A photofeed is a

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. They provide an easy, standard way to reference a list of images with title, date and description. Photofeeds are

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Feed format

A photofeed may be in the RSS 2.0 or

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Image format

Enclosed images may be in the JPEG, GIF or PNG formats.

Possibilities

A photofeed can contain: * all pictures in an online album * all images tagged with the keyword "sunset" * an

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wishlist * a list of houses for sale * a list of desktop backgrounds (used by a screensaver)

Photofeed aggregators

A photofeed aggregator is a piece of software that accepts subscribable RSS 2.0 syndication feeds and downloads or precaches higher resolution images (rather than thumbnails) for later viewing, such as when offline. There are not a tremendous number of photo aggregators yet. (please add) *

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from Apple, Inc. * Zencast Organizer from Creative * Google Photo Screensaver (Windows XP and Vista). Available with

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or Picasa.

Feed format

Image format

Possibilities

Photofeed aggregators

See also