it depends for what item-type and how the xml is being used.

general attribute and value rules depend on the item-type;

xml format details depend on how the xml is being used --
upload as a data-feed-file, sent as an api batch file, or
inserted via the api.

if the example is for the products item-type, as
an atom 1.0 data-feed-file, then that's incorrect.

please see here for products item-type details and samples:
http://base.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=73932

per-item id attributes must be unique per item and must never change;
for example, you might use the item's uri or a database primary key.
google-base will use per-item id's to help track each item -- forever.

the feed-file id attribute is a side-effect of using the atom format;
this is for your internal use and isn't used by google-base directly.

as to the steps, it rather depends on individual requirements
and how you want google-base integrated with your website --
the steps outline are certainly one solution; for example,
after the first few successful uploads via the control-panel
i might then switch to using ftp to upload the data-feed-file
or simply have a scheduled feed grab the data-feed-file.

also, your database might have a tab-delimited export
feature which might make the process even simpler.
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