RSS <title>, <link>, and <description> Elements
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Definition and Usage
Each <item> element defines an article or "story" in the RSS feed.
The <item> element has three required child elements:
- <title> - Defines the title of the item (e.g. RSS Tutorial)
- <link> - Defines the hyperlink to the item (e.g. /xml/xml_rss.asp)
- <description> - Describes the item (e.g. New RSS tutorial on Webmastertoolbag)
Example
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>Webmastertoolbag Home Page</title>
<link></link>
<description>Free web building tutorials</description>
<item>
<title>RSS Tutorial</title>
<link>/xml/xml_rss.asp</link>
<description>New RSS tutorial on Webmastertoolbag</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>XML Tutorial</title>
<link>/xml</link>
<description>New XML tutorial on Webmastertoolbag</description>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
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