Content Item XML Formats

This appendix covers the following topics:

• XML Format Overview
• Regular Expressions
• An XML Example for Content Item

XML Format Overview

You must understand the XML formats of OCM content items to create a correct XSL stylesheet.

Regular Expressions

The following regular expressions give the formal description of the XML format of OCM content items.

Content Item XML ::=

{ Content Item Open Tag },

{ Attachment Attribute }?,

{ Primitive Attribute }*,

{ Component Item Attribute Reference }*,

{ Component Item Attribute }*,

{ Content Item End Tag }

Content Item Open Tag ::= 

<CONTENT_TYPE_CODE datatype="citem" id="content_item_id" version="version_number"

available="available_date" expiration="expiration_date" 

ircode="item_reference_code" ref="f"  url="ibcGetContentItem.jsp?cItemId=content_item_id">

Content Item End Tag ::= 

</CONTENT_TYPE_CODE>

Attachment Attribute ::=

<ATTACHMENT_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_CODE datatype="attachment" id="attachment_file_id" 

ref="t" file="attachment_file_name" mimeType="attachment_mime_type" 

renditionName="rendition_name" defaultMimeType="t" url="ibcGetAttachment.jsp?fileId=attachment_file_id" />

Primitive Attribute ::= 

{ Primitive String Attribute } | { Primitive Number Attribute } | { Primitive Date Attribute } |

{ Primitive Boolean Attribute } | { Primitive HTML Attribute } | { Primitive URL Attribute }

Primitive String Attribute ::= 

<TEXT_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_CODE datatype="string">

string value

</TEXT_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_CODE>

Primitive Number Attribute ::=

<NUMBER_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_CODE datatype="decimal">

number value

</NUMBER_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_CODE>

Primitive Date Attribute ::=

<DATE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_CODE datatype="dateTime">

date value

</DATE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_CODE>

Primitive Boolean Attribute ::=

<BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_CODE datatype="boolean">

boolean value

</BOOLEAN_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_CODE>

Primitive HTML Attribute ::=

<HTML_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_CODE datatype="html">

html value

</HTML_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_CODE>

Primitive URL Attribute ::=

<URL_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_CODE datatype="url">

url value

</URL_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_CODE>

Component Item Attribute Reference ::=

<COMPONENT_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_CODE datatype="component" id="component_item_id"

ref="t" url="ibcGetContentItem.jsp?cItemId=component_item_id" />

Component Item Attribute ::=

{ Component Item Attribute Open Tag},

{ Content Item XML },

{ Component Item Attribute End Tag }

Component Item Attribute Open Tag ::=

<COMPONENT_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_CODE datatype="component" id="component_item_id"

ref="f" url="ibcGetContentItem.jsp?cItemId=component_item_id" >

Component Item Attribute End Tag ::=

</COMPONENT_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_CODE>

An XML Example for Content Item

<WHITEPAPER datatype="citem" id="10017" version="2" available="2002-05-01"

expiration="2003-05-01" ircode="WP123" ref="f"

url="ibcGetContentItem.jsp?cItemId=10017">

  <!-- Attachment Attribute -->

  <WP_ATTACHMENT datatype="attachment" id="24357" ref="t" file="wp123.pdf"

mimeType="application/pdf" renditionName="PDF" defaultMimeType="t" url="ibcGetAttachment.jsp?fileId=24357" />

  <!-- Primitive Attributes -->

  <NAME datatype="string">Oracle 9i</NAME>

  <DESCRIPTION datatype="string">Oracle 9i Description</DESCRIPTION>

  <PUBLISH_DATE datatype="dateTime">27-DEC-01 17:24:18 PST</PUBLISH_DATE>

  <RELEASED datatype="boolean">T</RELEASED>

  <PRODUCT_ID datatype="decimal">1234567</PRODUCT_ID>
  <!-- Component Item Attribute Expanded -->

  <WP_IMAGE datatype="component" id="10003" ref="f" url="ibcGetContentItem.jsp?cItemId=10003">

   <IMAGE datatype="citem" id="10003" version="9" available="" expiration="" 

ircode="WPIMAGE123" ref="f" url="ibcGetContentItem.jsp?cItemId=10003">

     <IMAGE_FILE datatype="attachment' id="24358" ref="t" file="image123.gif" 

mimeType="image/gif" renditionName="GIF" defaultMimeType="t" url="ibcGetAttachment.jsp?cItemId=24358" />

     <NAME datatype="string">Image</NAME>

     <DESCRIPTION datatype="string">Image Description</DESCRIPTION>

     <AUTHOR datatype="string">Test Author</AUTHOR>

   </IMAGE>

  </WP_IMAGE>

</WHITEPAPER>