Elements: Elements appear at both the and level as described below:
appears in both the and levels and is a name. At the level it is the name of the author of the podcast. At the level it is the name of the author of the episode.
can appear at both the and levels. At the level it indicates the whole podcast feed should not show up in the ITMS. At the level it indicates that that individual episode should not show up in the ITMS.
is used at the level to indicate where the podcast will show up when browsing by category in the ITMS.
is used at the level to indicate how long an episode is. It is in either HH:MM:SS or total number of seconds.
is used at both the level and the level to provide an indication of the appropriateness of the content. The default value is "no". A value of "yes" will cause the ITMS to put a red "EXPLICIT" flag on the podcast or episode, and will work with the content filtering capabilities of the iTunes software. A value of "clean" will cause the ITMS to put a green "CLEAN" flag on thhe podcast or episode. A lot of EXPLICIT songs on albums have a matching CLEAN version.
is how the artwork image is specified for both the and . The iTunes specification calls for a much larger, square image then the RSS 2.0 specification recommends.
appears at both the and levels and is a list of comma separated words or phrases used when searching in the ITMS
This level tag is used when a podcast needs to move from one server to another and the author is unable to configure the proper HTTP response codes.
This level tag is used by the ITMS staff to contact the author of a podcast if there are problems or concerns. It has two subtags and .
This level tag is only used by the ITMS if the did not specify a . It is used for the date of the episode.
The and level tag is used as the title of the podcast or episode in the iTunes software and is usually only a few words.
is used at both the and levels. At the level the tag shows up as the long description of your podcast in the iTunes software. At the leve the tag shows up when the circled I is clicked on an individual podcast episode.
Example:
</b>FeedForAll Mac OS Team's Podcasting Tutorial <b>
http://www.feedforall.com Podasting tutorial developed by FeedForAll Mac OS team to walk you through the steps necessary to publish a podcast on iTunes Music Store using this very program. Simple and precise instructions will gude you through creating an RSS feed that can contain audio, artwork, or simple XML Podcasting made easy with FeedForAll</itunes:subtitle> Podasting tutorial developed by FeedForAll Mac OS team to walk you through the steps necessary to publish a podcast on iTunes Music Store using this very program. Simple and precise instructions will gude you through creating an RSS feed that can contain audio, artwork, or simple XML </itunes:summary> text="technology">
itunes, podcast, tutorial, feedforall FeedForAll [email protected] FeedForAll Mac OS Team
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</b>FeedForAll 2003-07-18:Artwork<b> Gives specific details and recommendations for specifications of the artwork that will be embedded in your RSS feed http://www.feedforall.com [email protected] "http-www.feedforall.com/tutorial/pod.mp3" length="14587560" type="audio/mpeg"> Mon, 18 Jul 2005 19:54:02 -0400 Artwork Gives specific details and recommendations for specifications of the artwork that will be embedded in your rss feed 3:57 RSS specifcations artwork FeedForAll Mac OS Team no
