OEmbed
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oEmbed is an open format
designed to allow embedding content from a website into another page. This content is of the types photo, video, link or rich.
An oEmbed exchange occurs between a consumer and a provider. A consumer wishes to show an embedded representation of a third-party resource on their own website, such as a photo or an embedded video. A provider implements the oEmbed API
to allow consumers to fetch that representation.
Open format
An open file format is a published specification for storing digital data, usually maintained by a standards organization, which can therefore be used and implemented by anyone. For example, an open format can be implementable by both proprietary and free and open source software, using the typical...
designed to allow embedding content from a website into another page. This content is of the types photo, video, link or rich.
An oEmbed exchange occurs between a consumer and a provider. A consumer wishes to show an embedded representation of a third-party resource on their own website, such as a photo or an embedded video. A provider implements the oEmbed API
Application programming interface
An application programming interface is a source code based specification intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other...
to allow consumers to fetch that representation.