Connected Web - Structure

Structure > Source File

Definition

A Connected Web Source File is a JSON or JSONP encoded file which contains the information of the source of a Feed file. Hence it always requires to be linked from a Feed file.

It's necessary to deliver more accurate information about the source of a Feed file.

File structure

Optional parameters are indicated as "(Optional)"

Parameter	Meaning	Notes
type (string)	The type of file.	Must be source
cwversion (float)	The version of the Connected Web format.	It helps a file parser to understand with which version of the Connected Web format should be this file parsed.
name (string)	The name of the source.	Keep it shorter than 55 characters. If longer, some platforms will cut it.
description (string) (optional)	The description of the source.	This value will help platforms to understand better which kind of contents your source is producing. It's suggested to keep it shorter than 160 characters. If longer, some Connected Web parsers will cut it.
keywords (array) (optional)	A list of keywords which identifies the source.	This value will help platforms to understand better which kind of contents the source is producing. It's suggested to set no more than 5 tags, otherwise some Connected Web parsers will exclude the remaining ones.
url (string) (optional)	The url of the homepage of the source.	Only public http or https urls are supported.
language (string)	The language of the source.	Must meet ISO 639-1 standardized nomenclature.
img (image_object) (optional)	The logo / image of the source.	This parameter requires a Connected Web Image Object. See the Object > Image documentation for more. It's suggested a minimum resolution of 2000x2000px.
cover (image_object) (optional)	The cover image of the source.	This parameter requires a Connected Web Image Object. See the Object > Image documentation for more. It's suggested a minimum resolution of 2000x2000px.

Understand the Feed file

Example


    	{

    "type": "source",
    "cwversion": 1.1,
    "name": "ConnectedWeb",
    "description": "Connected Web is a web syndication format focused on high quality and cross device content sharing.",
    "keywords": "connected, web, feed, rss, atom, syndication, format",
    "url": "http://showcase.connectedweb.org",
    "img": {
    
    	"url": "http://fbwcdn.com/image/main/connectedweb/logo.jpg",
        "width": 2000,
        "height": 2000,
        "type": "image/jpeg"
    
    },
	"cover": {
    
    	"url": "http://fbwcdn.com/image/main/connectedweb/cover.jpg",
        "width": 2000,
        "height": 2000,
        "type": "image/jpeg"
    
    }

}