Except that with the Java API, the TV-Anytime files are fairly easy to
parse...
Perhaps they'll be a flood of entries next week?
David Tattersall wrote:
Hi,
Point 1 is probably most pertinent for me! I'd have preferred a simple
XML list like:
<channel>
<programme>
<title>How to start your own country</title>
<starttime>2130</starttime>
<endtime>2200</endtime>
<length>30</length>
</programme>
</channel>
must like bleb.org :-)
Also - it's not the most enticing theme. TV schedules have been done
before really. If you perhaps gave a goal - for example a project that
gradually learns what TV somebody likes and suggests programmes that are
on - with perhaps a view to having the project a permanent feature of
the BBC web site, I'm sure there would be more interest.
Personally, I didn't work on an entry because I was busy with other
things! I assumed that such a wide subject like TV guides would have
attracted too many people!
By the way - I kind of like that suggesting programmes thingy - I might
try and make it! :D
David
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Ben Metcalfe
*Sent:* 01 September 2005 2:39
*To:* backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
*Subject:* [backstage] backstage.bbc.co.uk TV Schedule competition
*Importance:* High
Dear all,
I'm writing to let you know that the inaugural backstage.bbc.co.uk
competition hasn’t gone as well as I had hoped. In fact, at the time of
sending this we haven’t received any entries at all.
backstage.bbc.co.uk is very much about the BBC experimenting with new
ways of engaging with it’s expert user base, and clearly this specific
exercise hasn’t worked. backstage.bbc.co.uk also strives to be a
publicly open and transparent project, which is why I am writing to
communicate this to you all.
Moving forward, I’ve been trying to think about why this has happened –
and my guess is that it comes to one of two possibilities:
* The TV schedule data we provided over-complicated and in an alien
format that was difficult to parse, or
* The idea of developing around a BBC-led theme, even for a prize, isn’t
an approach that is of interest to the backstage.bbc.co.uk community.
I’m keen to gather whether either/both of these reasons are the case, or
maybe there’s something else I’ve completely missed?
All of your thoughts and views are very subject are very much
appreciated, so I’d be really grateful if you could let me know what you
think – either publicly on this mailing list or privately (ben.metcalfe
[at] bbc.co.uk).
I don’t want to pre-empt your views on this, so I will get back to you
with some more thoughts and action points on my part, once I am able to
gauge where we stand (and thus what we need to do differently next time).
Many thanks
Ben Metcalfe
Project Lead, backstage.bbc.co.uk
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