On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 17:21 +0100, Andrew McParland wrote: > Adam, > > Server kicked! >
Thanks > Brian is right that moving forward getting data from /programmes is > probably a better idea as this is a supported BBC service rather than > our temporary (ahem), experimental TV-Anytime file service and API. > > Internally we're looking at using /programmes, and the data source it is > based on, for our research work so that we wouldn't have to maintain the > backstage files and keep the API going as a separate system. Is there > anything that you (or others) get from the TV-Anytime files or API that > you don't get at the moment from /programmes and would like to see > continue in some form? > Having a quick comparison of the TV Anytime and Programmes XML the main difference is genre information. This appears on the program detail pages, but not on the program list xml. Other data in the TV Anytime feeds that could be usful, but i don't currently use: * Related Media details (ie normally a link to the show homepage) * Keywords * Accessibility info - whether caption and subtitles are available. * Credits list - its not available for many programs, so i've never seen the point in using it. I'll try and find some time over the next few weeks to switch over to the Programmes API. Adam - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
