Users of SportsML 2.1 can elect to create and share standalone SportsML files, or they can include their SportsML as part of IPTC G2 structures.

The IPTC's G2 Standard provides a unified framework for packaging and exchanging news content. It specifies a standard model for news metadata regardless of the content or media type. G2 has powerful taxonomy management, better interactivity among IPTC standards (SportsML, EventsML and NITF), and flexibility regarding level of implementation. For more information visit the IPTC's G2 Standards Home Page.

A SportsML 2.x G2 Compliance Guide has been provided that explains how SportsML fits into this larger body of work.

• SportsML DTD Documentation
  
  
  • "SportsML At-A-Glance" Graphic
    
    
  • Dynamic Documentation of all elements and attributes
    (Viewable only in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 & later.)
    
    
  • Standard Documentation of all elements and attributes
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• NITF: News Industry Text Format
  The recommended text format for sports articles.

NEW (March 2009):
The "G2 Guide for Implementers": a 170 page document which explains how SportsML-G2, NewsML-G2 or EventsML-G2 can easily be used by newspapers, news agencies, news web sites and news system vendors. Plus a set of example XML files. Both can be downloaded in one package.