RSS 3.0

Introduction (you should probably read it first). This spec is not yet finalized. Feedback appreciated.

Format

An item consists of a series of lines separated by "\n".

Each line is a series of letters, numbers, "-", "." or "_" (called the name) followed by ": " followed by a series of characters (called the value). No two lines should start with the same name. If a line starts with a space or tab character, then it is a continuation of the value on the previous line. The newline in between is preserved. UTF-8 encoding is always used.

An item ends at the first blank line (that is, a line with no characters).

Document

An RSS 3.0 document consists of one head item followed by zero or more body items.

Head

The head is an item. Names for the lines are globally assigned. Names are case-insensitive. The assigned names are:

title
description
link
generator
errorsto
creator
created
last-modified
language
rights
license
guid
uri
subject

Most properties refer to the whole feed in adddition to the item. i.e. last-modified is the last-modified date of the feed.

Body

The body is a series of zero or more items. Names for the lines are globally-assigned and case-insensitive. The assigned names are:

title
description
link
generator
creator
created
last-modified
language
rights
license
guid
uri
subject

Tokens

title: The title of the item.
description: A short description of the item.
link: A link to the item.
generator: The person or program that generated the item.
errorsto: An email address, optionally followed by a space and a name, of the person to send error reports about the feed to.
creator: An email address, optionally followed by a space and a name, of the person who created the item.; created; The date (in W3CDTF format) the item was created.
last-modified: The date (in W3CDTF format) the item was modified.
language: The language of the item, using the language tag format specified in RFC 3066.
rights: The copyright statement for the item.
license: A URI for the copyright license of the item.
guid: A globally unique identifier for the item.
uri: A globally unique identifier in the form of a URI for the item.
subject: The topic of the item.

Example

title: RSS 3.0 News
description: Latest updates on RSS 3.0.
link: http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/rss30
creator: me@aaronsw.com Aaron Swartz
errorsTo: me@aaronsw.com Aaron Swartz
language: en-US

title: Spec Introduced
created: 2002-09-06
guid: 00795648-C1E0-11D6-9AA6-003065F376B6
description: 
 The spec was introduced to the world.
 
 A few people noticed.

Title: Zooko Likes It
Created: 2002-09-06
GUID: 0894CB2F-C1E0-11D6-9649-003065F376B6
Description: Zooko says he likes the spec.