RSSBus Simple Services are "simple" because they are called with standard URLs and they return data streams as RSS name-value pairs, HTML pages, and other popular, easy-to-consume formats. They don't require programming, custom clients, SOAP envelopes, fancy protocols, or message registries. You can set up Simple Services in minutes and easily combine their outputs or chain them together to create more advanced functions.

Service Definition

Service definitions define URLs for your Simple Services, along with required and optional inputs, outputs, and security settings. RSSBus comes with many demo service definitions, and you can use the built-in admin wizard to create your own. Service definitions are text-based so you can easily extend or combine them.

Every service can dynamically produce various output formats based on the requirements of the service requestor. Or you can easily write your own output formats as needed.

Admin Console

The RSSBus Admin Console makes it easy to configure Simple Services, allowing you to:

1. View the installed connectors and their operations
2. Invoke the connectors interactively to verify configuration settings
3. Create, edit, and delete service definition scripts.

Connectors

RSSBus Connectors hide the details of remote data organization and storage so you can create new Simple Services in minutes. All RSSBus connectors are configured using the same service definition model and all return their data using the same set of output formatters. Many connectors provide multiple operations that can write as well as read data. RSSBus comes with an extensive connector library, or you can write your own connectors.

Data and Internet

RSSBus is your universal gateway to all intranet and Internet data. Using RSSBus connectors you can access the local file system and databases, remote URLs including RSS feeds, XML, REST and SOAP web services, and many more sources without learning the messy details of different data organizations and formats. RSSBus lets you quickly leverage data otherwise considered too difficult or costly to access.

RSSBus uses HTTP over your existing intranet infrastructure. You don't need expensive middleware or UDDI repositories. Also, RSSBus Simple Services integrate with your existing service-oriented architecture with SOAP compatibility.

Application Integration

You can connect to your business partners, suppliers, and customers with a minimum of disruption and overhead. RSSBus Simple Services are based on industry standard formats that can be consumed without custom applications, service agreements, and messaging infrastructure.

RSSBus formatters can produce RSS, ATOM, SOAP, CSV, POX, and JSON that are easy to parse in applications. You can safely add new fields to these list-based formats without breaking existing applications.

Additionally, RSSBus Simple Services can format output for Microsoft Excel. You can easily import database tables, RSS feeds, credit card transactions, and almost anything accessible via the connector library directly into your spreadsheets.