RSS title, link, and description Elements

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# RSS <title>, <link>, and <description> Elements

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## Definition and Usage

Each <item> element defines an article or "story" in the RSS feed.

The <item> element has three required child elements:

- <title> - Defines the title of the item (e.g. RSS Tutorial)
- <link> - Defines the hyperlink to the item (e.g. http://www.w3schools.com/rss)
- <description> - Describes the item (e.g. New RSS tutorial on W3Schools)

## Example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>W3Schools Home Page</title>
<link>http://www.w3schools.com</link>
<description>Free web building tutorials</description>
<item>
<title>RSS Tutorial</title>
<link>http://www.w3schools.com/rss</link>
<description>New RSS tutorial on W3Schools</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>XML Tutorial</title>
<link>http://www.w3schools.com/xml</link>
<description>New XML tutorial on W3Schools</description>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
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