use XML::RSS;
 my $rss = new XML::RSS (version => '1.0');
 $rss->channel(
   title        => "freshmeat.net",
   link         => "http://freshmeat.net",
   description  => "the one-stop-shop for all your Linux software needs",
   dc => {
     date       => '2000-08-23T07:00+00:00',
     subject    => "Linux Software",
     creator    => 'scoop@freshmeat.net',
     publisher  => 'scoop@freshmeat.net',
     rights     => 'Copyright 1999, Freshmeat.net',
     language   => 'en-us',
   },
   syn => {
     updatePeriod     => "hourly",
     updateFrequency  => "1",
     updateBase       => "1901-01-01T00:00+00:00",
   },
   taxo => [
     'http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet',
     'http://dmoz.org/Computers/PC'
   ]
 );