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The latest version of our standards and recent news
IPTC STANDARDS UPDATE
| 7 Dec 2009 | EventsML-G2 1.3: the annual update of the standard for exchanging event and coverage planning data - DOWNLOAD - more in the EventsML-G2 section |
| 7 Dec 2009 | NewsML-G2 2.4: the annual update of the standard for exchanging multimedia news and packages thereof - DOWNLOAD - more in NewsML-G2 section |
| 1 Dec 2009 | NITF Version 3.5 released: an update of the standard for marking up textual news content. Find more in the NITF section |
| 2 Nov 2009 | SportsML-G2 Version 2.1 spec documents updated: Find more in the SportsML section |
| 9 Jul 2009 | IPTC Photo Metadata Standard specification released, including IPTC Core 1.1 and IPTC Extension 1.1. Available for DOWNLOAD |
| 30 Apr 2009 | IPTC released two new NewsCodes vocabularies:one to identify the major World Regions and another one for EventsML-G2 to communicate the intended news coverage of an event. |
New Mirror is available
The latest issue of our bi-monthly newsletter Mirror is out and covers:
- IPTC 7901: IPTC's standard for plain text articles still widely used and turning 30
- NewsML 1.2 adopted as national standard in Korea
- IPTC Spring Meeting preview
Download and read it.
Update of G2-Standards and NITF
The IPTC released updates of a couple of its standards in December:
- NewsML-G2, the standard for exchanging multimedia news and packages thereof, was updated to version 2.4
- EventsML-G2, the standard for exchanging event and coverage planning data, was updated to version 1.3
- NITF, the standard for article markup, was updated to version 3.5
Annual report Spectrum 2009 is out
Here it is again: our annual report Spectrum 2009 provides a comprehensive overview of what the IPTC achieved from summer 2008 to summer 2009. The 16 pages document is available for download.
The Spectrum covers the latest public release of the G2-Standards, the work on the Media Topics NewsCodes, provides an overview of all IPTC Working Parties and gives good reasons for becoming an IPTC member.
Enjoy it - and send any comments on our work by using the Contact form.
Newspaper Terms of North America document
Membership Q&A
Photo Metadata Conference 2009
"Metadata in a Multimedia World": This was the title of the 3rd international Photo Metadata Conference which was held on Thursday, 4 June 2009 - in Dresden, Germany
... with speakers from Corbis, Adobe, SAA, epa ...
Details can be obtained from the Conference website.
It is organized by the IPTC and Ifra and held in conjunction with the CEPIC Congress.
In 2009 the Photo Metadata Conference had a focus on the use of metadata across the boundaries of the traditional photo business, extending primarily into the video content business. Driven by the requirements of web publishers the exchange of visual media using photos, graphics and video the area of "visual content" is merging into a single business. What does this mean for those who have a stake in this business across media types, do we have to go back to the drawing board to create a new set of common metadata?