In my feed generation code I have things like:
XNamespace itunesNS = "http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd";
feed.ElementExtensions.Add(
new XElement(itunesNS + "subtitle",
new XAttribute(XNamespace.Xmlns + "itunes", itunesNS.NamespaceName),
"sample subtitle").CreateReader());
which generates something like this:
<itunes:subtitle xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">sample subtitle</itunes:subtitle>
How can I get the declaration of the itunes namespace (xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd") in the channel element so it doesn't have to be repeated on every itunes element?
My feed is created with System.ServiceModel.Syndication.SyndicationFeed.
My end solution for correctly supporting iTunes was:
public class ItunesFeed : SyndicationFeed {
private string @namespace = "http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd";
private string prefix = "itunes";
public string Subtitle {get; set;}
public string Author { get; set; }
public string Summary { get; set; }
public string OwnerName { get; set; }
public string OwnerEmail { get; set; }
public bool Explicit { get; set; }
public List<List<string>> ItunesCategories = new List<List<string>>();
protected override void WriteAttributeExtensions(XmlWriter writer, string version) {
writer.WriteAttributeString("xmlns", prefix, null, @namespace);
}
protected override void WriteElementExtensions(XmlWriter writer, string version) {
WriteItunesElement(writer, "subtitle", Subtitle);
WriteItunesElement(writer, "author", Author);
WriteItunesElement(writer, "summary", Summary);
if (ImageUrl != null) {
WriteItunesElement(writer, "image", ImageUrl.ToString());
}
WriteItunesElement(writer, "explicit", Explicit ? "yes" : "no");
writer.WriteStartElement(prefix, "owner", @namespace);
WriteItunesElement(writer, "name", OwnerName);
WriteItunesElement(writer, "email", OwnerEmail);
writer.WriteEndElement();
foreach (var category in ItunesCategories) {
writer.WriteStartElement(prefix, "category", @namespace);
writer.WriteAttributeString("text", category[0]);
if (category.Count == 2) {
writer.WriteStartElement(prefix, "category", @namespace);
writer.WriteAttributeString("text", category[1]);
writer.WriteEndElement();
}
writer.WriteEndElement();
}
}
private void WriteItunesElement(XmlWriter writer, string name, string value) {
if (value != null) {
writer.WriteStartElement(prefix, name, @namespace);
writer.WriteValue(value);
writer.WriteEndElement();
}
}
}
public class ItunesItem : SyndicationItem {
private string @namespace = "http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd";
private string prefix = "itunes";
public string Subtitle { get; set; }
public string Author { get; set; }
public string Duration { get; set; }
public string Keywords { get; set; }
public bool Explicit { get; set; }
protected override void WriteElementExtensions(XmlWriter writer, string version) {
WriteItunesElement(writer, "subtitle", Subtitle);
WriteItunesElement(writer, "author", Author);
WriteItunesElement(writer, "summary", Summary.Text);
WriteItunesElement(writer, "duration", Duration);
WriteItunesElement(writer, "keywords", Keywords);
WriteItunesElement(writer, "explicit", Explicit ? "yes" : "no");
}
private void WriteItunesElement(XmlWriter writer, string name, string value) {
if (value != null) {
writer.WriteStartElement(prefix, name, @namespace);
writer.WriteValue(value);
writer.WriteEndElement();
}
}
}
This may be of help. I'm trying to do the same thing, but don't see the whole picture yet...
http://hyperthink.net/blog/declaring-xml-namespaces-on-a-syndicationfeed/