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Working Structure
The Committees, Working Parties and Working Groups of the IPTC are the backbone of the organisation. This page describes what each group contributes to the work of the IPTC.
The Committees conduct IPTC's activities at a more global level and are responsible for the business of the company.
The Working Parties are responsible for the development of specific technical matters. For some specific sub-area of work a Working Group takes a responsibilty.
Please click on the diagram below for navigating to the corresponding group:
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EventsML-G2 Maintenance Working Group
| Objectives | To create and maintain EventsML-G2 as XML-based news exchange format standard which is made for conveying event information in a news industry. This Working Group is part of News Content Working Party. | |||||
| Related standard | EventsML-G2 - see web site | |||||
| Related electronic forum | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eventsml-g2 | |||||
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Board of Directors
| Objectives | To take responsibility for the organisation as a whole and to develop the guidelines for the work of the IPTC. | ||||||||||||||||
| Related standard | all | ||||||||||||||||
| Related electronic forum | NA | ||||||||||||||||
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News Codes Working Party
| Objectives | The maintenance of all IPTC metadata controlled vocabularies branded as NewsCodes and the creation of new ones when required. | ||
| Related standard | The IPTC NewsCodes - see web site | ||
| Related electronic forum | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newscodes | ||
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News Exchange Formats Maintenance Working Party
| Objectives | Maintenance and further development of all IPTC News Exchange Format standards ... see next line: |
| Related standard | EventsML-G2, NewsML-G2, NewsML 1, NITF |
| Related electronic forum | see the forums of the standards in the corresponding tables |
| WP Leads | The team of the Leads of the NewsML-G2, the EventsML-G2, the NITF and the NewsML1 Working Groups |
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NewsML 1 Maintenance Working Group
| Objectives | Promote the use of NewsML as the standard packaging and syndication mechanism for multimedia news, by maintaining requirements and functional specifications, and specifying implementation guidelines and best practices. This WG drives the future enhancements of the NewsML 1 standard and offers support to NewsML 1 users via an electronic forum. | ||
| Related standard | NewsML versions 1.x - see web site | ||
| Related electronic forum | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newsml | ||
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NewsML-G2 Maintenance Working Group
| Objectives | To develop and maintain NewsML-G2 as a standard to mark up any kind of general news content. | ||
| Related standard | NewsML-G2 - see web site | ||
| Related electronic forum | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newsml-g2 | ||
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NITF Maintenance Working Group
| Objectives | Maintenance and further development of the News Industry Text Format (NITF) | ||||
| Related standard | NITF - see web site | ||||
| Related electronic forum | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nitf | ||||
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Photo Metadata Working Group
| Objectives | * The goal of this WG is to act as a special interest group regarding all photo metadata issues of the IPTC. * The work is not focused on a single standard but will support all current IPTC standards in all photo related areas. * The work done will cover in particular supporting the development and maintenance of generic IPTC metadata standards, the development of specific photo metadata standards and acting as a standing group of experts to respond to issues raised by external parties. | ||||
| Related standard | IPTC Photo Metadata: IPTC Core and IPTC Extension see web site | ||||
| Related electronic forum | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iptc-photometadata | ||||
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Public Relations Committee
| Objectives | To cover all aspects of IPTC's public relations. | ||
| Related standard | none - and all | ||
| Related electronic forum | none | ||
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Rights Expressions WG
| Objectives | Development of means for expressing rights associated with news content. | ||||
| Related standard | RightsML | ||||
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Semantic Web Working Group
| Objectives | An initative to reconcile Semantic Web technologies with publishing and exchanging news. | ||
| Related standard | none | ||
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Sports Content Working Party
| Objectives | The goal of the Working Party is to identify common problems and areas of cooperation related to sport content. Specifically: • Develop, maintain and promote the SportsML-G2 standard • Support the development and implementation of other IPTC standards in areas relevant to sport • Incorporate or develop other appropriate standards • Act as a standing group of experts to respond to issues raised by external parties | ||||
| Related standard | SportsML - see www.sportsml.org | ||||
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Standards Committee
| Objectives | The Standards Committee is IPTC's body for formal approval of all standards and acts as steering group for the technical development of new standards and the ongoing review of all standards in use. | ||
| Related standard | all IPTC standards | ||
| Related electronic forum | no specific one | ||
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