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'''XML Shareable Playlist Format''' ('''XSPF'''), pronounced ''spiff'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://xspf.org/quickstart/|title=XSPF: XML Shareable Playlist Format: Quick Start|accessdate=2009-04-23}}</ref> is an [[XML]]-basedbdata [[playlist]]rich open format forhas [[digitalpermitted media]],a sponsorednew kind of playlist bysharing thecalled [[Xiph.Org''content Foundation]]resolution''.

XSPF is a file format for sharing the kind of [[playlist]] that can be played on a personal computer or portable device. In the same way that any user on any computer can open any Web page, XSPF is intended to provide portability for playlists.

== Content resolution ==

Traditionally playlists have been composed of file paths that pointed to individual titles. This allowed a playlist to be played locally on one machine or shared if the listed file paths were URLs accessible to more than one machine (e.g., on the Web). XSPF's meta-data rich open format has permitted a new kind of playlist sharing called ''content resolution''.

A simple form of content resolution is the localisation of a playlist based on [[metadata]]. An XSPF-compliant content resolver will open XSPF playlists and search a catalog for every title with <tt>&lt;creator&gt;</tt>, <tt>&lt;album&gt;</tt> and <tt>&lt;title&gt;</tt> tags, then localise the playlist to reference the available matching tracks. A catalog may reference a collection of media files on a local disk, a music subscription service like Yahoo! Music Unlimited, or some other searchable archive. The end result is shareable playlists that are not tied to a specific collection or service.