schema.org has added support for rNews, a standard for embedding news publishing metadata into web pages developed by the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC). With this addition, online publishers can now implement IPTC rNews using an approach supported by the Google, Bing and Yahoo! search engines. Moreover, current implementers of schema.org markup now have access to a powerful new set of news- and publishing-specific properties. [Press release >>>]
Image Metadata Handbook + Manifesto
Metadata is a key driver for the photo and video media business and needs to be handled carefully and to be preserved. To emphasize its long-standing goal the IPTC has released two documents at the Photo Metadata Conference on 20 May 2011 in Istanbul:
* The Embedded Metadata Manifesto declares five principles for how metadata should be embedded and preserved in digital media files. All related businesses are invited to support it.
* The CEPIC/IPTC Image Metadata Handbook provides comprehensive guidelines for a proper management of metadata and corresponding workflows.The Handbook can be downloaded for free.
* The Embedded Metadata Manifesto declares five principles for how metadata should be embedded and preserved in digital media files. All related businesses are invited to support it.
* The CEPIC/IPTC Image Metadata Handbook provides comprehensive guidelines for a proper management of metadata and corresponding workflows.The Handbook can be downloaded for free.
G2 Scheme Browser for NewsCodes available
The IPTC G2 Scheme Browser is a Java software for downloading and locally viewing and managing the IPTC NewsCodes. You can download the software and use it for free.
The package includes the Java software plus XSLTs for transforming the NewsCodes vocabularies into widely used formats like CSV and RDF (XML and Turtle).
The package includes the Java software plus XSLTs for transforming the NewsCodes vocabularies into widely used formats like CSV and RDF (XML and Turtle).
IPTC NewsCodes in Semantic Web formats
To better integrate with the Semantic Web in general and with Linked Data in particular the IPTC NewsCodes vocabularies are available in RDF/XML and RDF/Turtle format now, both use W3C's SKOS to organise the concepts. See how IPTC NewsCodes in these formats can be retrieved.