RSS Item

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<rss version="2.0">

<channel>
<title>Academic Tutorials Home Page</title>
<vlink>http://www.academictutorials.com </link>
<description>Free web building tutorials</description>
<item>
<title>Academic Tutorials</title>
<link>http://www.academictutorials.com/rss </link>
<description>Letest RSS tutorial on AcademicTutorial</description>
</item>
</channel>

</rss>

The <item> element has three required child elements:

<title> - Defines the title of the item (e.g. Academic Tutorials)

<description> - Describes the item

The <item> element

There are several optional child elements of <item> . We will explain which are the most important.

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:

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.