WPD_CONTENT_TYPE_MEDIA_CAST

An object that describes its type as WPD_CONTENT_TYPE_MEDIA_CAST represents a collection of related content.

A Mediacast object can be thought of as a container object that groups related content, just as a playlist groups music. Often, a Mediacast object is used to group media content that was published online. For example, an RSS channel can be represented as a Mediacast object whose object references point to content objects that represent each item in the channel.

This type of object supports the following properties.

Typical Resources

These objects typically include the following resources.

Mapping of RSS Elements and Mediacast properties

An RSS channel can be represented as a Mediacast object whose references point to content objects representing each item in a given channel.

The elements in an RSS feed have the following hierarchy and attributes.

<channel>
    <title />
    <link />
    <description />
    <language />
    <copyright />
    <managingEditor />
    <webMaster />
    <pubDate />
    <lastBuildDate />
    <category />
    <generator />
    <docs />
    <cloud />
    <ttl />

    <image>
        <url />
        <title />
        <link />
        <width />
        <height />
        <description />
    </image>

    <rating />

    <textInput>
        <title />
        <description />
        <name />
        <link />
    </textInput>

    <skipHours />
    <skipDays />

    <item>
        <title />
        <link />
        <description />
        <author />
        <category domain = " "/>
        <comments />
        <enclousure url = " " length = " " type = " "/>
        <guid isPermaLink = " "/>
        <pubDate />
        <source url = " " />
    </item>
</channel>

The following table lists the channel elements in an RSS feed and the corresponding WPD_CONTENT_TYPE_MEDIA_CAST properties.

The following table lists the image elements in an RSS feed and the corresponding WPD_CONTENT_TYPE_MEDIA_CAST properties.

The following table lists the item elements in an RSS feed and the corresponding WPD_CONTENT_TYPE_MEDIA_CAST properties.

The following example shows a complete RSS feed for a fictitious podcast supplied by the CEO of a publishing company.

<channel>
    <title>The Digital Publication</title>
    <link>https://www.lucernepublishing.com/podcasting</link>
    <description>Lucerne Publishing CEO Peter Bankov takes a look at the latest trends in online publications.</description>
    <language>en-us</language>
    <copyright>2006 Lucerne Publishing LP, LLLP. All Rights Reserved.</copyright>
    <managingEditor>someone@example.com</managingEditor>
    <webMaster>someone@example.com</webMaster>
    <pubDate>Fri, 9 June 2006 14:00:28 EDT</pubDate>
    <lastBuildDate Fri, 9 June 2006 14:00:28 EDT />
    <category>News</category>
    <generator>Podcaster version 1.0</generator>
    <docs>https://www.lucernepublishing.com/tech/rss</docs>
    <cloud />
    <ttl>240</ttl>
    <rating />
    <textInput />
    <skipHours />
    <skipDays />

<image>
     <url>https://www.lucernepublishing.com/images/logo.gif</url>
     <title>Lucerne Publishing</title>
     <link>https://www.lucernepublishing.com/community/podcasts</link>
     <width>300</width>
     <height>300</height>
     <description>Lucerne Logo</description>
</image>

<item>
    <title>The Digital Publication</title>
    <link>https://www.lucernepublishing.com/services/podcasting/digital.publishing/audio/2006/06/digital0601.mp3</link>
    <description>Online publications are rapidly changing. A publishing house CEO examines the trends of the past 5 years and their implications.</description>
    <author>Lucerne</author>
    <category>News</category>
    <comments />
    <enclosure url="https://www.lucernepublishing/services/podcasting/digital.publishing/audio/2006/06/digital0601.mp3" length="10329011" type="audio/mpeg" />
    <guid>https://www.lucernepublishing/services/podcasting/digital.publishing/audio/2006/06/digital0601.mp3</guid>
    <pubDate>Thur, 1 June 2006 14:00:28 EDT</pubDate>
    <source />
</item>

</channel>

Mapping RSS Channel Elements to WPD Property Values

The following table describes how the values in the RSS channel elements in the previous example map to particular WPD properties.

Mapping RSS Image Elements to WPD Property Values

The following table describes how the values in the RSS Image elements in the previous example map to particular WPD properties.

Mapping RSS Item Elements to WPD Property Values

The following table describes how the values in the RSS Item elements in the previous example map to particular WPD properties.

Related topics

Requirements for Objects