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## JSON Chapters Format
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<small>Version 1.2 - Updated on 2021.04.15</small>
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This is the initial spec for a json chapters format that can be referenced in an RSS feed using the `<podcast:chapters>` tag of
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the "podcast" namespace. This file can reside on any publicly accessible url. See the podcast namespace documentation for
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details on the format of the tag.
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This type of file should be served with a Content-type of 'application/json+chapters'. Chapter order is assumed to be
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in ascending order based on the `startTime`.
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## "Chapters" Object
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The chapters object is a simple JSON object with only 2 required properties:
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- `version` (required - string) The version number of the format being used
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- `chapters` (required - array) An array of chapter objects defined below
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#### Optional Attributes:
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- `author` (optional - string) The name of the author of this podcast episode.
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- `title` (optional - string) The title of this podcast episode.
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- `podcastName` (optional - string) The name of the podcast this episode belongs to.
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- `description` (optional - string) A description of this episode.
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- `fileName` (optional - string) The name of the audio file these chapters apply to.
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- `waypoints` (optional - boolean) If this property is present, the locations in a chapter object should be displayed with a route between locations.
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## The "Chapter" Object
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The "chapter" object takes this basic form:
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```json
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{
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"startTime": 94,
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"title": "Donation Segment"
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}
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```
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There is only one required attribute:
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- `startTime` (required - float) The starting time of the chapter, expressed in seconds with float precision for fractions of a second.
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#### Optional Attributes:
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- `title` (optional - string) The title of this chapter.
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- `img` (optional - string) The url of an image to use as chapter art.
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- `url` (optional - string) The url of a web page or supporting document that's related to the topic of this chapter.
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- `toc` (optional - boolean) If this property is present and set to false, this chapter should not display visibly to the user in either the table of contents or as a jump-to point in the user interface. It should be considered a "silent" chapter marker for the purpose of meta-data only. If this property is set to `true` or not present at all, this should be considered a normal chapter for display to the user. The name "toc" is short for "table of contents".
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- `endTime` (optional - float) The end time of the chapter, expressed in seconds with float precision for fractions of a second.
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- `location` (optional - object) This object defines an optional location that is tied to this chapter. It follows the structure of the [location](https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/blob/main/location/location.md) tag in the XML namespace.
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## The Location Object:
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The "location" object takes this basic form:
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```json
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{
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"name": "Eiffel Tower, Paris",
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"geo": "geo:48.858093,2.294694"
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}
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```
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It is intended to provide for rich location-based experiences tied to a point of time within a podcast episode, or other feed based media. For example, a "walking tour" may include latitude and longitude waypoints along side the image within chapters markers as someone listens to the tour podcast. This
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would allow apps to show a map with markers within the UI as the tour progresses. Or, perhaps a "History of the Middle East" podcast might expose a map to highlight where certain landmarks are when being discussed.
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There are two required attributes:
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- `name` (required - string) A human readable place name.
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- `geo` (required - string) A simple latitude,longitude given in geoURI format, conformant to [RFC 5870](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5870).
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#### Optional Attributes:
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- `osm` (optional - string) An OpenStreetMaps query string. Please see the [location](https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/blob/main/location/location.md) XML tag specification for full details.
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## Basic example
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Here is what a very basic chapters file may look like:
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```json
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{
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"version": "1.2.0",
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"chapters":
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[
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{
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"startTime": 0,
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"title": "Intro"
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},
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{
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"startTime": 168,
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"title": "Hearing Aids",
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"img": "https://example.com/images/hearing_aids.jpg"
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},
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{
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"startTime": 260,
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"title": "Progress Report"
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},
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{
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"startTime": 410,
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"title": "Namespace",
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"img": "https://example.com/images/namepsace_example.jpg",
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"url": "https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace"
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},
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{
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"startTime": 3990,
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"title": "Just Break Up",
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"img": "https://example.com/images/justbreakuppod.png"
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},
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{
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"startTime": 5510,
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"title": "The Big Players"
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},
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{
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"startTime": 5854,
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"title": "Spread the Word"
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},
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{
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"startTime": 6089,
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"title": "Outro"
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}
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]
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}
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```
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In this simple form, the chapter objects are treated as sequential just based on their index as a function of being
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ordered in ascending fashion based on their `startTime`. In a very simple example such as this nothing is present except the `startTime`,
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`title`, and a few bits of optional meta-data.
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## More complex example
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In this more robust example, we can bring in more meta-data about the podcast episode, and provide a way for this file to exist more easily in a web
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context for something like an embedded HTML5 player on a website. Also there is an example of a "silent" chapter that has no presence in the visible
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chapter list, but allows for different artwork to be shown:
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```json
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{
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"version": "1.2.0",
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"author": "John Doe",
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"title": "Episode 7 - Making Progress",
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"podcastName": "John's Awesome Podcast",
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"chapters":
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[
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{
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"startTime": 0,
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"title": "Intro"
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},
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{
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"startTime": 168,
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"title": "Hearing Aids",
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"hasArtwork": "chapter1.jpg"
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},
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{
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"startTime": 260,
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"title": "Progress Report"
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},
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{
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"startTime": 410,
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"title": "Namespace",
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"img": "https://example.com/images/namepsace_example.jpg",
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"url": "https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace"
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},
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{
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"startTime": 3990,
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"title": "Just Break Up",
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"img": "https://example.com/images/justbreakuppod.png",
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"url": "https://twitter.com/justbreakuppod"
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},
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{
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"startTime": 4826,
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"img": "https://example.com/images/parisfrance.jpg",
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"toc": false,
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"location": {
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"name": "Eiffel Tower, Paris",
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"geo": "geo:42.3417649,-70.9661596"
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}
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},
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{
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"startTime": 5510,
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"title": "The Big Players"
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},
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{
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"startTime": 5854,
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"title": "Spread the Word"
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},
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{
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"startTime": 6089,
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"title": "Outro"
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}
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]
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}
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```
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<br><br>
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## Note about privacy
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Clearly, when pulling in web based data there is the chance that this functionality could be used for tracking. As a safeguard against that, apps
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using chapters are encouraged to prompt the user to acknowledge whether they trust the podcast in question before displaying the content. Trusted
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podcasts can then be remembered for the future.
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