org.osid.blogging

Interface Summary
Interface	Description
Blog	A blog defines a collection of entries.
BlogAdminSession	This session creates, updates, and deletes `Blogs.`
BlogForm	This is the form for creating and updating blogs.
BloggingManager	The blogging manager provides access to entry lookup and creation sessions and provides interoperability tests for various aspects of this service.
BloggingProfile	The entry profile describes interoperability among entry services.
BloggingProxyManager	The blogging manager provides access to entry lookup and creation session and provides interoperability tests for various aspects of this service.
BlogHierarchyDesignSession	This session defines methods for managing a hierarchy of `Blog` objects.
BlogHierarchySession	This session defines methods for traversing a hierarchy of `Blog` objects.
BlogList	Like all `OsidLists,` `BlogList` provides a means for accessing `Blog` elements sequentially either one at a time or many at a time.
BlogLookupSession	This session provides methods for retrieving `Blog` objects.
BlogNode	This interface is a container for a partial hierarchy retrieval.
BlogNodeList	Like all `OsidLists,` `BlogNodeList` provides a means for accessing `BlogNode` elements sequentially either one at a time or many at a time.
BlogNotificationSession	This session defines methods to receive notifications on adds/changes to `Blog` objects.
BlogQuery	This is the query for searching blogs.
BlogQueryInspector	This is the query inspector for examining blog queries.
BlogQuerySession	This session provides methods for searching among `Blog` objects.
BlogReceiver	The blog receiver is the consumer supplied interface for receiving notifications pertaining to new, updated or deleted `Blog` objects.
BlogSearch	The interface for governing blog searches.
BlogSearchOrder	An interface for specifying the ordering of search results.
BlogSearchResults	This interface provides a means to capture results of a search.
BlogSearchSession	This session provides methods for searching among `Blog` objects.
Entry	A blog entry.
EntryAdminSession	This session creates, updates, and deletes `Entries.`
EntryBlogAssignmentSession	This session provides methods to re-assign `Entries` to `Blogs.`
EntryBlogSession	This session provides methods to retrieve `Entry` to `Blog` mappings.
EntryForm	This is the form for creating and updating `Entries.`
EntryList	Like all `OsidLists,` `EntryList` provides a means for accessing `Entry` elements sequentially either one at a time or many at a time.
EntryLookupSession	This session defines methods for retrieving entries.
EntryNotificationSession	This session defines methods to receive notifications on adds/changes to `Entry` objects in this `Blog.`
EntryQuery	This is the query for searching entries.
EntryQueryInspector	This is the query inspector for examining entry queries.
EntryQuerySession	This session provides methods for querying `Entry` objects.
EntryReceiver	The entry receiver is the consumer supplied interface for receiving notifications pertaining to new, updated or deleted `Entry` objects.
EntrySearch	The search interface for governing entry searches.
EntrySearchOrder	An interface for specifying the ordering of search results.
EntrySearchResults	This interface provides a means to access results of a search and any data available from executing the search.
EntrySearchSession	This session provides methods for searching among `Entry` objects.
EntrySmartBlogSession	This session manages queries and sequencing to create "smart" dynamic catalogs.

Package org.osid.blogging Description

The Open Service Interface Definitions for the org.osid.blogging service.

The Blogging OSID manages blogs.

Blog Entries

A blog Entry is an OsidObject which represents some text posted by an Agent and a timestamp. The blog Entry may include additional data available through its EntryRecord.

Cataloging

Blog entries are cataloged in Blogs. A single Blog may represent a set of entries posted by a single poster, or Blogs may be federated using the OSID hierarchy pattern to include a variety of blog entries across several posters. A Blog catalog may also provide a view of certain entries filteed by topic or date.

Posters

An Agent posts an Entry. The Blogging OSID also provides access to the related Resource of the posting Agent so that orchestration with a Resource OSID is unnecessary to normalize the authenticated identities where multiple Agents are in play.

Orchestration

The Blogging OSID may be orchestrated with the Process OSID to provide state management and/or the Ontology OSID to implement subject tagging. The OSID Blog may also be orchestrated with the Commenting OSID to provide a list of comments and ratings from other users as well as Commenting Books for tracking read blog entries for a specific user.

Sub Packages

The Blodding OSID contains a Blogging Batch OSID for managing Blogs and Entries in bulk.

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