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Sitemap extensions
You can extend the Sitemaps protocol using your own namespace. Simply specify this namespace in the root element. For example:
XML:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> | |
<urlset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" | |
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 | |
http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd" | |
xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" | |
xmlns:example="http://www.example.com/schemas/example_schema"> <!−− namespace extension −−> | |
<url> | |
<example:example_tag> | |
... | |
</example:example_tag> | |
... | |
</url> | |
</urlset> |