# The Rivendell "direct" Namespace

Version 0.1
v0.1
Fred
Gleason
fredg@paravelsystems.com
v0.1
2022
Fred Gleason

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## Overview

The "direct" XML namespace adds fields for enabling interoperation with the Imogen Direct DAM system.

## Namespace Declaration

The namespace declaration is:

`xmlns:direct="http://www.rivendellaudio.org/dtds/direct-0.1.dtd"`

## Fields

The namespace adds the following fields:

`<direct:pubDate>`

  The value of the RSS-standard `<pubDate>` field from the `<channel>` and `<item>` sections of the feed data, expressed xs:dateTime format.

## Example

The following is an example illustrating the use of the namespace:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <rss version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:superfeed="http://www.rivendellaudio.org/dtds/superfeed-0.1.dtd" xmlns:direct="http://www.rivendellaudio.org/dtds/direct-0.1.dtd">
      <channel>
        <title>Feed2</title>
        <description>This is Feed2</description>
        <itunes:summary>This is Feed2</itunes:summary>
        <category>Arts</category>
        <link></link>
        <language>en-us</language>
        <copyright></copyright>
        <lastBuildDate>Tue, 8 Mar 2022 19:26:13 GMT</lastBuildDate>
        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2021 14:24:21 GMT</pubDate>
        <direct:pubDate>2021-07-12T14:24:21+00:00</direct:pubDate>
        <managingEditor>Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com></managingEditor>
        <webMaster>Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com></webMaster>
        <generator>Rivendell 4.0.0beta3</generator>
        <image>
          <url>http://192.168.21.21/podcasts/feed2/img000009_000002.jpg</url>
          <title>Feed2</title>
          <link></link>
          <width>3000</width>
          <height>3000</height>
          <description>Imported from /home/fredg/RFA/ENG/EYES.jpg</description>
        </image>
        <atom:link href="http://192.168.21.21/podcasts/feed2/Feed2.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
        <itunes:author>Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com></itunes:author>
        <itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type>
        <itunes:owner>
         <itunes:name>Fred Gleason</itunes:name>
          <itunes:email>fredg@paravelsystems.com</itunes:email>
        </itunes:owner>
        <itunes:image href="http://192.168.21.21/podcasts/feed2/img000009_000002.jpg" />
        <itunes:category text="Arts">
          <itunes:category text="Books" />
        </itunes:category>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <item>
          <title>Test Tone</title>
          <itunes:title>Test Tone</itunes:title>
          <link></link>
          <guid isPermaLink="false">http://192.168.21.21/podcasts/feed2/000009_000071.mp3_000009_000071</guid>
          <description>An example item.</description>
          <itunes:summary>An example item.</itunes:summary>
          <author></author>
          <itunes:author></itunes:author>
          <comments></comments>
          <source url="http://192.168.21.21/podcasts/feed2/Feed2">Feed2</source>
          <enclosure url="http://192.168.21.21/podcasts/feed2/000009_000071.mp3" length="60696" type="audio/mpeg" />
          <category>Arts</category>
          <pubDate>Tue, 8 Mar 2022 19:22:43 GMT</pubDate>
          <direct:pubDate>2022-03-08T19:22:43+00:00</direct:pubDate>
          <itunes:duration>10</itunes:duration>
          <itunes:image href="http://192.168.21.21/podcasts/feed2/img000009_000002.jpg" />
          <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        </item>
      </channel>
    </rss>