3. Editorial Info Format

TeleScope Design Documentation Editorial Info File Format Revision 1.0 July 2, 1996 Table of Contents 1. Overview .................................................................................................................... 1 2. Data Format............................................................................................................... 2 i TeleScope Design Documentation Editorial Info File Format 1. Overview This document describes a data format used in two places in the TeleScope system: 1) Within the “•Editorial Info” files used by the TeleScope Engine in monitored folders, where the data described in this document is stored in the data fork of the file 2) Within the jobs table in the TeleScope database, where the data described in this document is stored in the job_data column. The purpose of this data format is to describe, in a simple, text-only format, the contents of the editorial information which can be stored with a document imported into the TeleScope database. The TeleScope Engine uses this data from the “•Editorial Info” file in folders it is monitoring to provide constant information for files it will import from the folder. Other TeleScope software uses this data in the jobs table of the TeleScope database to simplify data entry in editorial dialogs by providing a popup menu of named “job” information from which the user can select to pre-fill the fields in the dialog. 1 TeleScope Design Documentation Editorial Info File Format 2. Data Format The editorial info format is a simple text stream consisting of 15 text fields, with each field being terminated by a field terminator character (ascii 0x03). Each of the text fields represents the contents of one of the fields in the editorial information dialog. The fields are in the following order: Field Max. Length Notes country 31 state 31 city 31 transmission name 31 transmission service 31 paper clip 8 The text in this field will be a numeric string, and must be converted into a number before being shown in the dialog, or stored in the TeleScope database. category 9 sub-categories 255 short description 255 user notes 255 keywords 255 The text in this field will be a list of words separ…