Secrets of RSS

In the early days of RSS, feeds often included items that contained just titles and a link to the full story:

<?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE rss SYSTEM "http://my.netscape.com/publish/formats/rss-0.91.dtd"> <rss version="0.91"> <channel> . . . <skipDays> <day>Sunday</day> </skipDays> <item> <title>Steve shovels the snow</title> <link>http://www.rssmaniac.com/steve</link> </item> <textinput> <title>Search for other items</title> <description>What do you want to find?</description> <name>search</name> <link>http://www.rssmaniac.com/find.php</link> </textinput> </channel> </rss>

These days, however, RSS items need more than titles. Items should always have a description.