSS feed is in XML format. It is commonly used for syndicating weblogs.

(Real Simple Syndication): A common protocol for syndication and sharing of content, such as news, articles, and blogs. RSS is an XML-based summary of a web site or page.

Really Simple Syndication. An XML-based format for allowing news items or other content from one site to be republished by another.

Really Simple Syndication. A data format for describing updates to a "feed." A feed can be any source of news or information.

RSS is a format for syndicating content of a website. Its name is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication. Many sites use it for making news items available. We are using RSS Feeds to bring you up-to-date information about torrents that have been uploaded to the Long Live Rock tracker.

RSS, commonly explained either as Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication, is an XML format for distributing content online. The format contains a listing of links, text, and metadata about the original document.

RSS is a family of web feed formats, specified in XML and used for Web syndication.

RDF Site Summary An extension of the RDF language, RSS is a standardised XML schema for syndicating news articles. more information

RDF Site Summary (or Really Simple Syndication) is a lightweight multipurpose extensible metadata description and syndication format. RSS is an XML application, conforms to the W3C's RDF Specification and is extensible via XML-namespace and/or RDF based modularisation.

The abbreviation refers to the following standards: RDF Site Summary, Rich Site Summary and Really Simple Syndication. RSS is an XML file format that provides web content or summaries. It is used to keep an internet user up to date when a site's information is changed. Users subscribe to a RSS feed to be alerted to changes which can then be accessed by a RSS reader. Initially, RSS was used by webloggers and news sites but its use is now spreading into other areas such as marketing.

Rich Site Summary / Really Simple Syndication - an XML format for sharing content among different Web sites such as news items

(added by StealingFire) RDF Site Summary. A format for syndicating content on news-like sites viewable by RSS-aware programs called news aggregators.

Really Simple Syndication is a type of web syndication used by news sites and weblogs which provides summaries of information with links to the complete content. (Note: WebTrends offers an RSS feed for its Resource Center.)

Short for Really Simple Syndication, RSS is XML-formatted text commonly used for distributing weblogs, news, or other content that is updated frequently. Version of RSS 0.91, 0.92, and RSS 2.x are known as "Rich Site Summary". Version of RSS is RSS 0.9 and RSS 1.x are known as "RDF Site Summary".

A format for storing online information in a way that makes that information readable by lots of different kinds of software. Many blogs and web sites feature

Really Simple Syndication is a standard for publishing regular updates to web-based content. Using this standard, Web publishers provide updates, such as the latest news headlines or weblog postings. Meanwhile, consumers use RSS reader applications (or one of a growing number of online services) to collect and monitor their favorite feeds in one place (RSS content from a publisher, viewed in one of these readers, is often called a "feed"). Consumer Bottom Line: RSS makes reviewing a large number of sites in a very short time possible. Publisher Bottom Line: RSS permits instant distribution of content updates to consumers. Use this tool on this site to get email updates when I put new content on.

Really Simple Syndication. An XML-based system for aggregating and rapidly scanning information from blogs, news and current-event Web sites, and other Web sites that update content frequently.

Acronym: Rich Site Summary or RDF Site Summary. A machine-readable file format designed for syndicating content of websites. IN ODP, RSS sites (or RSS feeds) are flagged as such, separating them from "normal" sites.

Really Simple Syndication. A web-based document format that summarises news articles, providing a method of accessing news that is convenient and quick. An RSS aggregator (or news aggregator) is a form of client software that collects and displays these summaries from multiple sources (hence, it aggregates news) that the user selects.

RSS stands for Rich Site Summary, RDF Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication A way of making new information about a website known in a summary form

Though this acronym has a few meanings, it is most commonly known as Really Simple Syndication. It refers to a way of managing and important lists of information from various sources so that it is manageable and eays to use. Windows Vista and IE7 will have strong RSS capabilities integrated into these products.

Short for RDF Site Summary or Rich Site Summary, an XML format for syndicating Web content. A Web site that wants to allow other sites to publish some of its content creates an RSS document and registers the document with an RSS publisher. A user that can read RSS-distributed content can use the content on a different site. Syndicated content includes such data as news feeds, events listings, news stories, headlines, project updates, excerpts from discussion forums or even corporate information. RSS was originally developed by Netscape.

Short for "real simple syndication," rss is a technology that allows web sites to automatically send content to individuals and other web sites who have subscribed to the site's rss feed. For more details, see Wiki's RSS entry.

RSS or Really Simple Syndication is a useful tool for keeping updated on your favorite websites. RSS makes use of an XML code that constantly scans the content of a website for updates and then broadcasts those updates to all subscribers through a feed. RSS feeds are typically used with news sites or blogs, although any website can use them to disseminate information. When an update is sent out, it includes a headline and a small amount of text, either a summary or the lead-in to the larger story. You will need to click a link to read more.

Really Simple Syndication. A means of disseminating the content of your website to third parties via a 'feed'. An RSS file is in XML format and is machine-readable. Read more Synonyms: Rich site summary Back

Depending on who you talk to, RSS stands for either rich site summary or real simple syndication. It's an XML format that's used to share and syndicate online content.

RDF Site Summary or Rich Site Summary (sometimes referred to as Really Simple Syndication); a set of XML communication standards created by Netscape. RSS allows a web developer to share the content on his/her site. RSS repackages the web content as a list of data items, to which you can subscribe from a directory of RSS publishers. RSS content usually includes news stories, headlines, content from discussion lists, or corporate announcemnets and is primarily used by news websites and weblogs. RSS "feeds" can be read with a web browser or special RSS reader called a content aggregator.

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Really Simple Syndication. Basically it is a format to publish information. RSS is a new standard for how people receive news, information, and communicate. Just so you'll know, RSS once called Rich Site Summary. If you see this term somewhere, remember it's the same RSS you know and love.

RSS (RDF Site Summary) is a method of describing news or other Web content that is available for "feeding" (distribution or syndication) from an online publisher to Web users. G H J K N O P Q X Y Z

Really Simple Syndication (a.k.a. RDF Site Summary or Rich Site Summary) is a format that uses XML to syndicate Web content--typically news headlines, a few lines of text, or a short article summary. When a Web site creates an RSS document and registers it with an RSS publisher, you can use a service like the AT&T Yahoo! portal to read updated headlines from that site on your homepage.

format for syndicating news and the content of news-like sites

RDF Site Summary, or Rich Site Summary, or Really Simple Syndication - A lightweight XML format for distributing news headlines and other content on the Web.

Short for "Really Simple Synication" (a.k.a. Rich Site Summary or RDF Site Summary), refers ti a group of XML based web-content distribution and republication (Web syndication) formats primarily used by news sites and weblogs (blogs). Any website can issue an RSS feed. By subscribing to an RSS feed, you are alerted to new additions to the feed since you last read it. In order to read RSS feeds, you must use a " feed reader," which formats the XML code into an easily readable format (feed readers are to XML and RSS feeds as web browsers are to HTML and web pages.

An XML document that wraps a collection of web links in metadata that defines properties such as title, description, creator, date, and rights. RSS documents are used for newsfeeds and for weblogs ("blogs"). As to what the letters stand for, that is contentious. They might stand for RDF Site Summary, or possibly Really Simple Syndication. These indicate the two streams of RSS development, with each side adopting a different interpretation.

Rich Site Summary. A format allowing for the exchange of Web content – typically Weblogs – between sites or through a RSS aggregator, allowing users to read a number of news and information 'feeds' through one piece of software.

RSS (RDF Site Summary - formerly called Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) is a method of describing news or other Web content that is available for "feeding" (distribution or syndication) from an online publisher to Web users. RSS is an application of the Extensible Markup Language (XML) that adheres to the World Wide Web Consortium's Resource Description Framework (RDF). Originally developed by Netscape for its browser's Netcenter channels, the RSS specification is now available for anyone to use.

RSS - Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication - is a method used to syndicate news headlines and other content to websites and blogs. For example, AssociatePrograms.com runs an RSS feed which contains the first post of the 10 most recently created threads in the discussion forum. You c ...

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and it is another way for people to view your messages. Now, instead of arriving only by email, your messages will be available to your contacts and other people in their feed readers

Short for either Really Simple Syndicatin or Rich Site Summary depending who you are speaking to. A great way to share information with others or to collect information if you look at it from the other point of view

Though the acronym has a few meanings (the most common is Really Simple Syndication), all refer to a way of managing lists of information. Commonly used today for reading blogs and other Web content. Microsoft plans on using RSS and Simple List Extensions for managing all sorts of data.

Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary for additional detail see what is RSS

The XML format used in news feeds. Stands for Really Simple Syndication.

(Rich Site Summary, Really Simple Syndication, RDF (Resource Description Framework) Site Summaries). Method to select and syndicate content and metadata over the Internet. Commonly used to share headlines, summaries and links to articles, blogs and other content. Can also be used to present third-party content on a web site.

Rich Site Summary It also stands for Really Simple Syndication. More on how to use RSS

A technology that enables websites to syndicate headlines and short summaries for distribution to RSS Readers. This content is called an RSS Feed. RSS Readers provide a convenient interface for viewing RSS feeds from numerous sources. Users can link to the original sites from the RSS feeds. For information on using RSS with MSN Search, see Use RSS to get updates on your search results.

A format that makes it possible for bloggers (web loggers) and web site owners to display other site owner's content on their own pages. See news feed and web feed.

Really Simple Syndication - a technology that lets you subscribe to Web sites that provide RSS feeds - typically sites that change or add content regularly.

Really Simple Syndication is an XML-based format that lets websites provide a summary of content, like news updates, for users to subscribe to. Subscribers then use an RSS aggregator to receive the feed.

Originally "RDF Site Summary," but also commonly referred to as "Really Simple Syndication," a standard data format for publishing and syndicating headlines and short content. Usually used for distribution of blog posts.

This acrostic can mean several things: Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary, RDF Site Summary. To make a long story short, an RSS file is a type of XML file. And you are saying, "WHAT?" Read the entry below for XML. .

(Rich Site Summary or RDF Site Summary or Real Simple Syndication) A commonly used protocol for syndication and sharing of content, originally developed to facilitate the syndication of news articles, now widely used to share the contents of blogs. Mashups are often made using RSS feeds. RSS is an XML-based summary of a web site, usually used for syndication and other kinds of content-sharing. There are RSS "feeds" which are sources of RSS information about web sites, and RSS "readers" which read RSS feeds and display their content to users. RSS is being overtaken by a newer, more complex protocol called Atom.

Really Simple Syndication, protocols for distributing newsfeeds used by Opera's newsfeed client

Rich Site Summary or RDF [Resource Description Framework]. An XML format for sharing content among different Web sites such as news items. How does it work? A Web site can allow other sites to publish some of its content by creating an RSS document and registers the document with an RSS publisher. A web publisher can post a link to the rss feed so users can read the distributed content on his/her site.

This is an acronym of Really Simple Syndication – an easy, automatic way for you to distribute your blog updates to people.

Stands for "Really Simple Syndication" (a.k.a. Rich Site Summary). A mechanism for promptly informing a user of pertinent news or other information.

Really Simple Syndication, a way of subscribing to podcasts and other forms of content on the internet.

Really Simple Syndication” or “Rich Site Summary - it's the name for the feed which allows users to subscribe to updates on a web page

RSS or Rich Site Summary or RDF Site Summary is an XML-based summary of a web site, used for syndication, etc.

Really Simple Syndication A Web content syndication format. RSS is dialect of XML. All RSS files must conform to the XML 1.0 specification, as published on the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) website.

Really Simple Syndication. A technology that searches several sites the user subscribes to to update the user on changes to the sites.

1) Rich Site Summary; 2) Really Simple Syndication. An Internet document format that, when published, allows others to retrieve and display the document as its publisher intended.

aka Really Simple Syndication is the most popular news feed syndication format; RSS 2.0 is the defacto feed format for podcasting.

Really Simple Syndication: a form of XML that is commonly used for the delivery of news feeds.

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Short for Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication, RSS feeds are an easy way to distribute news headlines and other content on the web.

Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication. Technique used to distribute dynamic content (i.e. news headlines).

RSS is a dialect of XML that was created to allow lists of information to be published by content producers and subscribed to by readers.

RSS is a XML-based summary of a web site that is used for syndication.

A family of standards for bloggers and content syndication.

Realy Simple Syndication A web standard method of people collecting content from websites into their RSS reader for viewing later. Often mentioned in relation to blogs and ipods.

Is a new media format that stands for Really Simple Syndication, which is used to distribute news headlines over the Internet. Return Top

Stands for Really Simple Summary or Real Site Syndication; a standard for syndicating content See also: Atom, feed, OPML, XML

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a lightweight XML format designed for sharing headlines and other Web content.

A content syndication tecnology that allows consumers to monitor and get new content from many websites at a single desktop or web application.

RSS is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated digital content, such as blogs, news feeds or podcasts.

Regional Spatial Strategy. Produced by the South West Regional Assembly. Sets out the SoS policies within the region.

Regional Spatial Strategy. The new type of policy guidance and advice issued for each region in England by the Secretary of State. These documents also replace the Structure Plans formerly produced by the County Councils. They indicate how a region should look in 15 to 20 years time. It identifies the scale and distribution of items such as housing, areas for regeneration, environment, transport and economic development.

Regional Spatial Strategies. These will replace RPG and will provide a spatial framework within which LDFs will be prepared.

Regional Spatial Strategy – the landuse planning strategy for the Region produced by the Regional Planning Board. County and District planning strategies must now align with the RSS – including Waste Development Frameworks.

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Regional Spatial Strategy. A strategy for how a region should look in 15 to 20 years time and possibly longer. The Regional Spatial Strategy identifies the scale and distribution of new housing in the region, indicates areas for regeneration, expansion or sub-regional planning and specifies priorities for the environment, transport, infrastructure, economic development, agriculture, minerals and waste treatment and disposal. Most former Regional Planning Guidance is now considered RSS and forms part of the development plan. Regional Spatial Strategies are prepared by Regional Planning Bodies.

Regional Spatial Strategy. In the case of Bedfordshire the relevant RSS is currently in draft form and contains a core spatial strategy, policies relating to sub regions and sub areas, policies relating to specific topics and activities (e.g. environment, transport, retail, housing) and policies for implementation measuring whether the strategy is meeting its objectives.

Regional Spatial Strategy The RSS, incorporating a regional transport strategy, provides a spatial framework to inform the preparation of Local Development Documents, Local Transport Plans and regional and sub-regional strategies and programmes that have a bearing on land-use activities.

Royal Statistical Society A learned and professional statistical society primarily based in the United Kingdom but with overseas members.