channel

A content channel — typically a YouTube channel. Videos are uploaded to channels.

Metadata	Value
Plural	`channels`
Identity	`platform`, `id`

Fields

Field	Type
`banner`	`url`

Relation	Target
`platform`	`product`

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ActivityStreams 2.0 Collection — A channel is a platform-specific Collection of media items. Our banner is channel branding; AS2 doesn’t model that directly.
YouTube Data API — Channel resource — Practical source. Our channel id/banner map to YouTube’s channelId and brandingSettings.image.bannerExternalUrl.
RSS 2.0 — Original “channel” concept — a grouped feed with title, image, and items. Our channel is the same pattern for video.