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The RSS element describes the RSS feed.RSS is written in XML, and how XML works we can take a look at what an actual RSS feed looks like:



<channel>
Channel information
Items
</channel>


The channel information and items also comprise of XML elements.

The <channel> Element:

The RSS <channel> element is where items are displayed. It is like an RSS headline. Channel elements normally do not change very often.

There are three required elements inside the <channel> element: <title>, <link>, and <description>.


The <title> element should contain a short description of your site and your RSS feed:

<title>Academic Tutorial RSS</title>


The <link> element should define the link to your site's main page:

<link>http://www.academictutorials.com </link>


The final required element is <description>. This element should describe your RSS feed.

<description>Acedemic Tutorials Site</description>




Optional Elements in <channel>:

Element Description
<category> Defines one or more categories the channel belongs to
<cloud> Allows notification of updates.
<copyright> Notifies about copyrighted material
<docs> An URL to documentation on the RSS version the channel is using
<generator> If the channel is created using an automatic generator, this is defined here
<image> Inserts a picture to the channel.
<language> Describes what language the channel uses. By using this tag it is possible for RSS aggregators to group sites based on language.
<lastBuildDate> Defines the last date the channel was modified
<managingEditor> Defines an e-mail address for the editor of the site
<pubDate> Defines the last publication date for the channel
<rating> Parental control rating of the page
<skipDays> Defines days where it is unnecessary for RSS aggregators to update the feed
<skipHours> Defines hours where it is unnecessary for RSS aggregators to update the feed
<textInput> Creates a text input for the channel
<ttl> (ttl = time to live) Defines how many minutes the channel can stay cached before refreshing
<webMaster> Defines an e-mail address for the webmaster of the site



The <item> element

The <item> element is where you link to and describe the update on your site.

The RSS <item> is where updates are show. It is kind of like a headline for an article. <item> elements are created every time there is an update on your site that you would like displayed in your RSS feed.

There are many optional <item> elements, but either the <title> or the <description> are required.

A RSS should include the <title>, <link> and <description> elements.

The first element is your news item's title.This give short description of your site and also your RSS feed.


<title>Vyom's New Tutorial</title>


The next element is the link to the part of your site the item is referring to:

<link>http://www.academictutorials.com/rss </link>


The next line is the RSS feed description. This should describe your RSS feed item.

<description>BizLiner RSS Tutorial</description>




Optional Elements in <item>

Element Description
<author> Defines the author of the item.
<category> Places the item in one or more of the channel categories.
<comments> An URL to a comment's page for the item.
<enclosure> Describes a media object related to the item
<guid> GUID = Globally Unique Identifier. Defines a unique identifier to the item.
<pubDate> The publication date for the item.
<source> Is used to define a third party source.



The <channel> element usually contains one and more than one <item> elements. Each <item> element defines an article or "story" in the RSS feed.

Furthermore, there are several optional child elements of <channel>. We will explain the most important ones below.




The <category> Element:

The <category>child element is used to specify a category for your feed.

The <category> element makes it possible for RSS aggregators to group sites based on category.

The category for the RSS document above could be:


<category>Tutorial </category>




The <copyright> Element:

The <copyright>child element notifies about copyrighted material.

The copyright for the RSS document above could be:


<copyright>2006 Refsnes Data as. All rights reserved.</copyright>




The <image> Element:

The <image> child element allows an image to be displayed when aggregators present a feed.

The <image> element has three required child elements:

<url> - Defines the URL to the image

<title> - Defines the text to display if the image could not be shown

<link> - Defines the hyperlink to the website that offers the channel

The image for the RSS document above could be:


<image>

<url>http://www.academictutorial.com/images/rss.gif </url>
<title>academictutorial.com </title>
<link>http://www.academictutorial.com </link>

</image>





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