Inside XML

Setting a Channel Base URI

You can use the BASE attribute of the <CHANNEL> element to set a base URI for the channel, much as you can with the <BASE> element in HTML. The value that you assign to BASE must end with /. Here's an example; in this case, I'm setting a base URI for the channel, which then makes all other URIs relative to that base:

 <?xml version="1.0"?> <CHANNEL BASE="http://www.starpowder.com/"> <TITLE>Planets</TITLE> <LOGO HREF="icon.gif" STYLE="ICON"/> <LOGO HREF="image.gif" STYLE="IMAGE"/> <LOGO HREF="image-wide.gif" STYLE="IMAGE-WIDE"/> <SCHEDULE TIMEZONE="-0800"> <INTERVALTIME DAY="5"/> <EARLIESTTIME HOUR="3" TIMEZONE="-0800"/> <LATESTTIME HOUR="5" TIMEZONE="-0800"/> </SCHEDULE> <ITEM HREF="mercury.html"> <TITLE>All about ...