Library.xml

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Here is a generic library.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<library name="">
	<entry url="">
		<title></title>
		<author></author>
		<language></language>
		<date></date>
		<publisher></publisher>
		<icon></icon>
		<description></description>
	</entry>
	<entry url="">
		<title></title>
		<author></author>
		<language></language>
		<date></date>
		<publisher></publisher>
		<icon></icon>
		<description></description>
	</entry>
	<entry url="">
		<title></title>
		<author></author>
		<language></language>
		<date></date>
		<publisher></publisher>
		<icon></icon>
		<description></description>
	</entry>
</library>

Elements and Attributes

The library.xml file contains the following elements and attributes:

<library name="">
library is the root element that defines the collection.
The name attribute refers to the name of the collection.
<entry url="">
The entry element contains the metadata for a single item in a collection.
The url attribute refers to the url for that item.
<title> (optional)
The title element contains the item's title.
<author> (optional)
The author element contains the item's author.
<language> (optional)
The language element contains the item's language.
<date> (optional)
The date element contains the item's date of composition/creation or publication/release.
<publisher> (optional)
The publisher element contains the item's publisher.
<icon> (optional)
The icon element contains the filename of the thumbnail image that is displayed next to the item's library listing.
<description> (optional)
The description element contains the item's description.