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Specification

The IPTC specifies for EventsML-G2:

  • A data model
  • A set of properties to hold the structured information about an event
  • A comprehensive set of metadata properties to describe and categorize the event properly in a news exchange environment
  • A technical implementation of the specifications into XML Schema

Latest version 2.9

Version 2.9 (released November 2011) is the annual update and provides a couple of improved details.

Note: from this release on the specification and documentation packages of EventsML-G2 and NewsML-G2 have been merged into one. That is also the reason for jumping in version numbering of EventsML-G2 from 1.6 to 2.9 which aligns with NewsML-G2 version numbering.

More information on the latest Catalog file of IPTC's controlled vocabularies for EventsML-G2 can be found on this page

Prior versions

Version 1.6 (released February 2011)

Version 1.6 was an annual update.

Full EventsML-G2 1.6 specification and documentation zip-package with XML Schemas (including all corresponding G2 News Architecture XML Schema files), the "G2 Implementation Guide" and some examples
 DOWNLOAD>

Version 1.3 (released December 2009)

Version 1.3 was annual update.

Full EventsML-G2 1.3 specification and documentation zip-package with XML Schemas (including all corresponding G2 News Architecture XML Schema files), the full specification documents (PDF), the "G2 Guidelines for Implementers" and some examples: DOWNLOAD>

Version 1.1 (released November 2008)

Version 1.1  is a minor update, the news coverage planning was extended by a set of structured properties.

On 31 March 2009 the XML Schema files were updated to fix minor errors and version 1.1 specification documents were made available.

  • Full EventsML-G2 1.1 specification zip-package with XML Schemas, the specification document (PDF), the "G2 Guidelines for Implementers" and some examples (including all corresponding G2 NewsArchitecture XML Schema files)
     DOWNLOAD

Version 1.0 (released March 2008)

The available specification files can be found in this server folder.
 

EVENTSML-G2 IN A NUTSHELL

Latest version

Version 1.6 - published in February 2011

See the Specification and Documentation tabs in the navigation bar on the top of this page to download the latest files.

NEW Guidelines

A 250 page "G2 Implementation Guide" document is available for download - see Documentation tab.

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