OPML

Outline Processor Markup Language (commonly abbreviated as OPML) is an XML-based data exchange language intended for aggregation of lists of feeds and other similar items. It is particularly adept at exchanging Atom, RSS and Media RSS reading lists amongst users and applications. ^[1]

Specification

OPML 2.0 spec: http://dev.opml.org/spec2.html
OPML 1.0 spec: http://dev.opml.org/spec1.html

EXAMPLES

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
 <opml version="2.0">
	<head>
		<title>mySubscriptions.opml</title>
		<dateCreated>Sat, 18 Jun 2005 12:11:52 GMT</dateCreated>
		<dateModified>Tue, 02 Aug 2005 21:42:48 GMT</dateModified>
		<ownerName>Dave Winer</ownerName>
		<ownerEmail>dave@scripting.com</ownerEmail>
		<expansionState></expansionState>
		<vertScrollState>1</vertScrollState>
		<windowTop>61</windowTop>
		<windowLeft>304</windowLeft>
		<windowBottom>562</windowBottom>
		<windowRight>842</windowRight>
	</head>
	<body>
		<outline text="CNET News.com" description="Tech news and business reports by CNET News.com. Focused on information technology, core topics include computers, hardware, software, networking, and Internet media." htmlUrl="http://news.com.com/" language="unknown" title="CNET News.com" type="rss" version="RSS2" xmlUrl="http://news.com.com/2547-1_3-0-5.xml"/>
		<outline text="washingtonpost.com - Politics" description="Politics" htmlUrl="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics?nav=rss_politics" language="unknown" title="washingtonpost.com - Politics" type="rss" version="RSS2" xmlUrl="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/rssheadlines.xml"/>
		<outline text="Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger" description="Robert Scoble's look at geek and Microsoft life." htmlUrl="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/" language="unknown" title="Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger" type="rss" version="RSS2" xmlUrl="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/rss.xml"/>
		<outline text="Yahoo! News: Technology" description="Technology" htmlUrl="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index&cid=738" language="unknown" title="Yahoo! News: Technology" type="rss" version="RSS2" xmlUrl="http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/tech"/>
		<outline text="Workbench" description="Programming and publishing news and comment" htmlUrl="http://www.cadenhead.org/workbench/" language="unknown" title="Workbench" type="rss" version="RSS2" xmlUrl="http://www.cadenhead.org/workbench/rss.xml"/>
		<outline text="Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories" description="Read the front page stories of csmonitor.com." htmlUrl="http://csmonitor.com" language="unknown" title="Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories" type="rss" version="RSS" xmlUrl="http://www.csmonitor.com/rss/top.rss"/>
		<outline text="Dictionary.com Word of the Day" description="A new word is presented every day with its definition and example sentences from actual published works." htmlUrl="http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/" language="unknown" title="Dictionary.com Word of the Day" type="rss" version="RSS" xmlUrl="http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/wotd.rss"/>
		<outline text="The Motley Fool" description="To Educate, Amuse, and Enrich" htmlUrl="http://www.fool.com" language="unknown" title="The Motley Fool" type="rss" version="RSS" xmlUrl="http://www.fool.com/xml/foolnews_rss091.xml"/>
		<outline text="InfoWorld: Top News" description="The latest on Top News from InfoWorld" htmlUrl="http://www.infoworld.com/news/index.html" language="unknown" title="InfoWorld: Top News" type="rss" version="RSS2" xmlUrl="http://www.infoworld.com/rss/news.xml"/>
		<outline text="NYT > Business" description="Find breaking news & business news on Wall Street, media & advertising, international business, banking, interest rates, the stock market, currencies & funds." htmlUrl="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html?partner=rssnyt" language="unknown" title="NYT > Business" type="rss" version="RSS2" xmlUrl="http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/Business.xml"/>
		<outline text="NYT > Technology" description="" htmlUrl="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html?partner=rssnyt" language="unknown" title="NYT > Technology" type="rss" version="RSS2" xmlUrl="http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/Technology.xml"/>
		<outline text="Scripting News" description="It's even worse than it appears." htmlUrl="http://www.scripting.com/" language="unknown" title="Scripting News" type="rss" version="RSS2" xmlUrl="http://www.scripting.com/rss.xml"/>
		<outline text="Wired News" description="Technology, and the way we do business, is changing the world we know. Wired News is a technology - and business-oriented news service feeding an intelligent, discerning audience. What role does technology play in the day-to-day living of your life? Wired News tells you. How has evolving technology changed the face of the international business world? Wired News puts you in the picture." htmlUrl="http://www.wired.com/" language="unknown" title="Wired News" type="rss" version="RSS" xmlUrl="http://www.wired.com/news_drop/netcenter/netcenter.rdf"/>
	</body>
 </opml>

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