IPA IP 2025 Question 64
A question IPA Japan published in 令和7年度 ITパスポート試験 公開問題 問64, translated into English. ITPEC is based on the same exams.
The notation RSS is sometimes seen on websites and other such places. Which of the following is an appropriate explanation of this RSS?
Explanation
A format describing the headlines, links and summaries of web pages — RSS is an XML-based format a website uses to announce its new or updated content.
A site publishes an RSS feed listing each article's title (headline), link and summary, often with the date. A feed reader (RSS reader) checks the feeds a user has subscribed to and shows what is new, so the user does not have to visit every site. That is why news sites and blogs show an RSS mark.
Answer (b)
Why not others:
- •(a) — defining a unified design and layout for web pages is the job of style sheets (CSS)
- •(c) — registering bookmarks on a network to share useful sites with other users is social bookmarking
- •(d) — encrypting data between a browser and a web server to send it securely is SSL/TLS (HTTPS)
Key rule: RSS = a feed of a site's headlines, links and summaries for readers to collect updates; CSS = page design; HTTPS = encrypted transfer.
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