<s>
Resources	B-Language
of	I-Language
a	I-Language
Resource	I-Language
(	O
ROR	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
format	O
for	O
describing	O
the	O
content	O
of	O
an	O
internet	O
resource	O
or	O
website	O
in	O
a	O
generic	O
fashion	O
so	O
this	O
content	O
can	O
be	O
better	O
understood	O
by	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
,	O
spiders	O
,	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
the	O
official	O
website	O
of	O
ROR	O
;	O
the	O
ROR	O
format	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
AddMe.com	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
help	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
better	O
understand	O
content	O
and	O
meaning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
concepts	O
,	O
like	O
Google	B-Application
Sitemaps	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
Base	O
,	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
developed	O
since	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
the	O
ROR	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ROR	O
objects	O
are	O
placed	O
in	O
an	O
ROR	O
feed	O
called	O
ror.xml	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
file	O
is	O
typically	O
located	O
in	O
the	O
root	B-Application
directory	I-Application
of	O
the	O
resource	O
or	O
website	O
it	O
describes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
like	O
Google	B-Application
or	O
Yahoo	B-Application
searches	O
the	O
web	O
to	O
determine	O
how	O
to	O
categorize	O
content	O
,	O
the	O
ROR	O
feed	O
allows	O
the	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
"	O
spider	B-Application
"	O
to	O
quickly	O
identify	O
all	O
the	O
content	O
and	O
attributes	O
of	O
the	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
the	O
spider	B-Application
to	O
correctly	O
categorize	O
the	O
content	O
of	O
the	O
website	O
into	O
its	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
the	O
spider	B-Application
to	O
extract	O
very	O
detailed	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
objects	O
on	O
a	O
website	O
(	O
sitemaps	O
,	O
products	O
,	O
events	O
,	O
reviews	O
,	O
jobs	O
,	O
classifieds	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
the	O
website	O
owner	O
to	O
optimize	O
his	O
site	O
for	O
inclusion	O
of	O
its	O
content	O
into	O
the	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
.	O
</s>
