NITF Core The core schema for the News Industry Text Format. Date of creation of this XML Schema document version: 2012-01-12 (xml_lang error fixed) An XML-specific identifier for the element. An XML-specific identifier for the element. An open placeholder for categorization. An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Language value governed by RFC3066. Example: en-US. Alignment of text in the cell or column group. HTML formatting attribute. HTML formatting attribute. Vertical alignment of text in the cell or column group. Extension point for provider-defined properties from other namespaces Partial description The root element for NITF. Full description News Industry Text Format instance. Holds head and body. Extension point for provider-defined properties from other namespaces The universally unique identifier for the document. This DTD's formal public identifier. Date when this DTD was last changed. Time when this DTD was last changed. Base language for document. Uses en-US (per ISO 639 and 3166). An open placeholder for categorization. Partial description Holds metadata about the document as a whole. Full description Generally does not hold information for direct display to user. Portions of the metadata, though, are often rendered to augment an article. Partial description Document Title. Full description Often displayed within a result-list after a search finds this article. Partial description A construct for sending generic metadata. Full description Normally is undisplayed. Partial description Subject code. Full description Used to identify the type of the news material, based on a Subject Code system. Partial description IIM Record 2 Data Container. Full description Location for IIM Record 2 DataSet information. Partial description Document metadata. Full description Container for metadata information about this particular document. Partial description Information about specific instance of an item's publication. Full description Contains metadata about how the particular news object was used in a specific instance. Partial description Information about the creative history of the document; also used as an audit trail. Full description Includes who made changes, when the changes were made, and why. Extension point for provider-defined properties from other namespaces Partial description Document Title. Full description Often displayed within a result-list after a search finds this article. A categorization for title. (Controlled vocabulary.) Partial description A construct for sending generic metadata. Full description Normally is undisplayed. HTTP response header name. Name used for this piece of metadata. Content associated with the specified name. Partial description Subject code. Full description Used to identify the type of the news material, based on a Subject Code system. Expanded from News, Data, and Advisory. See NewsML topic set. Partial description Subject code property. Full description Assigns a property to the object type. Includes such items as analysis, feature, and obituary. Partial description Assigns subject information to news material based on a Subject Code system. Full description A three-tiered hierarchy consisting of broad subjects, secondary topics (Subject Matter), and tertiary topics (Subject Detail). Information provider reference. Eight-digit reference number for all three levels. Three-letter code for the subject type. This attribute is deprecated. First-tier subject description. Second-tier subject description. Third-tier subject description. Partial description IIM Record 2 Data Container. Full description Location for IIM Record 2 DataSet information. IIM version number. Partial description IIM Record 2 dataset information. Full description IIM Record 2 dataset information (Record 2 Only). IIM field number. IIM field value. Partial description Document metadata. Full description Container for metadata information about this particular document. Extension point for provider-defined properties from other namespaces Defines whether this document is a cancellation of a previous doc, and other news management properties. Allowed values are usable,embargoed,withheld,canceled. Used in conjunction with management-status. Details which document the current one is an update to, etc. When a management-doc-idref is specified, this attribute contains the new status for that referenced document. Allowed values are usable,embargoed,withheld,canceled. Partial description Correction information. Full description Indicates that the item is a correction to a previously published document. Contains actual message or instructions regarding the correction. Document identification string, such as UNO or doc-id. Identifies the source of the correction. Partial description Event location. Full description Where an event took place (as opposed to where the story was written). Country code as specified in ISO 3166. State or province where the event occurred. County or district name. City or municipality name. Partial description Registered identification for document. Full description Character string that provides a unique, persistent identification for a document. Identifies the source of the document or action. Document identification string. Partial description Delivery trail of delivery services. Full description Holds an ordered list of the distribution services that have been involved in the delivery of the document. Partial description Delivery service identifier. Full description Identifier used to track the transmission path of the document throughout the delivery process. The entity moving the document. The position in the transmission path that the src-name occurred. Partial description News importance. Full description Can be used to set the priority for distribution but does not set the actual distribution priority. 1=most, 5=normal, 8=least. Partial description Specification for named document, such as Heard on the Street or On Language. Full description Provides a consistent reference to a document whose content is refreshed periodically. The name of the fixture. Partial description Date/time document was issued. Full description If not provided, it is assumed to be on receipt. Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available. Before the HHMM time, the - or + character may be used. Partial description Date/time document is available to be released. Full description If not provided, it is assumed to be on receipt. Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDDT000000-HHMM when no time is available Partial description Date/time at which the document has no validity. Full description If not provided, it is assumed to be infinity. Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available Partial description Indicates an area where the document may be of interest. Full description Where a non-category interest may be specified. These are often geographic in origin, such as Pacific Northwest. Halfway between a Keyword and a Category. Partial description Series information. Full description Identification of an article within a series of related articles. The name of the series. Numeric order of this article within the series. Total or expected number of articles in the series; use 0 if unknown or indefinite. Partial description Non-publishable editorial message from provider or editor of item. Full description Place where an information provider can send a note to the editor about the contents of the story. The type of message. Providers are urged to use consistent values. Contains the actual message for the editorial message. Partial description Dynamic Use Key, created daily. Has tree structure indicated by defined form. Full description Provides a mechanism for grouping and updating versions of stories. The du-key is unique to a story during a period fixed by the provider. After the time has elapsed, the reference is available for reuse. Number indicating the du-key generation level. This number increments with each instance of a story that uses the same du-key. The part within the dynamic use key structure. Version of a particular use of the dynamic-use key. Contains the actual key value. Partial description Copyright information for document header. Full description A metadata location for the information about the year and holder of the document copyright. This information should be consistant with information in the copyrite tag. Year of the document copyright. Holder of the copyright. Partial description Rights information for use of the document. Full description Used when the rights holder is not the same as the copyright holder. This information should be consistant with that in the series of rights tags. The owner of the specified rights. For asserted rights. Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available For specified document rights. Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available The rights agent. Geographic area where rights are asserted. Coded location from standard list. Source of coded list information. Kind of rights being asserted. Limitations associated with document rights. Partial description List of keywords. Full description Holds a list of keywords about the document. Partial description Keyword. Can also be a phrase. Full description Holds the keyword or phrase itself. The actual keyword. Partial description Holds content identifiers that can apply to document as a whole. Full description The elements this holds also appear in paragraphs. Note that its children should be EMPTY Partial description Information about specific instance of an item's publication. Full description Contains metadata about how the particular news object was used in a specific instance. Transport medium, such as print, streaming video or broadcast. Length of the item; see also unit-of-measure. Measure associated with the length of the item; see also item-length. Sample values include word, character, byte, inch, pica, cm, hour, minute, second, other. For date object was used. Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available Title of the publication. The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) of the publication in which the news object occurred. Volume of the publication in which the information appeared. Publication number, often associated with a volume number. The name of the issue of the publication where the news object occurred. Examples include June, fall, Olympic Special, year-end, etc. Name of the edition in which the news object was distributed. Area / zone where news object was distributed. Named section of a publication where a news object appeared, such as Science, Sports, Weekend, etc. Where a news object appeared among a list of items; often the page number. External reference to the rendering of the news object as published, in the form of a URL or URN. Partial description Information about the creative history of the document; also used as an audit trail. Full description Includes who made changes, when the changes were made, and why. Name of the person who made the revision (usually editor or reporter). Job function of individual performing revision. Date of the revision. Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available Reason for the revision. Partial description The content portion of the NITF document. Full description All items within body are meant for display to the user. Partial description Metadata intended to be displayed to the reader. Full description Holds content such as headline, byline, etc. Extension point for provider-defined properties from other namespaces Partial description Container for main headline and subheadlines. Full description Provides a generally-dependable component for display in search results. Partial description Headline 1 (main-headline). Full description The primary headline of the story. Partial description Headline 2 (sub-headline) Full description A subordinate headline for the article. Partial description Document cautionary note. Full description Potentially publishable. The class of note. Copyright, endnote, etc. (Controlled vocabulary.) Standards, Publishable Advisory, Non-Publishable Advisory. Partial description Information on rights holder. Full description Rights to news material other than the copyrights, such as archival, syndication, or distribution. Partial description Rights owner Full description Owner of the rights to the material. Contact information for the owner. Partial description Rights start date. Full description Initial reference date for material rights. Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available Partial description Rights end date. Full description Terminal reference date for material rights. Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available Partial description Rights agent. Full description Name of the agent that holds the rights to the material. Contact information for the agent. Partial description Area to which rights apply. Full description A geographic area. Coded location from standard list. Source for the location code. Partial description Type of rights claimed. Full description Type of material rights claimed (such as distribution). Partial description Limitations (exclusive / nonexclusive) of rights. Full description Limitation on use of material rights. Partial description Container for byline information. Full description Can either be structured with direct specification of the responsible person / entity and their title or unstructured text can be provided. Partial description Byline title. Often contains an organization. Full description Title of the person, or entity associated with the byline and a specified person. Partial description Information distributor. Full description May or may not be the owner or creator. Partial description Container for dateline information. Full description The date and location where the story was created. Partial description Date of story. Full description Printable date. Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available Partial description Story abstract Full description summary or synopsis of the contents of the document. Partial description Container for copyright information. Full description A displayable statement about who owns the copyright to the article. Partial description Copyright year Full description The year the copyright ownership was established. Partial description Copyright holder. Full description The name of the holder of the copyright. Partial description Actual body content. Full description Holds paragraphs, lists, tables, media, and other containers. Partial description A group of related containers. Full description This container can be used to organize a set of related containers, such as a sidebar. Extension point for provider-defined properties from other namespaces Partial description Paragraph. Full description An organized set of sentences. Indicates that the paragraph is the lead paragraph(s) to the news object. Either true or false. Indicates that the associated paragraphs form a summary. Either true or false. Indicates that the paragraph could be considered optional. Either true or false. Partial description Table of data. Full description Form is like the form of HTML tables. Holds style information. Where the table should appear with respect to surrounding text. (Controlled vocabulary.) Width of the table, in pixels. Number of columns in the table. Describes how the border (if any) should be rendered. Specification of which parts of the frame around the table should be rendered. Indicates the use of rules/lines between rows and columns. A measurement of the number of pixels between cells. A measurement of the number of pixels between a cell's border and its text. Partial description Generalized media object. Full description Used to package up a reference to an image, audio, video, etc. with its caption and credit. Extension point for provider-defined properties from other namespaces text | audio | image | video | data | application | other (Controlled vocabulary.) Partial description Reference to an external media object, OR to its following media-object. Full description Points to any object, such as photo, audio, video and text; or to executable files. URL or other unique ID for external media file. Alternate name or description of the object. Mime-type for the external media file. How the information is coded. Length of time that the media file plays. Units in which the time attribute is measured. Provides information about the spoken information that ends an audio clip. Indicates the source of the information. Copyright owner. Plain-text description that can serve as a substitute for the media object. Height of the media object. Width of the media object. Units used for width and height. Default is pixels. Indication for whether the media object has an affiliated imagemap. Indicates if information can flow around figure. Alternative, though discouraged, way to store ID for external media file. Partial description Generic metadata placeholder. Full description Used when the attributes of media-reference do not suffice. Name of the metadata item. Value of the metadata item. Partial description Inline media data. Full description Holds binary information, or some other encoded format. Format the encoded data is in. Partial description Text describing media. Full description Often rendered beneath a photo or video. Partial description Byline of media producer. Full description Also used as a credit for the media. Partial description Ordered list. Full description Holds list items. Sequence number within an ordered list. Partial description Unordered list. Full description Holds list items. Partial description List item. Full description Holds content that is presented within a list. Partial description Definition list. Full description Holds terms and their definitions. Partial description Definition term. Full description Holds the content that is to be defined. Partial description Definition data. Full description Holds the definition of the term. Partial description Block quote. Full description An extended quotation. Directive not to wrap text in the cell. Source of a quote. Partial description Names the source of the block quote. Full description Provides attribution for a block quote. Partial description Footnote. Full description Notes that are often rendered at the end of a document. Partial description Preformatted information. Full description Carriage returns and fixed-width spacing should be maintained. Partial description Horizontal rule. Full description A rendered divider between sections of text. Partial description Source of the information grouped in a block element. Full description Cites the source of block content. Allowed only at end of block. Partial description Text for the caption of a table. Full description Appears only within the table element. Alignment of the text in the caption. Partial description Column. Full description Used to specify formatting for a table column. Number of columns a header cell spans. Width of the column, in pixels. Partial description Column group. Full description Used to specify formatting for a table column. Partial description Table heading. Full description Used to group rows that can consistently be displayed atop a table. Partial description Table body. Full description Holds the bulk of the data rows of a table. Partial description Table footer. Full description Used to group rows that can consistently be displayed below a table. Partial description Table row. Full description Holds cells of a table. Partial description Table header cell. Full description Holds content intended to be a label. HTML formatting attribute. HTML formatting attribute. Directive not to wrap text in the cell. Number of horizontal rows a cell spans. Number of vertical columns a cell spans. Partial description Table data cell. Full description Holds content intended to be data. HTML formatting attribute. HTML formatting attribute. Directive not to wrap text in the cell. Number of horizontal rows a cell spans. Number of vertical columns a cell spans. Partial description Date and time. Full description Used to normalize inline date and time references. Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available Partial description An event. Full description An activity that is considered newsworthy. When the event is set to start. Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available When the event is set to end. Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available The source (taxonomy) for the element's value attribute. The code or symbol for the element. Partial description Role played by a person. Full description Can be either a description, such as interior decorator, or a formal title, such as president, chairman, owner, captain, manager. The source (taxonomy) for the element's value attribute. The code or symbol for the element. Partial description Significant place mentioned in an article. Full description Used to normalize locations. The code or symbol for the element. The source (taxonomy) for the element's location-code. Partial description Named region within city or state. Full description Generic holder for more detailed location information. The code or symbol for the element. The source (taxonomy) for the element's location-code. Partial description City, town, village, etc. Full description Used to normalize city, town names. The code or symbol for the element. The source (taxonomy) for the element's city-code. Partial description State or province or region. Full description Used to normalize these locations. The code or symbol for the element. The source (taxonomy) for the element's state-code. Partial description Geographic area. Full description Used to normalize regions. The code or symbol for the element. The source (taxonomy) for the element's region-code. Partial description Geographic area with a government. Full description Used to normalize countries. Country code as specified in ISO 3166. Partial description Monetary item. Full description Used to identify units of money. The currency used. Date when this currency value was quoted. Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available Partial description Numeric data. Full description Used to normalize numbers. Units the number is in. Character used to separate decimalized portion. Character to separate thousands groups. Partial description Fraction. Full description Separates the numerator from the denominator. Partial description Fraction numerator. Full description The top part of a fraction. Partial description Fraction separator. Full description Holds the preferred character, normally a slash. Partial description Fraction denominator. Full description The bottom part of a fraction. Partial description Subscript. Full description Generally rendered in small type and vertically aligned lower than the main text. Partial description Superscript. Full description Generally rendered in small type and vertically aligned higher than the main text. Partial description Title of inline object such as book, song, artwork, etc. Full description Used to normalize these values. The source (taxonomy) for the element's value. Partial description Organization. Full description Used for companies (both private and public) and non-profits. The source (taxonomy) for the element's value. The code or symbol for the element. Partial description An alternate symbol for the phrase. Full description Used when an item has more than one symbol behind it. The source (taxonomy) for the element's value. An alternate code or symbol for the element. Partial description Human individual. Full description Used to normalize people. If person has one name, like Cher or Madonna, use name.given. The source (taxonomy) for the element's value. The code or symbol for the element. either male or female Partial description Given name. Full description In the U.S., the first name of an individual. Also used if person has only one name. Partial description Family name. Full description In the U.S., the last name of an individual. Partial description Mailing address. Full description Used to deliver mail. Partial description Virtual Location. Full description A location in cyberspace. The source (taxonomy) for the element's value attribute. The code or symbol for the element. Partial description Anchor for hypertext links. Full description Allows users to traverse to other documents. URL for where the hypertext anchor leads. Alternate name or description of the link, such as Link to News Item. Specifies the relationship from the source to the target. Specifies the relationship from the target to the source. Title for the document to be linked to. Partial description Forced line break. Full description Often used within headlines. Partial description Emphasis. Full description Can be rendered as bold, italics, or another style. Partial description Language identifier. Full description Used to separate inline changes of language. The source (taxonomy) for the element's value attribute. Often: ISO 639/RFC 1766. The code or symbol for the element. Example: fr-ca. Partial description Pronunciation Information. Full description Used to elaborate on how a term is spoken. Source used to create pronunciation. Phonetic pronunciation of an phrase. Partial description Quotation. Full description Words directly attributed to an individual. Who said or wrote the quotation. Partial description Person or organization to whom the postal item is being sent. Full description Used in a postal address. Partial description Poste restante. Full description An alternative receiver of the postal item. Partial description Street, PO Box No. Full description Precise point of delivery. Coded location for a delivery point. Source of coded list information. Partial description Postal code. Full description Used by postal agency to improve delivery efficiency. Source of coded list information. Partial description Postal city or town. Full description Where the post office is located. Coded location of office from referenced coded source. Source of coded list information. Partial description Information at the end of an article body Full description Holds a tagline and/or a bibliography. Extension point for provider-defined properties from other namespaces Partial description A byline at the end of a story. Full description Example: Stuart Myles contributed to this article. Standard, publishable-advisory, non-publishable advisory. Partial description Free-form bibliographic data. Full description Used to elaborate on the source of information. Partial description Generic holder for metadata. Could be used by researchers and archivists to qualify documents. Full description May be used inline (as localized phrase, atop a block (as localized section), or in docdata (for document as a whole). Type of classifier. Example is concept. The source (taxonomy) for the element's value. The code or symbol for the element. Partial description A holder for a table, and content-filled metadata. Full description May contain the classic NITF table, or a custom table. Partial description A holder for a namespaced XML fragment for custom-tagged data, or for an alternative set of non-parser-breaking content. Full description Used when publisher wants to surround the fragment with NITF metadata. Partial description A pointer to a table that is elsewhere in the document. Full description Can be used when the table is buried deep inside the included namespaced fragment. Holds an ID for the actual table. Partial description A holder for a namespaced XML fragment for custom-tagged data. Full description Used when publisher wants to surround the fragment with NITF metadata. A further refinement of the class attribute. The source (taxonomy) for the element's value attribute. The code or symbol for the particular table. Measure of finality of the values of the table. Interim is the end of a logical break. snap-shot is any point in time. Number of columns in the entire table. Number of rows in the entire table. Partial description Textual description of the table. Full description May describe intent of table and how it may be represented. Should be managed like a non-publishable editors note. Partial description A collection of nitf-col elements. Full description Used when table repeats columns of a particular type. The source (taxonomy) for the element's value attribute. The code or symbol for the particular column. Indicates how many times the colgroup occurs. Default is 1. Partial description A holder for a namespaced XML fragment for custom-tagged data. Full description Used when publisher wants to surround the fragment with NITF metadata. The source (taxonomy) for the element's value attribute. The code or symbol for the particular column. Indicates how many times the col occurs. Default is 1. The general type of data within the column. An expanded definition of the data, based on the data-type.