Electronic program guide for processing content-related information configured using a reference information model

摘要: Electronic program guide (EPG) processing techniques are disclosed which involve content-related information in the form of documents generated using a reference model (RIM). The may be configured an extensible mark-up language (XML) or other standard format. At least portion is for consistency with corresponding portions RIM, so thereby being suitable by different EPG applications. RIM preferably comprises multiple classes information, and specifies properties utilizing attributes, relationships states. For example, instances as objects object-oriented programming format, one more contain structures represented attributes. iterative process progressively inclusive versions modifying previous to support additional data specifications.