This is a "full level" RSS template. Here we add the enclosure command for PodCasting. My previous article had the basic bare-bones template and the full template with the CDATA construct. Now we will have a template for Podcasting or Videocasting.

You can easily copy and paste this into a template. If you are not a techie and dealing with XML for the first time, use a decent text only editor, unless you can use FrontPage or DreamWeaver or a dedicated XML editor. Be careful of any extra charcters that you may sneak in with your typing, and remember not to touch the opening or closing brackets. If y

According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product

ou do not know what you are doing do NOT touch the first three lines. The line beginning with the "channel" element is where you should begin to substitute the information on your feed.

Below we have two items in this channel. You can of course add as many items as your heart desires. Just keep on adding the entire section of beginning and ending with <item></item> and filling in the information.

Just to remind you. The enclosure command consists of three parts:

1. url - The URL of the actual enclosure.
2. length - The size in bytes and not an estimate but a total size
   ; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
   
   Examples of combination products may in
   >
3. type - A standard MIME type, e.g. Audio, Video, Text etc. A list and explanation of standard MIME types can be found here - http://www.fileformat.info/info/mimetype/standard.htm

By the way. We are keeping RandyPandy's Perfumery, but since his wife Sandy loves Janis Joplin the enclosure command will contain Summertime from Janis. Hope you don't mind!

First a template with information and then a template without. (The editing software forces an empty line between each command however in your Feed you should not have any empty lines. Just delete the lines with no information

lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

f you copy & paste)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet type='text/css' ?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">

<channel>

<title>Randy Pandy's Perfumery</title>

<description>RSS Feed for The Great Perfume Products Sold At Randy's Pandy's Perfumery</description>

<copyright>Copyright 2006 Randy Pandy's Perfumery - All Rights Reserved</copyright>

here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe

<link>http://www.randypandy.com</link>

<language>en-us</language>

<managingEditor>randypandy@randypandy.com (Randy Pandy)</managingEditor>

<webMaster>webmaster@randypandy.com (Pandy Randy)</webMaster>

<pubdate>Mon, 5 Dec 2005 23:00:00 GMT</pubdate>

d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

Combination pro

ote><category>Ecommerce</category>

<pubdate>Mon, 5 Dec 2005 23:00:00 GMT</pubdate>

<lastBuildDate>Sun, 4 Dec 2005 23:00:00 GMT</lastBuildDate>

<image>

<title>Randy Pandy's Perfumery</title>

<width>142</width><height>99</height>

ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc

ote>

<link>http://www.randpandy.com</link>

<url>http://www.randpandy.com/images/randylogo.jpg</url>

</image>

<Item>

<title>Heaven Scent Perfume At 50% Discount</title>

easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi

>http://www.randypandy.com/perfumes/heavenscent.html

<description>[CDATA[<img border="0" src="http://www.randypandy.com/janis/ballchain.JPG" width="138" height="180"/></a><br/> Summertime, And the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Your daddy's rich And your mamma's good lookin' So hush little baby Don't you cry One of these mornings You're going to rise up singing Then you'll spread your wings And you'll take to the sky But till that morning There's a'nothing can harm you Wit</div><div class="t2">nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically</div><div class="t1"> daddy and mamma standing by Summertime, And the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Your daddy's rich And your mamma's good lookin' So hush little baby Don't you cry <br clear=all>]]</description>

<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<author>George Gershwin sung by Janis Joplin</author>

<category>Blues</cate</div><div class="t2">and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ</div><div class="t1">gory>

<category>Jazz</category>

<category>Greatest Singers</category>

<comments> http://www.janisjoplin.com/comments/summertime.html </comments>

<enclosure url="http://www.janisjoplin.com/mp3s/summertime.mp3" length="4368242" type="audio/mpeg"/>

ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi

ockquote>

<guid isPermaLink="true"> http://www.randypandy.com/janis/janisjoplin.html </guid>

<source url="http://www.gershwin.com/summertime.xml">Author of Summertime /source>

</Item>

</Channel>

</rss>

Now Just the Bare Bones Template.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> </div><div class="t2">ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.<br/><br/>Following aspects would a</div><div class="t1"><?xml-stylesheet type='text/css' ?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">

<channel>

<title></title>

<description></description>

<copyright></copyright>

<link></link>

<language></language>

<managing</div><div class="t2">dd to the challenges in developing combination products:<br/><br/>Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?<br> Which combination prod</div><div class="t1">Editor></managingEditor>

<webMaster></webMaster>

<pubdate></pubdate>

<category></category>

<pubdate></pubdate>

<lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate>

<image>

<title></t</div><div class="t2">cts are meaningful and rational?<br> Which therapeutic categories to select?<br> Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?<br> Do combin</div><div class="t1">tle>

<width></width><height></height>

<link></link>

<url></url>

</image>

<Item>

<title></title>

tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen

uote>

<link></link>

<description>[CDATA[<br clear=all>]]</description>

<pubDate></pubDate>

<author></author>

<category></category>

t?

As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel

<enclosure url="" length="" type=""/>

<guid></guid>

<source></source>

</Item>

<Item>

<title></title>

ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

quote>

<link></link>

<description>[CDATA[<br clear=all>]]</description>

<pubDate></pubDate>

<author></author>

<category></category>

<

y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products

blockquote>

<comments></comments>

<enclosure url="" length="" type=""/>

<guid></guid>

<source></source>

</Item>

</Channel>

</rss>

This will work and without too much trouble

.

As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de

if you want to create a full RSS feed including enclosures for music or video this is what you need.

This Article was Part Twelve of the RSS Mania - Understanding RSS series. All parts of this series are available at Ezine Articles (www.ezinearticles.com)

1. RSS Mania Addiction - An Introduction to RSS and the Terminology



2. Outline of How to Create an RSS Feed



3. The Template File



4. The Basic Elements of the Channel Element



5. How The RSS Feed Works & Some Programming Constructs



6. RSS Channel Sub-Elements Specifically Image & How To Use It



7. U

nderstanding RSS - The Elements Within the "Item" Element

Understanding RSS - Podcasting, VideoCasting & The Magic of the Enclosure Sub-Element

Understanding RSS - Rounding Out The Multi-Media - The CDATA Command

Understanding RSS - Part Ten - A Basic Template File to Create Your Very Own RSS Feed

Understanding RSS - Part Eleven - A Full RSS Template File to Create Your Very Own RSS Feed

Copyright © 2005 Ted W. Gross. All rights reserved. (You may publish this article in its entirety with the following author's information with live links only.

tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products