Dim item As SyndicationItem = New SyndicationItem("My Item", "This is some content", New Uri("http:' SomeServer/MyItem"), "Item ID", DateTime.Now)
item.Authors.Add(New SyndicationPerson("jesper@contoso.com", "Jesper Aaberg", "http:' contoso/jesper"))
item.Categories.Add(New SyndicationCategory("Category One"))
item.Contributors.Add(New SyndicationPerson("lene@contoso.com", "Lene Aaling", "http:' contoso/lene"))
item.Copyright = New TextSyndicationContent("Copyright 2007")
item.Links.Add(New SyndicationLink(New Uri("http:' OtherServer/Item"), "alternate", "Alternate Link", "text/html", 1000))
item.PublishDate = New DateTime(2007, 2, 23)
item.Summary = New TextSyndicationContent("this is a summary for my item")
Dim xqName As XmlQualifiedName = New XmlQualifiedName("itemAttrib", "http:' FeedServer/tags")
item.AttributeExtensions.Add(xqName, "ItemAttribValue")

Dim feed As SyndicationFeed = New SyndicationFeed()
Dim items As Collection(Of SyndicationItem) = New Collection(Of SyndicationItem)()
items.Add(item)
feed.Items = items