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RSS FAQs - Atom Syndiation Format RFC4287 Reference Document

By: M. Nottingham, Ed. & R. Sayre, Ed.

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   atomUpdated = element atom:updated { atomDateConstruct }

   # Low-level simple types

   atomNCName = xsd:string { minLength = "1" pattern = "[^:]*" }

   # Whatever a media type is, it contains at least one slash
   atomMediaType = xsd:string { pattern = ".+/.+" }

   # As defined in RFC 3066
   atomLanguageTag = xsd:string {
      pattern = "[A-Za-z]{1,8}(-[A-Za-z0-9]{1,8})*"
   }

   # Unconstrained; it's not entirely clear how IRI fit into
   # xsd:anyURI so let's not try to constrain it here
   atomUri = text

   # Whatever an email address is, it contains at least one @
   atomEmailAddress = xsd:string { pattern = ".+@.+" }

   # Simple Extension

   simpleExtensionElement =
      element * - atom:* {
         text
      }

   # Structured Extension

   structuredExtensionElement =
      element * - atom:* {
         (attribute * { text }+,
            (text|anyElement)*)
       | (attribute * { text }*,
          (text?, anyElement+, (text|anyElement)*))
      }

   # Other Extensibility

   extensionElement =
      simpleExtensionElement | structuredExtensionElement

   undefinedAttribute =
     attribute * - (xml:base | xml:lang | local:*) { text }

   undefinedContent = (text|anyForeignElement)*

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   anyElement =
      element * {
         (attribute * { text }
          | text
          | anyElement)*
      }

   anyForeignElement =
      element * - atom:* {
         (attribute * { text }
          | text
          | anyElement)*
      }

   # XHTML

   anyXHTML = element xhtml:* {
      (attribute * { text }
       | text
       | anyXHTML)*
   }

   xhtmlDiv = element xhtml:div {
      (attribute * { text }
       | text
       | anyXHTML)*
   }

   # EOF

Authors' Addresses

   Mark Nottingham (editor)

   EMail: mnot@pobox.com
   URI:   http://www.mnot.net/


   Robert Sayre (editor)

   EMail: rfsayre@boswijck.com
   URI:   http://boswijck.com

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