Podcaster glossary
Terms from podcasting and streaming, and the Exponential terms you meet when you publish a show. The general glossary of the documentation is Glossary.
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Podcasting and streaming
| Term | Meaning | More |
|---|---|---|
| Artwork | the show's cover image; in the feed an address in itunes:image href | Artwork and episode images |
| Bitrate | how many bits per second the audio uses; with the length it decides the file size | Storage and bandwidth |
| CBR, VBR | constant and variable bitrate; Exponential works out the duration only for CBR MP3 | The podcast feed explained |
| Channel | the show-level part of a feed: title, description, artwork, owner, category | Channel fields reference |
| Captions | on-screen text of what is said in a video | Transcripts and captions |
| Directory | a catalog of podcasts that apps search, such as Apple Podcasts | Submitting to podcast directories |
| Enclosure | the element of a feed item that points to the episode file, with its length and type | Episode mapping reference |
| Episodic, serial | how apps present a show: newest first, or in order from the first episode (itunes:type) | Channel fields reference |
| Feed | the RSS document apps subscribe to | Building a podcast feed |
| guid | an item's permanent identifier; apps use it to know whether an episode is new | The podcast feed explained |
| Item | one episode in a feed | Episode mapping reference |
| MIME type | the name of a file's format, such as audio/mpeg | Uploading audio |
| OPML | a document that lists feeds, used to share a set of subscriptions | Feeds for readers and networks |
| Range request | a request for part of a file, used to seek and resume | The media field and the file field |
| Show notes | the text that goes with an episode | Writing show notes |
| Transcript | the full text of what is said in an episode | Transcripts and captions |
Exponential terms
| Term | Meaning | More |
|---|---|---|
| Class | a type of content item with its fields, such as Folder, Video or your Episode | Choosing a class for episodes |
| Attribute, field | one field of a class, with a datatype | Building an episode class |
| Datatype | the kind of a field: text line, rich text, media, file, image, relation ... | Choosing datatypes |
Media datatype (ezmedia) | a field that stores audio or video and renders a player | The media field and the file field |
File datatype (ezbinaryfile) | a field that stores any file and counts downloads | The media field and the file field |
| Content tree, location, node | where items live; one item can have several locations | How a show maps to content |
| Remote id | an object's permanent identifier; the podcast feed uses it as guid | The podcast feed explained |
| Version, draft, pending | each edit is a new version; a draft is unpublished; pending waits for a workflow | Publishing, versions and the trash |
| RSS export | a feed the site publishes, at /rss/feed/<access URL> | RSS feeds |
| Source | the location, class and mapping an export reads | Building a podcast feed |
| Access URL | the last part of a feed's address | Building a podcast feed |
| Siteaccess | one way into the site, with its own design, languages and address | Multilingual shows |
| Section | a grouping of content used for permissions | Members-only episodes |
| Role, policy | what a user group may do | Roles and policies |
| Object state | a label per state group, usable in policies | Production stages with object states |
| Workflow, trigger, event | actions run around publishing, such as approval or waiting for a date | Scheduling a release |
| Cronjob, cronjob part | scheduled scripts; workflow.php in part frequent resumes waiting workflows | Cronjobs |
| Layouts editor, block | the page builder of Exponential Layouts and its building pieces | The layouts editor |
| Override | a settings file that changes a shipped setting | Working with your administrator |
Related pages
- Glossary
- Glossary for journalists
- Podcaster FAQ
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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