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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. http://www.w3ii.com/xml/xml_rss.html)
  • <description> - Describes the item (e.g. New RSS tutorial on w3ii)

Example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0">

<channel>
  <title>w3ii Home Page</title>
  <link>http://www.w3ii.com</link>
  <description>Free web building tutorials</description>
  <item>
    <title>RSS Tutorial</title>
    <link>http://www.w3ii.com/xml/xml_rss.html</link>
    <description>New RSS tutorial on w3ii</description>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title>XML Tutorial</title>
    <link>http://www.w3ii.com/xml</link>
    <description>New XML tutorial on w3ii</description>
  </item>

</channel>
</rss>

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