Glossary

• access control list (ACL)  

  A list of users or groups. Each user or group has associated permissions, such as allow or deny. ACLs are used to control access to files, folders, and services.



• content  

  The text or data in an entry. The content is placed in a <description> element for RSS, or a <content> element for Atom.



• element  

  An element is the information in an XML document that begins with a start-tag (<element>) and ends with an end-tag (</element>). Elements can contain sub-elements, to create a tree-like structure.



• enclosure  

  An element used for attaching files to an entry. An enclosure element contains a link to a single file, along with the file’s MIME type and size. Enclosures are used to link to audio files in podcasts, or images for photocasts.



• entry  

  An element that can contain the following sub-elements: author, date , description, and enclosure.



• extension XML  

  The use of additional namespaces in an XML document.



• feed  

  An XML document that conforms to one of the four major feed formats: RSS 0.9, RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0 or Atom.



• namespace  

  A group of elements, each used for a specific purpose. Namespaces are used to distinguishing between elements of the same name.



• namespace prefix  

  A shorter name used to refer to a namespace in an XML document. A namespace prefix is designated at the beginning of an XML document using the feed attribute xmlns:prefix=“http://www.example.com/namespace”.