RSS guid element

Definition and Usage

<Guid> element to define a unique item identifier.

Tips and Notes

Note: The aggregators must guid as a string.There are no fixed rules of grammar. It depends on the creator of the document to determine the uniqueness of the string.

Tip: GUID = Globally Unique Identifier

Attributes

Attributes	description
isPermaLink	Optional. If set to true, then the reader will assume that it is permanently connected to a point of entry (pointed to by URL element Description of all items). The default value is True. If it is set to false, then, guid may not be assumed to be a URL.

Examples

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<rss version="2.0">

<channel>
<title>W3CSchool Home Page</title>
<link>http://www.w3cschool.cc</link>
<description>Free web building tutorials</description>
<item>
<title>RSS Tutorial</title>
<link>http://www.w3cschool.cc/rss</link>
<description>New RSS tutorial on W3CSchool</description>
<guid>http://www.w3cschool.cc/rss/item0768</guid>
</item>
</channel>

</rss>

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