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The Sitemap Protocol format consists of XML tags. The file itself must be UTF-8 encoded. Sitemaps can also be just a plain text list of URLs. They can also be compressed in .gz format. A sample Sitemap that contains just one URL and uses all optional tags is shown below.
Below is an example of a validated XML sitemap for a simple three-page website. Sitemaps are a useful tool for making sites searchable, particularly those written in non-HTML languages.
Similar concepts, like Google Sitemaps and Google Base, have also been developed since the introduction of the ROR format. ROR objects are placed in an ROR feed called ror.xml. This file is typically located in the root directory of the resource or website it describes.
This example has the same effect, allowing all files rather than prohibiting none. User-agent: * Allow: / The same result can be accomplished with an empty or missing robots.txt file. This example tells all robots to stay out of a website: User-agent: * Disallow: / This example tells all robots not to enter three directories:
RFC 7303 further recommends that XML-based languages be given media types ending in +xml, for example, image/svg+xml for SVG. Further guidelines for the use of XML in a networked context appear in RFC 3470 , also known as IETF BCP 70, a document covering many aspects of designing and deploying an XML-based language.
[4] [5] Typically, in multilingual websites, the TLD (https://www.example.com) will get the x-default value in each URL set and the language folders/subdomains will be assigned hreflang values. The URL that is defined as the x-default for a certain document, can also be specified for a certain language or language and region at the same time.
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This is a list of notable XML schemas in use on the Internet sorted by purpose. XML schemas can be used to create XML documents for a wide range of purposes such as syndication, general exchange, and storage of data in a standard format.