OpenTV ENTera & OpenTV Platform Documentation

event XML format

See these pages for details of the following child elements:

event
XML Element Type Required Description
Attribute: name string Required Working name of the resource (used usually to identify a resource in the operator UI)
Attribute: providerId string Required id of the content provider
Attribute: providerResourceId string Required id of the resource for this specific content provider
metadataSet [MetadataSetType]
  • Occurrence0..unbounded
Optional This element defines a specific set of metadata for a specific locale. Only one MetadataSet per locale is allowed.<dl><dt>locale</dt><dd>Language-country code in which the metadata set is written. It must be conformed to ISO-639 and ISO 3166-1. If the MetadataSet is not localised, the locale must be set to "none".</dd></dl>
airingStartTime
  • Occurrence0..1
Optional The Event airing start date and time. ISO 8601 format up to the second and using the "Z" GMT time zone indicator. Example: 2012-05-31T06:10:30Z.
airingEndTime
  • Occurrence0..1
Optional The Event airing end date and time. ISO 8601 format up to the second and using the "Z" GMT time zone indicator. Example: 2012-05-31T06:10:30Z.
contentLinkId string
  • Whitespacepreserve
  • Occurrence0..1
Optional this is used to link similar event from different content Provider
isPPV boolean
  • Whitespacecollapse
  • Occurrence0..1
Optional This Flag indicates if Event is PPV configured
period [PeriodType]
  • Occurrence0..1
Optional This period allow to specify the start and end date of the event<dl><dt>start</dt><dd>Start date of the parent resource. A ISO 8601 compatible gmt datetime up to the second : yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ. If not available, any query condition against start will be true</dd><dt>end</dt><dd>End date of the parent resource. A ISO 8601 compatible gmt datetime up to the second: yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ. If not available, any query condition against end will be true.</dd></dl>
timeShifting
  • Occurrence0..1
Optional Data relative to the timeShifting feature<dl><dt>shortTermCatchUpSupport</dt><dd>Indicate if the Short Term Catch-Up feature is activated for this event.</dd><dt>longTermCatchUpSupport</dt><dd>Indicate if the Long Term Catch-Up feature is activated for this event.</dd><dt>startOverSupport</dt><dd>Indicate if the Start Over feature is activated for this event.</dd><dt>networkPvrSupport</dt><dd>Indicate Event is nPVR enabled or not.</dd></dl>
images [ImageSetType]
  • Occurrence0..1
Optional Set of images for this event and associated metadata
persons [PersonSetType]
  • Occurrence0..1
Optional Set of persons for this content and associated metadata
parentalRatings [ParentalRatingSetType]
  • Occurrence0..1
Optional Parental ratings used to decide suitability for certain audiences based on its content
clientControlsSet [ClientControlsSet]
  • Occurrence0..1
Optional client Controls used to decide suitability for certain audiences based on its content
editorialContentRef [BaseResourceType]
  • Occurrence0..1
Optional Reference to the editorial content (program) containing the editorial metadata of the scheduled event.<dl><dt>providerId</dt><dd>id of the content provider</dd><dt>providerResourceId</dt><dd>id of the resource for this specific content provider</dd></dl>
rights
  • Occurrence0..1
Optional Set of properties describing the consumption capabilities of a content <dl><dt>storageAllowed</dt><dd>Allow a client to download the Content </dd></dl>