Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to help readers understand a number of key topics related to Time-Addressable Media Store (TAMS):

• What is a Time-Addressable Media Store (TAMS)
• Why use TAMS and the benefits it can bring
• How the data model in TAMS works
• Using TAMS to create, read and delete content
• How editing by reference works in TAMS
• How time based metadata and TAMS fit together
• Resources that are available from AWS to get started
  • The Open Source API implementation
  • The TAMS Tools to help with getting started
  • A set of sample scripts for working with TAMS
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Glossary of terms

This guide is not meant to replace the main TAMS specification on Github, rather complement it as a user guide. The specification repository contains a number of App Notes which provide technical details on a number of specific topics.

It should be noted that where there are differences between this guide and the specification and app notes, the specification Github repository should be taken as the definitive source of information.