Podcasts: An Adaptation of RSS

Adapting and extending RSS for use with iTunes, iPods, and other mobile media players.

• Each "item" has an "enclosure," which is a link to the media file (typically MP3).
• iTunes uses a specific XML module added to RSS (note the itunes prefix to some elements within the item.

Podcast snippet ( WBUR/NPR On Point with Tom Ashbrook Podcast):

<item>
    <title>Remembering Teddy on Home Turf</title>
    <description>Our remembrance of Ted Kennedy continues as we open the phone lines to hear your views on the passing of an American icon.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:14:23 -0400</pubDate>
    <link>http://www.onpointradio.org</link>
    <guid>http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/330/510053/112278742/WBUR_112278742.mp3</guid>
    <itunes:summary>Our remembrance of Ted Kennedy continues as we open the phone lines to hear your views on the passing of an American icon.</itunes:summary>
    <itunes:keywords>WBUR,WBUR FM,On Point from WBUR,Boston,Massachusetts</itunes:keywords>
    <itunes:duration>45:39</itunes:duration>
    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
    <enclosure url="http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/330/510053/112278742/WBUR_112278742.mp3" length="21947568" type="audio/mpeg"/>
</item>