What are Sitemaps?

For more information, please visit http://www.sitemaps.org/.

How to validate a Sitemap

To validate a Sitemap, you must include the following XML Schema in the Sitemap: http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/09/sitemap.xsd. Once you've included this schema in your Sitemap, XMLBlueprint XML Editor will support XML Completion for your Sitemap. To validate your Sitemap, open it in XMLBlueprint XML Editor and click XML > Validate.

To use this XML Schema, start your Sitemap with:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<urlset

xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"

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/09/sitemap.xsd">

</urlset>

How to validate a Sitemap index file

To validate a Sitemap index file, you must include the following XML Schema in the Sitemap index file: http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/09/siteindex.xsd. Once you've included this schema in your Sitemap index file, XMLBlueprint XML Editor will support XML Completion for your Sitemap index file. To validate your Sitemap index file, open it in XMLBlueprint XML Editor and click XML > Validate.

To use this XML Schema, start your Sitemap index file with:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<sitemapindex