---
title: "Element <message>"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/elements/element_message.html
description: "API Element reference for <message>"
last_updated: 2026-08-07T17:09:54+10:00
tokens: ~281
---

# \<message\>

## Summary

This element is used for the welcome message of groups and projects or for a message within a process thread.

## Usage context

| Permitted content | `text` |
| --- | --- |
| Permitted parent | `<group>`, `<project>`, `<thread>` |

 

## Attributes

This element does not have any attributes.

## Examples

```lang-xml

<group id="123"
       name="dev-example"
       description="The example development group" 
       owner="Example Corp"
       access="member"
       common="false"
       visibility="dev"
       editurls="false"
       commenting="reviewer" 
       moderation="email"
       registration="normal"
       defaultrole="reviewer"
       defaultnotify="immediate"
       indexversion="3300">
  <message>
       Hello and welcome to the development group!
       This is an example of group is for discussing
       the development of XYZ.
  </message>
</group>
```

## Schema

### XML Schema

```lang-relax

<xs:element name="message" type="xs:string"/>
```

### Relax Schema

```lang-relax

element message { text }
```

## Compatibility

No change since initial API release.