XML Shareable Playlist Format: Difference between revisions

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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]]. AAn XSPF-compliant content resolver{{clarify|date=December 2011}} 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.

== Example of an XSPF 1.0 playlist ==