1. A platform-independent system for providing at least one content feed from at least one content application to a user via a standard feed reader supporting the XML language (“XML”) and the Atom format, the system comprising: a. a content management system (“CMS”) connected to the feed reader for receiving content requests from the feed reader and for transmitting content feeds based upon the content requests, the content requests in URL format and the content feeds comprising XML documents adhering to the Atom format; b. a content repository connected to the CMS for receiving content requests from and for passing content feeds to the CMS, the content requests in XQuery document format and content feeds in XML document form; and c. a linkbase connected to the CMS for receiving content requests in URL format, the linkbase having an XQuery Parameter Provider holding URL parameter/XQuery parameter relationships and for converting URL parameters in the content request and passing the corresponding XQuery parameters to the linkbase, the linkbase passing content requests having the corresponding XQuery parameters in XQuery document form to the CMS for forwarding to the content repository to obtain the requested content.
1. A platform-independent system for providing at least one content feed from at least one content application to a user via a standard feed reader supporting the XML language (“XML”) and the Atom format, the system comprising: a. a content management system (“CMS”) connected to the feed reader for receiving content requests from the feed reader and for transmitting content feeds based upon the content requests, the content requests in URL format and the content feeds comprising XML documents adhering to the Atom format; b. a content repository connected to the CMS for receiving content requests from and for passing content feeds to the CMS, the content requests in XQuery document format and content feeds in XML document form; and c. a linkbase connected to the CMS for receiving content requests in URL format, the linkbase having an XQuery Parameter Provider holding URL parameter/XQuery parameter relationships and for converting URL parameters in the content request and passing the corresponding XQuery parameters to the linkbase, the linkbase passing content requests having the corresponding XQuery parameters in XQuery document form to the CMS for forwarding to the content repository to obtain the requested content. 5. The system of claim 1 wherein the content feed has category elements representing columns so that the feed reader may receive the content feed and interpret the column elements as columns to present a summary view to the user.