15. A computer program comprising program code stored on a computer-readable medium, which when executed, enables a computer system to implement the following steps for providing in 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 computer program comprising the steps of: a. receiving, at a content management system (“CMS”), from the feed reader, an URL from the feed reader b. receiving, at a linkbase, the URL, from the CMS; c. determining whether the URL comprises a query; d. if so, a. receiving, at an XQuery parameter provider, the URL and converting URL parameters in the URL and passing the corresponding XQuery parameters to the linkbase, and, from the linkbase, delivering an XQuery document associated with the URL to the CMS, the CMS forwarding the XQuery document to the content repository to retrieve the requested content; b. from the content respository, delivering to the CMS, an XML document having the requested content associated with the received URL; and c. from the CMS, delivering to the feed reader, the XML document in Atom format; and e. if not, from the CMS, delivering to the feed reader, an XML document associated with the received URL.
15. A computer program comprising program code stored on a computer-readable medium, which when executed, enables a computer system to implement the following steps for providing in 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 computer program comprising the steps of: a. receiving, at a content management system (“CMS”), from the feed reader, an URL from the feed reader b. receiving, at a linkbase, the URL, from the CMS; c. determining whether the URL comprises a query; d. if so, a. receiving, at an XQuery parameter provider, the URL and converting URL parameters in the URL and passing the corresponding XQuery parameters to the linkbase, and, from the linkbase, delivering an XQuery document associated with the URL to the CMS, the CMS forwarding the XQuery document to the content repository to retrieve the requested content; b. from the content respository, delivering to the CMS, an XML document having the requested content associated with the received URL; and c. from the CMS, delivering to the feed reader, the XML document in Atom format; and e. if not, from the CMS, delivering to the feed reader, an XML document associated with the received URL. 21. The computer program of claim 15 further having the steps of, at the CMS, receiving required characteristics of the content request including subject matter and, at the CMS, receiving content from the content repository according to the specified characteristics and subject matter.