We’re about halfway through coding the new plugin for reporting PMN podplay. I’m digging the add_action/do_action callback idiom.
The plugin is basically a single-feed, caching RSS renderer. The renderer understands a handful of custom elements that store structured data about songs and bands. For now we’re using a “pmn” namespace.
This brings me to a question: is there prior art for capturing “song A by band B was played on show C, episode D?”. The last two pieces, show C and episode D, will probably map to the RSS channel and item elements. This is pretty standard for podcasts. What about song and band information?
Oh yes, and referring back to last Friday’s Daily Source Code, we’ll also need to capture an affiliate ID.
If you know of a good fit out there in RSS namespace land, post a comment or send me a message.
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[...] The PMN WordPress plugin is underway, though I spent a good chunk of yesterday on other stuff, e.g. interviewing and hacking on the PDN. We’re still looking for feedback on namespaces for reporting podplay. The plugin will be based on whatever we go with, so please do drop a line if you know of any relevant tech. Peace. [...]