activityDetails Element

Applies to: Office 2007 | Outlook 2010 | SharePoint Server 2010

The activityDetails element stores the raw data for a single activity feed item. Each activity feed item must have its own activityDetails element. Data in the activityDetails element is referenced in activity templates by using name elements. Every piece of data in the activityDetails element must have a name element.

The following table describes the six elements that the activityDetails element requires.

Element

Description

ownerID

The ID of the user on the social network who generated this activity feed item.

objectID

A unique string for the activity feed item to detect duplicate feed items.

applicationId

One of two unique IDs that are used to match the activity feed item with its template. If you have multiple applications or other groupings, this can be used as a first-tier template organizer.

templateId

The second unique ID that is used to match the activity feed item with its template. This can be used as a second-tier template organizer.

publishDate

The date and time that the activity feed item was published.

templateVariables

The data to be used in the tokens for the activity feed item template.

For an example of activity feed XML, see Activity Feed XML Example

See Also

Concepts

Overview of XML for an Activity Feed Item

activityTemplateContainer Element

Template Variables

Guidelines for Properly Displaying Cached Activities

XML for Activities

Outlook Social Connector Provider XML Schema

Other Resources

Developing a Provider with the OSC XML Schema