Web Syndication - Web Standards: Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML - page 295

link subelement.
The value of the link subelement should coincide with the value of the link element of the
channel. Required.

• The image hyperlink to the site of the channel is determined by the

width subelement. The default value is

• The image width can be determined in pixels by the

88 , and the maximum is 144 . Optional.

width subelement. The default value is • The image height can be determined in pixels by the

31 , and the maximum is 400 . Optional.
The description of the image to be included in the

title attribute of the hyperlink of the
image in (X)HTML can be provided by the description subelement. Optional.
Listing 8-10 shows an example.

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Listing 8-10. A Logo Image Specified for an RSS File
<image>
<url> http://www.sikoswebconsulting.com.au/img/logo.png < /url>
<title>Sikos Web Consulting</title>
<link> http://www.sikoswebconsulting.com.au </link>
</image>

■ the image declared for an rSS file is displayed in some rSS readers such as the ones implemented in
browsers but not all (such as the feed reader in outlook or the Windows feed reader gadget ).

Note

The language Element
The natural language of the news feed content can be declared by the language element. For example:

<language>en</language>

Table 8-1 summarizes the allowed values.