| # The Autocast Initiative | |
| This dataset archives podcasts in real-time. Podcasts that indentify with the principle of autocasting as their method for sharing audiofiles with an audience of subsribers. | |
| All contributers are volonteers. | |
| ## The Principles Autocasting | |
| * The content is primarily not created. | |
| * Neither the files or the RSS feed is not manipulated after publish, other than to correct mistakes. | |
| * * The "episode description" is the exception to the above. Use this field however you please. | |
| * No method is to be considered "too low-effort" when it comes to generating audiofiles. | |
| * For content protected by monetization is encouraged to commit scrambled content and provide means for unscrambling as they see fit. | |
| * * Further monetization is encouraged. | |
| * Get paid if you can. | |
| ## How to contribute | |
| Create a folder for your autocast as so: | |
| ``` | |
| /archive/[Name of your feed]/ | |
| ``` | |
| Do not substitute special characters (if possible) | |
| In this folder, include your episodes as well as snapshots of your RSS feed at the time of publish (if possible) | |
| ``` | |
| /archive/[Name of your feed]/[001].mp3[or whichever ] | |
| /archive/[Name of your feed]/[001].xml | |
| /archive/[Name of your feed]/[002].[mp3, ogg, wav, etc] | |
| /archive/[Name of your feed]/[002].xml | |
| ... | |
| /archive/[Name of your feed]/[00x].[mp3, ogg, wav, etc] | |
| /archive/[Name of your feed]/[00y].xml | |
| ... | |
| ``` | |
| If you intend to publish more than 1000 episodes in a single feed, figure it out (responsibly). |