This is XML::Feed, an abstraction above the RSS and Atom syndication feed formats. It supports both parsing and autodiscovery of feeds. PREREQUISITES * Class::ErrorHandler * XML::RSS * XML::Atom * DateTime * DateTime::Format::Mail * DateTime::Format::W3CDTF * List::Util * Feed::Find * URI::Fetch INSTALLATION XML::Feed installation is straightforward. If your CPAN shell is set up, you should just be able to do % perl -MCPAN -e 'install XML::Feed' Alternatively, you can download it, unpack it, and then build it like this (using Module::Build): % perl Build.PL % ./Build installdeps % ./Build % ./Build test Then install it: % ./Build install Six Apart / cpan@sixapart.com