The essential concepts and terminology related to PATSI are explained below.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Workspace | Represents one season of a specific program |
| Request | A specific deliverable expected to be provided from the producing party toward DPG Media. Requests are differentiated between seasonal and episode level. |
| Thesauri | Predefined lists of values that can be selected when completing certain data elements such as names of actors. |
| Request Types | |
|---|---|
| Grafiek | Logo, SVO’, graphical elements |
Metadata Basic Information | Brief content description, cast, genre, isan-number, languages |
| Visuals | Media material, often images, for the photo department. |
Antenne/ Antenne Volgende Keer | The actual file to be used for broadcasting, including relevant metadata on that file. |
| Promo | Trailer material |
TC Browse | (Lower resolution) media material targeted to support subtitling efforts if the master file is not yet available. |
| Visie | Offline version of an episode used to collect feedback from the VTM producer. |
| Web | Clipped fragments for online use. Should not be used for large video clips (< 5GB) |
| Audio | Specific audio files intended for Promo use. |
| Extra | ‘Catch-all’ for other type of material. Only to be used if specifically arranged with DPG Media. |