lkrubner@g... (lawrence) wrote in message news:<da7e68e8.0405041953.2596afab@p...>...
> I'm running this page:
> 
> http://www.krubner.com/rss/page938.xml
> 
> through this validator:
> 
> http://rss.scripting.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.krubner.com%2Frss%2Fpage938.xml

I'd believe George Bush before I trusted the accuracy of a validator
from scripting.com -- and for similar reasons; both are always "right"
(i.e. not obvious enough to clearly catch them at it) but they'll
cheerfully redefine black as white to push their own agendas.

> 
> I can't get this page to validate. I'm getting two errors:
> 
> 1. 	pubDate must be an RFC-822 date	 9	9

Your <pubDate> has no content. The whole element is optional, but if
you're going to use it, you have to give it some content.

> 2. 	Undefined rss element: item	 12	7

You need to have <item> as a child of <channel>. This 0.91 feed has it
as a child of <rss> (which is where RSS 1.0 places it, so that might
have caused some confusion)

I wouldn't suggest 0.91 either, as a format for new work. 1.0 is best
(a hobby horse of mine), but go to 0.92 as a minimum.