On 7/9/07, Tom Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On to my questions:
> Has anyone yet been able to create an API around the BBC Programme
> Catalogue? It seems this would be the best data source to use so far.
the BBC Programme Catalogue is already one big restful API... which
may be enoug
On to my questions:
Has anyone yet been able to create an API around the BBC Programme
Catalogue? It seems this would be the best data source to use so far.
the BBC Programme Catalogue is already one big restful API... which
may be enough for your needs, depending...
replace 'infax' in with 'xm
: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: [backstage] BBC Programme Catalogue - any APIs yet?
(also IMDB api etc.)
Hey all. This list is growing a little quiet, isn't it?
I'm working with a friend on a .Net/C# media centre application.
We were havin
Hey all. This list is growing a little quiet, isn't it?
I'm working with a friend on a .Net/C# media centre application. We were
having problems with other similar systems due to either their lack of
decent metadata handling or their dependency on a specific renderer (poor
subtitle rendering, cod
Apologies for the interruption in service (a mere, ooh, 5 months)
But the Programme Catalogue prototype is back:
http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue
Details of 966,244 BBC programme dating back to 1938, catogorised into
503,193 subject categories, and mapped onto 1,214,797 contributors.
Here's me:
>> Live now
>
>Looks like Mysql needs restarting...
>
>http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax
>
>Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
>'/var/lib/mysql/admin/backstage/socket/mysql.sock' (111)
>
>Dan
It is back now!
:-)
thanks all - fingers' crossed we've identified the problem
At 07:04 -0400 13/5/06, Dan Brickley wrote:
* Tom Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-04-26 14:01+0100]
Live now
Looks like Mysql needs restarting...
http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax
Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
'/var/lib/mysql/admin/backstage/socket/mysql.sock' (
* Tom Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-04-26 14:01+0100]
> Live now
Looks like Mysql needs restarting...
http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax
Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
'/var/lib/mysql/admin/backstage/socket/mysql.sock' (111)
Dan
-
Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk di
* Ben Metcalfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-05-02 15:18+0100]
> Hi -
>
> I was having a quick look at the Programme Catalogue (amazing
> what the OU has put out over the years -
> http://blogs.open.ac.uk/Maths/ajh59/006117.html) and a couple of things
> came to mind:
>
>
ben-
Yes there are API's - loads of them! If you perform your search you
should see "Feeds" for every page returned.
yes...
For example http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/contributor/4362 (Tony
Blair) returns FOAF data
(http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/xml/contributor/4362) and an Atom
Hi -
I was having a quick look at the Programme Catalogue (amazing
what the OU has put out over the years -
http://blogs.open.ac.uk/Maths/ajh59/006117.html) and a couple of things
came to mind:
- is there an API/any way of making a query to the catalogue
t
Hi -
I was having a quick look at the Programme Catalogue (amazing what the OU has put out over the years - http://blogs.open.ac.uk/Maths/ajh59/006117.html) and a couple of things came to mind:
- is there an API/any way of making a query to the catalogue that will return an XML response?
My 0.02p, XML XML XML :-) Either it can be RSS feeds, custom XML
output or just a XHTML output that can be displayed in a browser and
used in feeds :-) I can't wait to see the sort of mash-ups this will
produce.
There is. Look at the "sidebar". There's Atom/RSS for the listing
views, and
My 0.02p, XML XML XML :-) Either it can be RSS feeds, custom XML
output or just a XHTML output that can be displayed in a browser and
used in feeds :-) I can't wait to see the sort of mash-ups this will
produce.
There is. Look at the "sidebar". There's Atom/RSS for the listing
views, and th
Live now
http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue
This is awesome!!! It would have been so easy for the BBC to have
opened it up as a chargeable service and is fantastic that it's open.
My 0.02p, XML XML XML :-) Either it can be RSS feeds, custom XML output
or just a XHTML output that can be d
On 04/27/2006 12:16 PM, Gordon Joly wrote:
> torchwood?
The Prime Monster isn't even supposed to know
about that, so how can you expect the BBC to?
--
Frank Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-
Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please
visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archi
+ 'Bad Wolf' is not a subject category
Meanwhile, in other news, the gap between the first and
second editions of 'Grandstand' is apparently 28 years,
which must be some kind of a record (assuming it's not duff data).
--
Frank Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-
torchwood?
doctorwho?
Gordo
--
"Th
Quick thought - I
think there's a user need here in providing the 'meme', both bottom up and top down - around a
programme to show how much currency it has in 'society' more widely and potentially provide a proxy for programme importance [in leiu of audience figures though BARB, RAJAR [copyright
On 04/26/2006 04:59 PM, Tom Scott wrote:
> I just did a bit of vanity-searching and found out I have no less than
> four entries! I've submitted an error report (although I wish there was
> some way to mark it 'low-priority') - but it's not really something that
> could be cross-referenced easily e
4/26/06, Tom Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Live now
http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Loosemore
Sent: 26 April 2006 08:15
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: RE: [backstage] BBC Programme Catalo
MAIL PROTECTED]> > [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Tom Loosemore> > Sent: 26 April 2006 08:15> > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk> > Subject: RE: [backstage] BBC Programme Catalogue
> >> > > Hi Dave> > >> > >I'm sure Tom L will be on la
OTECTED]> wrote:
> > Live now
> >
> > http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Loosemore
> > Sent: 26 April 2006 08:15
> > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.u
On 04/26/2006 03:05 PM, I inadvertently echoed Dave in asking:
> Is this still implemented using Ruby-on-Rails?
Looks like this is answered on Matt's blog:
http://www.hackdiary.com/archives/81.html
--
Frank Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-
Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To uns
On 04/26/2006 02:01 PM, Tom Loosemore wrote:
> Live now
>
> http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue
Jings, that's a lot of details. Is this still implemented using Ruby-on-Rails?
Minor bug: the 'Catalogue Mashups' link on the bottom of each page is broken:
http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/prototypes/cat
.bbc.co.ukSubject: RE: [backstage] BBC Programme Catalogue> Hi Dave>>I'm sure Tom L will be on later to reveal more but yep, the online BBC
>programme catalogue is going to be released/announced tomorrow.>>Jem, bbc.co.uk>sometime this afternoon. it's very, erm, experi
Live now
http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Loosemore
Sent: 26 April 2006 08:15
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: RE: [backstage] BBC Programme Catalogue
> Hi Dave
>
>I'm sure To
'The BBC is also running a competition to revamp the bbc.co.uk 2.0 website, asking the public to redesign the homepage to "exploit the fuctionality and usability of services such as Flickr, YouTube, Technorati and Wikipedia".'
competition ?
On 4/25/06, Gordon Joly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
htt
Hi Dave
I'm sure Tom L will be on later to reveal more but yep, the online BBC
programme catalogue is going to be released/announced tomorrow.
Jem, bbc.co.uk
sometime this afternoon. it's very, erm, experimental.
-
Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1761085,00.html
Highfield: refocusing BBC digital output around three concepts -
share, find and play
The BBC today unveiled radical plans to rebuild its website around
user-generated content, including blogs and home videos, with the aim
of
Hi Dave
I'm sure Tom L will be on later to reveal more but yep, the online BBC
programme catalogue is going to be released/announced tomorrow.
Jem, bbc.co.uk
-
Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please
visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_
Just seen this:
Ashley Highfield, the BBC director of new media and technology,
also announced
proposals to put the corporation's entire programme catalogue online for the
first time from tomorrow in written archive form, as an
"experimental prototype"
http://technology.guardian.co
31 matches
Mail list logo
