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The following table provides a description of XML elements and examples. Require elements are indicated. XML Element Uuid - Unique ID of the Video Example <uuid>D7B7A30C-96D8-4FBD-B90A-CF739C782A21</uuid> For use of SEO metadata, see VC SEO Metadata. Provider Id - id of the video that is partner generated (can be a file name or a GUID that is a unique identifier of the video on the partner side) CSID - Content Supplier ID (provided by MSN Video) Source Content Distributor (provided by MSN Video) Friendly name Friendly name of the Content Distributor (provided by MSN Video) Page group Used for Business/Ad reasons (the default value will be provided by MSN Video) <pageGroup></pageGroup> Title Title of the Video Description Description of the Video <title>Wedding Style: Wedding Video Tips, Part II</title> <description>Not sure if you should get a videographer for your wedding? Get the inside scoop from the wedding video experts.</description> <providerId>video tips 2</providerId> <csId>The Knot</csId> <source friendlyName="The Knot">The Knot</source> Y Y Y N N Y Y N N N Required N

Start Date - Date when the Video becomes active and is displayed in the player gallery and <startDate>2007-03-22T00:00:00Z</startDate> other UI Active End Date - Date when the Video is no longer active and is not displayed in the player <activeEndDate>2007-04-12T00:00:00Z</activeEndDate> gallery and other UI Search End Date - Date when the Video is no longer searchable from different player search <searchableEndDate>2008-04-11T00:00:00Z</searchableEndDate> entry points Archive End Date - Date when the Video is no longer playable (the video cannot be played even from an existing link) Tags Public Namespace is used for keywords <tag <tag <tag <tag <tag MSNVideo_Cat Namespace is used for MSN Video Categories MSNVideo_Top Namespace is used for MSN Video Topics MSNVideo_Top_Cat Namespace is used for MSN Video Topic_Categories Premium Tags MSN Video supports Premium Tags which allow more granular organization and display of content. Many more tags are available, Please see Video Type Metadata Spec for more information <add link> VideoType Namespace is used for high level categorization Quality Namespace is used for quality of content Genre Namespace is used for tracking purposes <tag namespace=VideoType>TV</tag> <tag namespace=Quality>HQ</tag> <tag namespace=Genre>news</tag> <tag market="us" namespace="MSNVideo_Cat">The Knot</tag> <tag market="us" namespace="MSNVideo_Top">Living</tag> <tag market="us" namespace="MSNVideo_Top_Cat">Living_Wedding</tag> market="us" market="us" market="us" market="us" market="us" namespace="Public">The Knot</tag> namespace="Public">knot</tag> namespace="Public">theknot.com</tag> namespace="Public">wedding</tag> namespace="Public">weddings</tag> <archiveEndDate>2099-12-31T23:59:59Z</archiveEndDate>

Y-At least one tag is required Premium Tags

Source video file location URL of the video in Source format (formatCode 1001 needs to <videoFiles> be used) Note account must have ingestion service role. <videoFile formatCode="1001"> <uri>ftp://phoo:phoo@upload.ftp.com/phoo.avi</uri> See Content Spec for more info </videoFile> </videoFiles> WMV video file location URL of the video in WMV format (formatCode 1002 needs to be <videoFiles> used) <videoFile formatCode="1002"> <uri>mms://a1174.v26630f.c26630.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1174/26630/423/odvideo.msn.com/75/mbr/Video_Tips2_LO.wmv</uri> </videoFile> </videoFiles> Flash video file location URL of the video in Flash format (formatCode 1003 needs to be <videoFiles> used) <videoFile formatCode="1003"> <uri>rtmp://cp27139.edgefcs.net/ondemand/flash/75/mbr/Video_Tips2_LO.flv</uri> </videoFile> </videoFiles SilverLight Smooth Steaming URL of video in Smooth Steaming format. Note: MSN does not support partner hosted Smooth Streaming Video. <videoFiles> <videoFile formatCode="1004"> <uri>ftp://phoo:phoo@upload.ftp.com/phoo.wmv</uri> </videoFile> </videoFiles>

Y-If 1001 only format code submitted

N-If 1001 or 1003 used

N-If 1001or 1002 used

High-Definition Silverlight Smooth Streaming - Steaming URL of video in Smooth Steaming <videoFiles> format. <videoFile formatCode="1005"> <uri>ftp://phoo:phoo@upload.ftp.com/phoo.wmv</uri> Note: MSN does not support partner hosted Smooth Streaming Video. </videoFile> </videoFiles> Thumbnail image location - URL of the thumbnail image a.k.a. tease image (formatCode 2009 needs to be used) Note: This should be a 1280 X 720 for 16:9 content and 1024 X 768 for 4:3 content. The MSN Video image service uses this to create multiple image sizes used through the site. See Content Spec for more info Related Links A pair of value for each set of related links that contains the actual link URL <extendedXml> and the text that is displayed <relatedLinks> <link url="http://www.theknot.com/ch_article.html?Object=A60308144013& setcache=123"> Click here for details </link> <link url="http://www.theknot.com/ch_article.html?Object=A60308144013& setcache=123"> Click here for details </link> <link url="http://www.theknot.com/ch_article.html?Object=A60308144013& setcache=123"> Click here for details </link> </relatedLinks> </extendedXml> <files> <file formatCode="2009"> <uri>http://img.video.msn.com/i/75/Video_Tips2_LO.jpg</uri> </file> </files>

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