Importing and exporting content
This section describes the processing logic, file format and file naming conventions for importing and exporting Live and VOD data to and from the Content and Product Manager (CPM). It includes links to the referenced .XSD files.
The following acronyms are used in this section:
| Acronym | Stands for | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| APS | Algorithm Parameter Set | A list of parameters associated to a specific Java algorithm. Used in OpenTV to trigger automatic imports and exports. |
| CEX | Content Exporter | Module that deals with exporting content (metadata) to other modules or third-party systems from the CPM. |
| CIM | Content Importer | Module that deals with ingesting the live events and VOD data to the CPM. |
| CPM | Content and Product Manager | Back-end system managing content, traffic and scheduling data. |
| CRON | A time-based job scheduler in Unix-like computer operating systems. | |
FTP | File transfer protocol | Standard Internet protocol and application to transmit files between machines. FTP uses the TCP/IP protocols. FTP is commonly used to transfer Web pages from their creator to the computer that acts as their server for everyone on the Internet. |
| UTF-8 | UCS Transforming Format 8 | UTF-8 is an alternative coded representation form for all the characters of the UCS. It can be used to transmit text data through communication systems which assume that individual octets in the range 00 to 7F have a definition according to ISO/IEC 4873. UTF-8 is a good way to go for using Unicode under Unix-style operating systems. |
XML | eXtensible Markup Language | XML is standard language used to create extensible data structures (XML schemas) and documents compatible with these structures (XML documents). Allows designers to create their own customised tags, enabling the definition, transmission, validation, and interpretation of data between applications. |
| XSD | XML Schema Definition | Specifies how to formally describe the elements in an XML document. It contains a set of rules to which an XML document must conform in order to be considered "valid" according to that schema. |