Mivvi Annotated Example

This is an annotated example file. If you don’t understand RDF/XML, it will be baffling and obscure. If you do, it will be patronising and unnecessary. If you have some familiarity with RDF, but still find the syntax a little counterintuitive, it may help you to get started.

An RDF/XML file should start with an XML declaration, like this one:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" standalone="yes"?>

The document element is rdf:RDF. We also declare prefixes for the other XML namespaces we’re going to use – mvi for the Mivvi properties, and dc for titles and dates.

<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
    xmlns:mvi="http://mivvi.net/rdf#"
    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">

First, we declare a television series, with the identifier http://www.example.com/. If others uses the same URI, we’ll know that they mean the same series. As well, we give it a title.

 <mvi:Series rdf:about="http://www.example.com/" dc:title="The Example Show">

The series has ‘seasons’, and a list of them will folow.

  <mvi:seasons>
   <rdf:Bag>

For each season, we declare it and assign an identifier.

    <rdf:li>
     <mvi:Season dc:title="Season 1" rdf:about="http://www.example.com/season-1.html" mvi:seasonNumber="1">

Now, similarly to providing a series’ seasons, we provide this season’s episodes:

      <mvi:episodes>
       <rdf:Seq>

Finally, an episode. The identifier (rdf:about) creates a common term for this program, and the details (title, date) can hang off that.

        <rdf:li>
         <mvi:Episode rdf:about="http://www.example.com/ep1-1.html" dc:title="An Initial Example" dc:date="1900-01-01" />
        </rdf:li>

Another episode.

        <rdf:li>
         <mvi:Episode rdf:about="http://www.example.com/ep1-2.html" dc:title="A Subsequent Example" dc:date="1900-01-08" />
        </rdf:li>

        ...

After any number of seasons and episodes, the closing tags:

        ...
       </rdf:Seq>
      </mvi:episodes>
     </mvi:Season>
    </rdf:li>
   </rdf:Bag>
  </mvi:seasons>
 </mvi:Series>
</rdf:RDF>