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This document describes the XML schema for the Sitemap protocol:
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The Sitemap protocol format consists of XML tags_
AIl data values in
Sitemap must be entity-escaped The file itself must be UTF-8 encoded:
Entityescaping
The Sitemap must:
Using_Sitemagindexiles
Qther_Sitemap_formats
Begin with an opening <Urlset? tag and end with
closing < /urlset? tag
Sitemapiilelocation
Specify the namespace (protocol standard) within the <urlset> tag_
ValidatingYOL__Sitemap
Include
<uLl> entry for each URL;
parent XML tag:
Extending_the_Sitemaps pIOtocol
Include
<19c> child entry for each <url> parent tag
Informing_search_engine_crawlers 
All other tags are optional: Support for these optional tags may
among search engines_
Refer t0 each search engine's documentation for details.
Also, all URLs in
Sitemap must be from
single host, such aS WIW example com or Store example com: For further details, refer the
Sitemapilelocation
Sample XML Sitemap
The following example shows
Sitemap that contains just one URL and uses all optional tags_
The optional tags are in italics.
<?xml
version=
1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<@lsef Xmlns="http: / /Wk
temaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
<url>
<loc http: / /Wlw . example
com/</loc>
<lastmod 2005
01-01</lastmod>
vary