[ciapug] RSS - Text formating in <description> tag?

[Jerry Weida]

You can use formatting if you encapsulate everything in there with a CDATA tag.
e.g.  
<description><![CDATA[Here is where you would put your formatted
information!]]></description>

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:23:04 -0500, Claus <cniesen@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hello
> 
> Currently I'm playing around with RSS (version 2.0) and try to create
> some content.  With the item I use the <title>, <link> and <description>
> tags.  I was wondering if any formating of the text inside of the
> <description> tag exists.  I haven't found any discussion about it and
> the specifications don't mention anything about it either
> (http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss#roadmap).
> 
> My guess no formating is allowed, but if it where I'd be interested in
> carrage returns (<br> or <p></p>) and bold (<b></b>).  While RSS
> validators (http://rss.scripting.com/ and
> http://feeds.archive.org/validator/) don't like the <p> and <b> tags the
> SharpReader handles it as desired.
> 
>   Claus
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