The following is an example of a well-formed iTunes RSS feed.
At this time, iTunes U does not ingest data from all of the tags used in this RSS feed sample (for example, link, copyright, itunes:category).
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:itunesu="http://www.itunesu.com/feed" version="2.0" >
<channel>
<title>RSS with the best</title>
<link>http://www.apple.com/</link>
<language>en-us</language>
<copyright>℗ & © 2008 Apple</copyright>
<itunes:subtitle>A podcast series on RSS</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:author>Jane Doe</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary>Creating a well formed RSS feed is important for
iTunes U. This weekly series follows the methods to ensure your
success.</itunes:summary>
<description>Creating a well formed RSS feed is important for
iTunes U. This weekly series follows the methods to ensure your
success.</description>
<itunes:owner>
<itunes:name>Jane Doe</itunes:name>
<itunes:email>jdoe@example.com</itunes:email>
</itunes:owner>
<itunes:image href="http://images.apple.com/pr/images/rotation
/leopardbox.jpg"/>
<itunes:category text="Technology">
<itunes:category text="Podcasting"/>
</itunes:category>
<itunes:category text="Technology"/>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
<item>
<title>XML Basics</title>
<itunes:author>Jane Doe</itunes:author>
<itunesu:category itunesu:code="101102" />
<itunes:subtitle>A short primer on RSS and XML</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>The basics of RSS is XML. This episode will
assist in the development of the RSS shell used for iTunes U
RSS feeds.</itunes:summary>
<enclosure url="http://nowhere.com/podcasts/RSS-Basics.m4a"
length="234233" type="audio/x-m4a"/>
<guid>http://nowhere.com/podcasts/RSS-Basics.m4a</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>7:04</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>rss, itunesu, xml, tutorial,
training</itunes:keywords>
</item>
<item>
<title>Namespaces Demystified</title>
<itunes:author>Jane Doe</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Understanding how to extend XML through
namespaces.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunesu:category itunesu:code="101102" />
<itunes:summary>Namespaces allow the extension of RSS to suit the
needs of particular systems. iTunes U uses a custom
namespace too.</itunes:summary>
<enclosure url="http://nowhere.com/podcasts/RSS-Namespaces.mp3"
length="289894" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://nowhere.com/podcasts/RSS-Namespaces.mp3</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>4:34</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>xml, namespace, rss, tutorial,
training</itunes:keywords>
</item>
<item>
<title>Adding content & keywords</title>
<itunes:author>Jane Doe</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Filling out your RSS feeds.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunesu:category itunesu:code="101102" />
<itunes:summary>Now we have our structure in place, we will add
item information and metadata</itunes:summary>
<enclosure url="http://nowhere.com/podcasts/RSS-content.mp3"
length="4989537" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<guid>http://nowhere.com/podcasts/RSS-Content.mp3</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>3:59</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>itunesu, xml, rss, tutorial, training,
keywords, item</itunes:keywords>
</item>
</channel>
</rss> |
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