Umbraco/Reference/Umbraco XML Format

Umbraco XML Format

All published content in umbraco are stored in an Xml Document which has the following format: First the Node (which often is a page) is represented by a ”Node” element. This node element has a number of attributes with basic information about the structure, type, name and create/update dates. The data on the page – the generic properties defined in the document type – is then represented as “Data” elements which is children of the “Node” element. The node can also have other nodes as children, and representing the structure of the site.

Confused – don't be; lets have a look:

<node 
        id="1037" 
        version="1E7BF0C1-51DA-4740-BCCE-6096A8C3ECD5" 
        parentID="-1" 
        level="1"
        writerID="0" 
        nodeType="1036" 
        template="1035" 
        sortOrder="0" 
        createDate="2005-03-15T04:06:47.890" 
        updateDate="2005-03-11T20:57:16.187" 
        nodeName="It worked" 
        urlName="itworked" 
        writerName="umbraco_system" 
        nodeTypeAlias="Textpage" 
        path="-1,1037">
                <data version="1E7BF0C1-51DA-4740-BCCE-6096A8C3ECD5" alias="bodyText">
                <![CDATA[
                        Contratulations 
                        <img 
                                alt="crew" 
                                align="right" 
                                src="/media/426c7b76-5d12-4572-b953-a71a26bf143f-crew.jpg" 
                                width="200" 
                                height="150"/>
                        <br/> 
                        - umbraco is installed and 
                        <A href="/itworked/bugs/bububub.aspx">working</A>!
                ]]> 
                </data>
                <data version="1E7BF0C1-51DA-4740-BCCE-6096A8C3ECD5" alias="resume">
                <![CDATA[ 
                ]]> 
                </data>
        <data version="1E7BF0C1-51DA-4740-BCCE-6096A8C3ECD5" alias="umbracoNaviHide">
                0
        </data>
</node> 

The attributes of the node element

• id: The Identifier of the page (node)
• version: Identifier of the version id for the page
• parentID: Identifier of the parent node
• level: The depth of the placement of the node
• template: Identifier of the template
• sortOrder: The order of the node
• createDate: The createdate of the node
• updateDate: The date of the latest update (publishing time)
• nodeName: The title of the node
• urlName: Used by the umbraco request handler
• writerName: The name of the user who published the node
• nodeTypeAlias: The alias of the document type
• path: A comma-separated string representing all parent-nodes

The attributes of the data element

• version: The identifier of the version id for the page which this property belongs to
• alias: The alias of the Property Type (as defined in the document type)