os:openServiceDescription element

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08/15/2017

Root element of the OpenService Accelerator file.

Usage

<os:openServiceDescription
  xmlns:os = "sNamespace">
  child elements
</os:openServiceDescription>

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
xmlns:os	sNamespace	Yes	The URN that uniquely identifies the namespace. Must be the following: https://www.microsoft.com/schemas/openservicedescription/1.0 The OpenService Accelerator schema.

xmlns:os

sNamespace

Yes

The URN that uniquely identifies the namespace. Must be the following:

https://www.microsoft.com/schemas/openservicedescription/1.0

The OpenService Accelerator schema.

Child elements

Element
os:activity
os:display
os:homepageUrl

Child element sequence

os:displayos:homepageUrlos:activity

Parent elements

There are no parent elements.

Examples

The following OpenService Accelerator file describes an email service. The Accelerator is available in both document and selection contexts.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<openServiceDescription
    xmlns="https://www.microsoft.com/schemas/openservicedescription/1.0">
  <homepageUrl>http://mail.example.com</homepageUrl>
  <display>
    <name>Send with MyMail</name>
    <icon>http://www.example.com/favicon.ico</icon>
  </display>
  <action category="send">
    <activityAction context="document">
      <execute method="get" action="https://mail.example.com/mail">
        <parameter name="subject" value="{documentTitle}" />
        <parameter name="body" value="{documentUrl}" />
      </execute>
    </activityAction>
    <activityAction context="selection">
      <execute method="get" action="https://mail.example.com/mail">
        <parameter name="subject" value="{documentTitle}" />
        <parameter name="body" value="{selection}" />
      </execute>
    </activityAction>
  </activity>
</serviceDescription>

Element information

Minimum supported system	Windows XP with SP2
Can be empty	No