<div dir="ltr">You appear to be using the wrong xmlns. The correct xmlns is http:// (you are using https://). Change the protocol and rerun through the validator and there will be different errors. &lt;name/&gt; is not appropriate for &lt;track/&gt; (i&#39;s &lt;title/&gt;).<div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div align="center" style="text-align:center"><div style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left"><br><div><br></div></div><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">

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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 5:02 PM, Koz Ross <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:koz.ross@retro-freedom.nz" target="_blank">koz.ross@retro-freedom.nz</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I made a playlist file, which I attached to this email, and tried to run it through this validator: <a href="http://validator.xspf.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://validator.xspf.org/</a> . However, this came back with the following error report:<br>
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Line    Col             Error<br>
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2       1               Root element must be playlist, not &#39;<a href="https://xspf.org/ns/0/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xspf.org/ns/0/</a> playlist&#39;.<br>
3       3               Element <a href="https://xspf.org/ns/0/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xspf.org/ns/0/</a> title not allowed.<br>
4       3               Element <a href="https://xspf.org/ns/0/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xspf.org/ns/0/</a> creator not allowed.<br>
5       3               Element <a href="https://xspf.org/ns/0/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xspf.org/ns/0/</a> info not allowed.<br>
6       3               Element <a href="https://xspf.org/ns/0/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xspf.org/ns/0/</a> license not allowed.<br>
7       3               Element <a href="https://xspf.org/ns/0/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xspf.org/ns/0/</a> trackList not allowed.<br>
57      1               Element trackList missing.<br>
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I made this by following the spec, and using the example at <a href="http://xspf.org/quickstart/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://xspf.org/quickstart/</a> . What am I missing?<br>
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Koz Ross &lt;<a href="mailto:koz.ross@retro-freedom.nz">koz.ross@retro-freedom.nz</a>&gt;<br>
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