NewsML is an XML standard designed to provide a media-independent, structural framework for multi-media news. NewsML was developed by — and is a registered trademark of — theIPTC. It is structure based, leaving layout and other presentational features to style sheets and other presentation languages such as XHTML or SMIL.It has also been adopted as Japanese Industry Standard (JIS) X7201:2005.
Although superseded in 2008 by NewsML-G2, NewsML 1 (as the original NewsML is now known) remains popular outside North America (especially in Asia) and is still supported by the IPTC.
NewsML 1 is the first design of the NewsML approach to exchange news. It was adopted by big news agencies around the globe and is still in use.NewsML 1 was released first in 2000, the current version is 1.2 of 2003. NewsML 1.x versions can be applied at all stages in the (electronic) news lifecycle.
Typical use would include:
- in and between editorial systems
- between news agencies and their customers
- between publishers and news aggregators
- and between news service providers and end users.
Because it is intended for use in electronic production, delivery and archiving it does not include specific provision for traditional paper-based publishing, though formats intended for this purpose - such as the News Industry Text Format (NITF)- can be accommodated. Similarly it is not primarily intended for use in editing or creating news content, though it may be used as a basis for systems doing this.
News exchange is a method of conveying not only the core news content, but also data that describe th content in an abstract way, information about how to handle news in an appropriate way, information about the packaging of news information, and finally information about the technical transfer itself.
As I am not a full time student of Computers, I was not privy to these technical details. Thanks to wikipedia and the IPTC Web I was able to compile this information and bring it out to everyone!
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