usebio1.3 DTD
I think there might be a typo in the usebio1.3 DTD. It lists the element EBU_CHARGE_CODE as a child
of the SESSION element. The Usebio1.3 specification lists it as a child element of an EVENT.
Is there a schema available for the EBU JSON format that is used interally? Are there any plans to
move to JSON file submissions?
Comments
Good spot - there was a typo in there, although not the one you think. EBU_CHARGE_CODE is correct in the SESSION element but it was down as EBU_CHARGE_RATE in the EVENT element, which was incorrect. Charge codes can differ from session to session, so it's sensible that it works there too.
However... this is a USEBIO 1.3 feature, which the EBU doesn't support. The changes in that version are mostly ACBL things, and there's little need for us to support it. So if you're planning to submit your files to the EBU, use P2P_CHARGE_RATE instead.
On your other question, no there's not. You can figure it out fairly easily by sending requests to our parser - it's all fairly simple and logical - but we occasionally change it and want to be able to do so without fear of messing up any third parties. USEBIO has become an international standard and you really should be creating files in that format anyway, so I don't think defining a second standard is that useful. Perhaps USEBIO 2.0 will be JSON-based, though.