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Media type — the full vocabulary
This page is generated. Do not edit it by hand — run
scripts/atlas-vocab.py.
There are 7 registered values and nothing in use outside them.
Where it is stored: content_item.media_type — 201 rows carry a value.
Worth knowing: The name collides with a second, unrelated production-form axis.
How the registry and the data line up: 3 of the 7 registered values appear in the data, and nothing appears that is not registered.
What this axis answers
Proposed — not yet in the database. How the piece was made — filmed, drawn, animated, or built. Note the name collision: a separate axis in the ratified channel stack also uses the words media type, for where a piece ran. Renaming this one is an open call.
The values
| Value | Stored as | In use | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Action | live_action | 118 | proposed: Filmed with a camera, in front of real people or objects. |
| Mixed Media | mixed_media | 71 | proposed: More than one of these deliberately combined in the same piece. |
| Motion Graphics | motion_graphics | 12 | proposed: Designed elements — type, shapes, charts — set in motion. |
| Animation | animation | — | proposed: Drawn or built frame by frame rather than filmed. |
| Static Image | static_image | — | proposed: A still image, with no motion at all. |
| Audio Only | audio_only | — | proposed: Sound with no picture. |
| Interactive | interactive | — | proposed: The viewer can act on it and change what happens. |
Registered, never used
4 of the 7 registered values have never been written to a row. For a young axis that is expected; for an old one it is a question worth asking.
animation, static_image, audio_only, interactive
How complete this page is
Of 7 registered values, 0 carry a written definition (0%) and 0 carry tagging rules (0%). Every number on this page was counted from the live database when the page was generated — none is stored, and none was typed by hand.
Where to look next
- What this is FOR, in plain language — the Content chapter.
- Every other vocabulary — the vocabulary index.
- What is still undecided about it — the open questions.
- The exact tables and columns — the data reference.