Documentation Structure

The Broadcast Architecture Programmer's Reference contains the following sections:

• Overview, including these topics:
  • Introduction to Broadcast Architecture, which covers basic concepts of Broadcast Architecture.
  • How Broadcast Architecture Works, which briefly describes the hardware required, the software to be designed, and the software standards to follow for Broadcast Architecture.
• Working with the Program Guide.
  • Overview of Program Guide Services
  • Guide Data
  • Guide Database Loaders
  • Loadstub
  • Guide Data Objects
  • Guide Database Schema
  • Program Guide Registry Values
• Displaying video on the client.
  • Video Control
  • Enhancement Video Control
  • Displaying Video
• Transmitting ATVEF-compliant announcements, triggers and packages from the head-end:
  • Video Enhancements (ATVEF), providing documentation on delivering ATVEF-compliant announcements, triggers and packages to broadcast clients.
  • Building ATVEF Enhancement Authoring Tools, covering how to develop enhancement authoring tools for users to produce interactive video.
• Glossary, defining Broadcast Architecture terms.