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Administrator |
A permission level in Presentation Manager that gives access to Admin menu functions. |
Anonymous list |
A list that returns the same assets regardless of the active profile. |
Advanced lists |
An XML-based developer mode for lists that allows direct editing of raw list rules. |
Any user |
A collective term for all User groups in the system. Used for scheduling pages, rows, and menus to all users in the system. |
App |
A client application (such as an AXIS Reference App) that consumes data via the AXIS API. |
Asset |
A primary unit of content in the system such as a movie, show, or Episode, including metadata and offers. Please note that Assets are referred to as items in the API - these two terms are interchangeable. |
Asset metadata |
The data recorded alongside the asset, such as title, description, release year, and cast members. Individual asset types may contain specific metadata properties (e.g., a Season asset supports a "Season Number" field). |
Asset type |
The content type for an asset includes Movie, Show, Season, Episode, Program, Trailer, Link, Custom, Confederation, Competition, Stage, Event, Team, and Persona. |
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Category |
Tags used to define related content groups that traverse multiple asset types (e.g., "kids"). For use in list rules. |
Chainplay countdown |
The number of seconds before autoplay of the next episode (0 for no autoplay). |
Chainplay squeezeback |
The number of seconds before the end of playback when the current video is reduced in scale and other user options are presented within the video player (0 for no squeeze back). |
Chainplay timeout |
The number of minutes of user inactivity before autoplay is paused (0 for no autoplay timeout). |
Coming Soon Offer |
A special type of offer that allows an asset to be available prior to the video/entitlement window. The validation rules are contrary to the usual ones, as a Coming Soon offer can be made outside (before) the deal period and can validate without a video file present. |
Competition |
A sport-specific asset type consisting of a number of Events and belonging to a Confederation. |
Confederation |
A sport-specific asset type consisting of a number of Competitions. |
Custom asset |
A non-playable, custom asset that can be used to model other content and relationships. |
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Date period |
A date schedule comprised of any of the following: a date range, days of the week, and time of day. See Period for a general definition. |
Deal |
Derived from the commercial contract, the deal contains relevant metadata that outlines the terms on which a service provider can offer a particular batch of a distributor's content files. It could contain restrictions on segmentation tags, play rules (play count, rental period, play period) as well as deal period, minimum price, royalty share, or other terms. A deal can be made for free, subscription, rent, buy, and coming soon offers. Play rule values only apply to rent terms. |
Deal period |
The maximum calendar window for a deal that all offers must adhere to. |
Device type |
A consumer platform or device on which content can be viewed. Used to schedule pages, rows, menus, and offers. Devices can be grouped into categories. |
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Entitlement |
An asset that a user has permission to play under the terms of a subscription or transactional offer. |
Episode |
An asset type that is used to construct a Season, e.g., "Lost" Season 1 Episode 4. |
Event |
A sports-specific asset type that forms part of a Competition, for example, a match or game. |
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Follow |
A feature that allows a user to set an asset, such as a Team or Persona, as a favorite. |
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Global Offer |
An offer template that exists outside of a deal and can be applied manually to any asset. |
Global theme |
A shared theme library managed within the admin settings. Used to pre-populate the color picker wherever themes are available. |
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Image type |
A standardized image format based on the ratio (e.g., 2:3 poster, 16:9 tile.) |
Ingestion |
The process of importing and validating metadata and files to the system. In the case of files, this may also include transcoding. |
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Keyword |
Tags used to categorize assets during ingestion from an external source. For use in list rules. |
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Language type |
A filter used to schedule by language within a page schedule or a menu. |
Link |
A sub-asset used as an alias to a page, list, asset, or external URL. Links can have their own imagery. |
List |
A collection of assets with associated metadata and imagery that can be scheduled into a row. Lists can be populated and ordered manually or generated dynamically via conditional filter rules (e.g., the list contains no assets with a rating greater than G, or the list will not show assets that the user already has in their entitlements, or contain wildcards (e.g., to ensure that all entries relate to a specific genre.) |
List entry |
A collective term for list assets and list rules within a list. |
List item |
A manually curated asset within a list. |
List rule |
A curated ruleset for selecting assets for a list. Allows filtering based on common asset properties, as well as sorting and max. count. |
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Menu |
The presentation containers for app navigation. Grouped into three categories: Header, Footer, and Account. |
Menu group |
A named group of navigation items within a menu. |
Menu item |
An individual navigation item within a menu group. |
Menu list |
An optional list or user list can be scheduled into a menu group. |
Menu variant |
A menu variant with its own data and schedule that can be targeted to a specific audience. |
Metadata ingestion |
Metadata ingestion is the process whereby enhanced metadata from external sources is automatically retrieved and used to generate and update assets within the system. |
Movie |
A Movie is a standalone asset type. |
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Offer |
An offer defines the access rules for an asset. An offer must have an associated offer period. It may also contain a price, and play terms such as offer play period, matching rules, matching segment. |
Offer template |
The master definition of an offer within a deal used to automatically generate asset-specific offers during ingestion. |
Offerable |
An asset that is available to users via the AXIS API. An asset is deemed "Offerable" when the Offer is current (i.e., the offer start date has passed, and the offer end date has not passed.) |
OOTB |
Out-of-the-box (OOTB) features are those available with no additional configuration or development needed. |
Operator |
A scheduler within AXIS Presentation Manager. |
Operator list |
A list defined in Presentation Manager Display → Lists. |
Operator profile list |
An Operator list that has the "Has Relation" filter set to "Followed items." |
Ownership type |
The ownership model for an asset offer. One of the following values: free, subscription, own, rent. |
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Page |
The presentation container for a specific path (route) of the system. It is primarily a host for containing rows defined in a page template. |
Page ID |
A unique identifier for an instance of a page. |
Page key |
A unique key is used to designate a page instance with a specific purpose within the system. For example, a "HOME" key for the homepage. |
Page path |
The URL location of a page within the system. |
Page region |
A region of the page with a specific set of allowed row types - either header, body, or bottom region. The header and bottom regions only permit a single row instance. |
Page schedule |
The collection of rules used to define customer access to a page variant. Rules are executed at run time to determine which variant applies to each user. See page variant, user groups, device types, language types, segmentation tags. |
Page template |
A template defining the allowed row templates for a type of page. It comprises a unique page type and a set of allowed row templates for each page region. |
Page type |
A unique identifier for a page template (such as P1, P2.) |
Page variant |
A discrete schedule of rows within a page separated by tabs. |
Period |
All time periods consist of start date and end date, saved as UTC and presented to operators and users in local time: - Where a period is null, the period is deemed to extend for all time and be a default. - Where two periods overlap, the highest priority period applicable to operators with the same subscriptions would be the one that was cheapest, followed by one that started most recently. - Where two periods started at the same time, the one that ends soonest takes priority. |
Persona |
An asset type that can be used to represent a sport player/athlete, or an actor, director, or other individual in entertainment. |
Plan |
A representation of an external subscription plan that can be displayed to users. |
Presentation Manager |
The operator console for scheduling content within AXIS. |
Profile list |
A list that may return different assets depending on the active profile. |
Program |
An asset type for a standalone, non-movie program such as an event or TV special. |
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Recurrence pattern |
A scheduling term referring to a date period based on recurring time of day or day of the week rule. |
Reference app |
A reference application provided as part of AXIS. |
Resume point |
A saved playback position for an individual asset that is unique to a user. |
Right-to-Left languages (RTL) |
Writing starts at the right of the page and continues to the left, also known as "mirroring." |
Row |
A content entry/rail that can be scheduled within a page variant. Can contain a list, asset, image, or text content based on the specified row template. |
Row data type |
The allowed content type for a row is defined in a row template—one of the following: list, asset, image, text, user list. |
Row properties |
An optional set of presentation configuration properties specific to a row variant. Properties are defined within a row template. |
Row schedule |
The rules used to target a row variant to a specific audience based on device types, user groups, segmentation tags, and date period. |
Row type |
A row type is a unique identifier used to determine the presentation style for a row within an app. A unique thumbnail image typically accompanies it. |
Row variant |
A variant of a row with its own data and schedule that can be targeted to a specific audience. |
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Season |
A Season is an asset type that groups all the Episodes within a Season of a show. |
Segment category |
A group of related segmentation tags. |
Segmentation tags |
Operator-defined audience segments that can be used to schedule pages, rows, menus, assets, and offers. Can be grouped into segment categories. |
Show |
A show is an asset type containing season(s). A show is not offered for sale. (It has a "free" offer that is only offerable if it contains a valid, offerable episode (within a season.) |
Sitemap |
The set of pages available to a user. Sitemaps can be filtered by path or date. |
Stage |
A level within a Competition, for example, semi-final or play-offs. |
System list |
A list that is not an Operator list but is based exclusively on a built-in AXIS algorithm. |
System profile list |
A system list that is at the same time a profile list. |
System template |
A designated page template required by the app (e.g., Account, List Detail, Movie Detail, Search). |
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Tagline |
A one-sentence byline that can display under an asset title. |
Team |
A sport-specific asset type consisting of a group of Personas that forms part of a Competition. |
Theme |
A collection of foreground and background colors that can be set on an asset, list, or page. |
Timeline |
The progress bar on the video player indicates the current play position. Also known as the "scrub" or "seek" bar. |
Trailer |
An asset type for secondary playable content that is associated with other asset types. |
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User |
An end-user of a consumer app. |
User group |
A collection of users with the same status within the system, typically relating to the customer lifecycle (anonymous, registered) and/or entitlement (subscriber, gold subscriber). A user can only be associated with one user group. User groups are used to target pages, rows, menus, and offers to users. |
User list |
A generic term for any user-specific list such as watched, watched history, or bookmarks. |
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Voice Over |
An accessibility feature on end-user devices that can provide audio descriptions of on-screen content. |