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+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>
+ * 2000,2004 Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>
+ *
+ * gstelementmetadata.h: Metadata for GstElement classes
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_H__
+#define __GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_H__
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/**
+ * GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_LONGNAME:
+ *
+ * The long English name of the element. E.g. "File Sink"
+ */
+#define GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_LONGNAME "long-name"
+/**
+ * GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_KLASS:
+ *
+ * String describing the type of element, as an unordered list
+ * separated with slashes ('/'). See draft-klass.txt of the design docs
+ * for more details and common types. E.g: "Sink/File"
+ */
+#define GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_KLASS "klass"
+
+/**
+ * GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_DESCRIPTION:
+ *
+ * Sentence describing the purpose of the element.
+ * E.g: "Write stream to a file"
+ */
+#define GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_DESCRIPTION "description"
+/**
+ * GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_AUTHOR:
+ *
+ * Name and contact details of the author(s). Use \n to separate
+ * multiple author details.
+ * E.g: "Joe Bloggs &lt;joe.blogs at foo.com&gt;"
+ */
+#define GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_AUTHOR "author"
+
+/**
+ * GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_DOC_URI:
+ *
+ * Set uri pointing to user documentation. Applications can use this to show
+ * help for e.g. effects to users.
+ */
+#define GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_DOC_URI "doc-uri"
+/**
+ * GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_ICON_NAME:
+ *
+ * Elements that bridge to certain other products can include an icon of that
+ * used product. Application can show the icon in menus/selectors to help
+ * identifying specific elements.
+ */
+#define GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_ICON_NAME "icon-name"
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* __GST_ELEMENT_METADATA_H__ */