This profile relies primarily on tests conducted with the aggregators Bloglines, BottomFeeder 4.4, FeedDemon 2.5 (2.5.0.10), Google Reader, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Mozilla Firefox 2.0 (2.0.9), My Yahoo, NewsGator Online and Opera 9 (9.22). For clarity, this document uses the term aggregator exclusively. Software designed to retrieve and present RSS documents to users is called an aggregator, newsreader or reader. In this document, the key words may, must, must not, optional, recommended, required, shall, shall not, should and should not are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119. RSS documents can be tested for validity in the RSS Validator. A namespace sample shows the same feed extended by the Creative Commons and TrackBack namespaces. None of the restrictions described in the specification apply to elements or attributes defined in a namespace.Ī sample feed demonstrates all of the elements available in RSS.

All elements in an RSS feed that are not defined in a namespace must be described in the specification. RSS elements do not belong to a namespace. Refer to the specification for authorititive guidance on the format.Īn RSS document, also called a feed, must conform to the XML 1.0 specification and may contain elements and attributes defined in a namespace according to the Namespaces in XML specification. The definitions of the RSS elements in this profile are provided for convenience and must not be treated as definitive. This profile is a set of recommendations for how to create RSS documents that work best in the wide and diverse audience of client software that supports the format. The RSS 2.0 specification describes how to create RSS documents. Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is an XML-based document format for the syndication of web content so that it can be republished on other sites or downloaded periodically and presented to users. Public comments are welcomed at RSS-Public.

The current version will always be available at this link. This is version 1.0 of this document, published Oct. Really Simple Syndication Best Practices ProfileĮditor's Note: This profile contains a set of recommendations for Really Simple Syndication, a web syndication format documented in RSS 2.0 (revision 2.0.10).

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