| Element | Description | Example |
| title | The title of the item. | Venice Film Festival Tries to Quit Sinking |
| link | The URL of the item. | http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/07/movies/07FEST.html |
| description | The item synopsis. | Some of the most heated chatter at the Venice Film Festival this week was about the way that the arrival of the stars at the Palazzo del Cinema was being staged. |
| author | Email address of the author of the item. More. | oprah@oxygen.net |
| category | Includes the item in one or more categories. More. | Simpsons Characters |
| comments | URL of a page for comments relating to the item. More. | http://www.myblog.org/cgi-local/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=290 |
| enclosure | Describes a media object that is attached to the item. More. | <enclosure url="http://live.curry.com/mp3/celebritySCms.mp3" length="1069871" type="audio/mpeg"/> |
| guid | A string that uniquely identifies the item. More. | <guid isPermaLink="true">http://inessential.com/2002/09/01.php#a2<;/guid> |
| pubDate | Indicates when the item was published. More. | Sun, 19 May 2002 15:21:36 GMT |
| source | The RSS channel that the item came from. More. | <source url="http://www.quotationspage.com/data/qotd.rss">Quotes of the Day</source> |
