Listen To SAM

Why I want SAM  (Syndicated Audio Messaging) :

The 4 Basic Premises of the SAM structure

1) Audio messaging will appear on the Internet in many forms. ie. mp3s, wav, ogg vorbis, Real Audio, Windows Media, Flash, streaming, audio on demand, etc. 

2) Because of the use of different audio types and technology to transport audio on the web today,  the same audio message (content) may need to be represented by more than one link.

3) A useful unit of audio, the "audio message" can be defined for quick downloading anytime over a Broadband connection. ie. a hour of audio can be downloaded in less than 5 minutes.

4) Audio message meta data can be easily transmitted with a XML syndication format known as a feed.

Audio message attributes: link, mime type, file size, file length(time in seconds), date and time recorded

S can mean small, short, simple, syncronize, syndication

A always means audio

M can mean messaging, meta data

SAM is a RSS module that adds elements at the <item> level that describe an audio message.  An item can have unlimited SAMs.

<sam:audioMessage>    

<sam:mediaUrl></sam:mediaUrl>

<sam:mimeType></sam:mimeType>

<sam:urlDownloadable></sam:urlDownloadable>

<sam:fileSize></sam:fileSize>

<sam:lengthInSeconds></sam:lengthInSeconds>

<sam:recordDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2003 11:54:33 EST</sam:recordDate>

<sam:image height="" width=""></sam:image>

<sam:text></sam:text>

</sam:audioMessage>

<sam:mediaLink> - mandatory

<sam:mimeType> - mandatory

<sam:lengthInSeconds> - mandatory

<sam:fileSize> - optional

<sam:recordDate> - optional

<sam:image> - optional

<sam:text> - optional

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