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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