Starter contract

media_content

14 rules · plain YAML · starts in observation mode

OpenDQV Cloud starter template (v0.1) — your tenant inherits this baseline. First customer edit creates v1.0 in your audit trail; pin by yaml_hash for replay. Media content record validation for broadcast, streaming, and digital distribution pipelines. Enforces content type classification aligned with EIDR (Entertainment Identifier Registry) taxonomy, BBFC/PEGI age rating standards, ISO 639-1 language codes, ISO 3166-1 territory rights validation, and title length constraints for EPG and catalogue system compatibility. Prevents unrated, uncategorised, or territorially unrestricted content from entering distribution pipelines where OFCOM broadcast licensing, AVMS Directive (EU) 2018/1808, and rights clearance obligations apply.

These are starting points you own. Every rule below ships in the trial, starts in observation mode, and is yours to read, edit, or delete from day one. Rules that reference a lookup list (lookup_file) validate against reference data you control in your tenant.
Rules as at 29 August 2026 — starting points you own, not a maintained regulatory feed. We correct errors in these samples; tracking regulatory change in your active contracts is yours.

Rule	Field	Severity	What it enforces (the message your team sees)
content_id_required	content_id	error	content_id is required
title_required	title	error	title is required
title_max_length	title	warning	title exceeds 255 characters — will be truncated in EPG and streaming catalogue systems
content_type_required	content_type	error	content_type is required
content_type_values	content_type	error	content_type must be one of: film, series, episode, season, documentary, short, live, clip, podcast, podcast_episode, album, track, ebook, audiobook, game, trailer
content_rating_values	content_rating	warning	content_rating must be a valid BBFC or PEGI classification: U, PG, 12, 12A, 15, 18, R18, unrated, exempt, or PEGI_3/7/12/16/18
language_format	language	warning	language must be a valid ISO 639-1 two-letter lowercase code (e.g. en, fr, de, es, zh) — required for AVMS Directive quota reporting
publish_date_format	publish_date	error	publish_date must be a valid date (YYYY-MM-DD)
duration_seconds_min	duration_seconds	error	duration_seconds must be >= 0
duration_seconds_anomaly	duration_seconds	warning	duration_seconds exceeds 86,400 (24 hours) — verify this is not a unit error (milliseconds stored as seconds)
views_min	views	error	views must be >= 0
channel_id_required	channel_id	error	channel_id is required
rights_territory_required	rights_territory	error	rights_territory is required
rights_territory_format	rights_territory	error	rights_territory must be a 2-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g. GB, US, DE) or WORLDWIDE — unvalidated territory values risk rights clearance violations

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