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RSS `<channel>` Element

The <channel> element in RSS describes the RSS feed.

RSS `<channel>` Element

Consider the following RSS document:

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

<channel>
  <title>tutorialpro.org Homepage</title>
  <link>http://www.tutorialpro.org</link>
  <description>Free Programming Tutorials</description>
  <item>
    <title>RSS Tutorial</title>
    <link>http://www.tutorialpro.org/rss</link>
    <description>tutorialpro.org Rss Tutorial</description>
  </item>
</channel>

</rss>

As mentioned earlier, the <channel> element describes the RSS feed and has three required child elements:

<title> - Defines the title of the channel. (e.g., tutorialpro.org Homepage)
<link> - Defines the hyperlink to the channel. (e.g., http://www.tutorialpro.org)
<description> - Describes the channel. (e.g., Free Programming Tutorials)

The <channel> usually contains one or more <item> elements. Each <item> element defines an article or "story" in the RSS feed.

Additionally, there are several optional child elements of <channel>. We will cover the most important ones later.

`<category>` Element

The <category> child element specifies the category for the feed.

The <category> child element allows RSS aggregators to group websites based on categories.

The category for the above RSS document might be:

<category>Web Development</category>

`<copyright>` Element

The <copyright> child element informs about the copyright information.

The copyright for the above RSS document might be:

<copyright>2006 Refsnes Data as. All rights reserved.</copyright>

`<image>` Element

The <image> child element displays an image when the aggregator presents a feed.

The <image> has three required child elements:

<url> - Defines the URL of the image
<title> - Defines the text to display if the image cannot be shown
<link> - Defines the hyperlink to the website providing the channel

The image for the above RSS document might be:

<image>
  <url>http://www.tutorialpro.org/images/logo.png</url>
  <title>tutorialpro.org</title>
  <link>http://www.tutorialpro.org</link>
</image>

`<language>` Element

The <language> child element specifies the language used to write the document.

The <language> element allows RSS aggregators to group websites based on language.

The language for the above RSS document might be:

<language>zh-cn</language>

RSS `<channel>` Reference Manual

Element	Description
<category>	Optional. Defines one or more categories for the feed.
<cloud>	Optional. Registers a process to receive immediate notifications of feed updates.
<copyright>	Optional. Informs about copyright information.
<description>	Required. Describes the channel.
<docs>	Optional. Specifies the URL to the documentation of the RSS file format.
<generator>	Optional. Specifies the program used to generate the feed.
<image>	Optional. Displays an image when the aggregator presents a feed.
<language>	Optional. Specifies the language used to write the feed.
<lastBuildDate>	Optional. Defines the last modification date of the feed content.
<link>	Required. Defines the hyperlink to the channel.
<managingEditor>	Optional. Defines the email address of the feed content editor.
<pubDate>	Optional. Defines the last publication date of the feed content.
<rating>	Optional. The PICS rating of the feed.
<skipDays>	Optional. Specifies the days to ignore feed updates.
<skipHours>	Optional. Specifies the hours to ignore feed updates.
<textInput>	Optional. Specifies the text input field to be displayed with the feed.
<title>	Required. Defines the title of the channel.
<ttl>	Optional. Specifies the number of minutes the feed can be cached before refreshing from the source.
<webMaster>	Optional. Defines the email address of the webmaster for the feed.

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RSS <channel> Element