Adobe FLEX 2-PROGRAMMING ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0 Manual page 331

The RSS format is widely used to syndicate news via XML. A simple RSS data file may look
like the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<channel>
<title>Alaska - Weather</title>
<link>http://www.nws.noaa.gov/alerts/ak.html</link>
<description>Alaska - Watches, Warnings and Advisories</description>
<item>
<title>
Short Term Forecast - Taiya Inlet, Klondike Highway (Alaska)
</title>
<link>
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/alerts/ak.html#A18.AJKNK.1900
</link>
<description>
Short Term Forecast Issued At: 2005-04-11T19:00:00
Expired At: 2005-04-12T01:00:00 Issuing Weather Forecast Office
Homepage: http://pajk.arh.noaa.gov
</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>
Short Term Forecast - Haines Borough (Alaska)
</title>
<link>
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/alerts/ak.html#AKZ019.AJKNOWAJK.190000
</link>
<description>
Short Term Forecast Issued At: 2005-04-11T19:00:00
Expired At: 2005-04-12T01:00:00 Issuing Weather Forecast Office
Homepage: http://pajk.arh.noaa.gov
</description>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
The SimpleRSS application reads RSS data from the Internet, parses the data for headlines
(titles), links, and descriptions, and returns that data. The SimpleRSSUI class provides the UI
and calls the SimpleRSS class, which does all of the XML processing.
Example: Loading RSS data from the Internet 331