Spotfire: Example RSS feed file with minimal xml tags which can be used in TIBCO Spotfire to setup RSS Feed

This article provides a sample rss feed file that can be used in Spotfire and explains the meaning of each of the tags.

Details:

The attached file (Filename: rssfeed_sample.xml) is an example RSS feed XML describing the minimal tags required to setup a feed. It can be used as a reference file to create a custom rssfeed file to be used in Spotfire. Each tag in the file is described below in further detail.

Resolution:

Copy the below content into a new xml file and name it as 'rssfeed_sample.xml'.

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
 <title>Tibco Spotfire</title>
 <link>http://www.spotfire.tibco.com/en/</link>
 <description>Spotfire Analytics</description>
 <image>
     <url>http://www.spotfire.tibco.fr/spot-icon.gif</url>
     <link>http://www.spotfire.tibco.com/en/index.php</link>
 </image>
 <item>
     <title>Spotfire Today</title>
     <link>http://www.spotfire.tibco.com/en-xml-rss.html</link>
     <description>All you need to know about Spotfire</description>
 </item>
 <item>
     <title>Spotfire Tomorrow</title>
     <link>http://www.spotfire.tibco.com/en-xml-rdf.html</link>
     <description>And now, all about Spotfire Future</description>
   </item>
</channel>
</rss>

<?xml version="1.0" ?> - the XML declaration - defines the XML version and the character encoding used in the document. The document conforms to the 1.0 specification of XML and uses the UTF-8 character set.

<rss version="2.0"> -  is the RSS declaration which identifies that this is an RSS document (in this case, RSS version 2.0).

The next line contains the <channel> element. This element is used to describe the RSS feed.

The <channel> element has three required child elements:
<title> - Defines the title of the channel (e.g. Tibco Spotfire)
<link> - Defines the hyperlink to the channel (e.g. http://www.spotfire.tibco.com/en)
<description> - Describes the channel (e.g. Spotfire Analytics)
Each <channel> element can have one or more <item> elements.
Each <item> element defines an article or "story" in the RSS feed.

The <item> element has three required child elements:
<title> - Defines the title of the item (e.g. Spotfire Today)
<link> - Defines the hyperlink to the item (e.g. http://www.spotfire.tibco.com/en-xml-rss.html)
<description> - Describes the item (e.g. All you need to know about Spotfire)
Finally, the two last lines close the <channel> and <rss> elements.

Reference:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS