A list of Channel Definition Format (CDF) elements.
| ELEMENT | DESCRIPTION |
| ?XML | XML declaration indicating the version of XML supported and the character set. |
| A | Your basic anchor tag, which defines a hypertext link for an element. The URL specified in <HREF> will be displayed in the browser Channel Bar if the Title element is not present. |
| Abstract | Used to provide a description of your channel, which is displayed in a tooltip. |
| Channel | Defines a channel or subchannel. |
| EarliestTime | Specifies the first date and time that an update can occur. |
| HTTP-EQUIV | Used with the LogTarget element to indicate that an HTTP header parameter should be added. |
| IntervalTime | Determines the update interval, or the number of updates to occur within the range of times specified by EarliestTime and LatestTime. |
| Item | Defines an item in a channel, usually a Web Page. |
| LatestTime | Defines the last date and time an update can occur. |
| Log | Indicates the URL of the parent Item element to be recorded in the page-hit log file. |
| Login | Used to setup user authentication. |
| Logo | Specifies the URL of the logo to be displayed for <Channel> or <Item> element. |
| LogTarget | Indicates where to upload the CDF client page-hit log file. |
| PurgeTime | Used to set the earliest date that page hits will be recorded. Page hits older than the time specified in this element are not reported in the log file. |
| Schedule | Used to schedule updates. |
| Title | Test string displayed in the Channel Bar for a channel or item. |
| Usage | Specifies that an item can be used as a channel, email, a desktop component, screen saver, or software update. |