Catalog

From Xcri

URI: http://xcri.org/profiles/catalog/1.1/catalog

Definition: Catalog is the default root element for XCRI's Course Advertising schema. It prescribes one or more providers and a mandatory attribute that timestamps generation of the XML catalog.

Type: Class

Namespace: This is defined within the namespace: http://xcri.org/profiles/catalog

[edit] Properties

@generated The date and time at which the catalog was generated, in ISO format. Both date and time should be used.

@recstatus if the delta update pattern is in use, this attribute may be used to indicate the status of the resource.

identifier (optional, multiple) An identifier

title (optional, multiple) The title of the resource

subject (optional, multiple) A tag describing the resource

description (optional, multiple) Descriptive information

relation (optional, multiple) A relationship to another resource

url (optional) A URL for further information

image (optional) An image that represents the resource, such as a photo or logo

provider (optional, multiple)

[edit] Guidance Notes

provider: In almost all cases there SHOULD be one and only one provider in a catalog, and this should be the provider that offers the feed. The capability for supporting zero providers is offered for cases where XCRI CAP is used to format course search results. The capability for supporting multiple providers is offered to assist cases where aggregators wish to combine several feeds for processing, or for sharing catalogs between aggregators.