hNews Martin Moore, Director, Media Standards Trust martin.moore@mediastandardstrust.org
No date or time that it was published No information on when it was last updated No byline Nothing to distinguish the article as news No license linked to the article No geotag
No date or time that it was published No information on when it was last updated No byline Nothing to distinguish the article as news No license linked to the article No geotag Even if these are visible to the reader – they are almost certainly not machine-readable
Why is this bad? News is atomizing
Without some embedded information about their provenance news articles are of less value to people – and to you
hNews is a solution to this problem Straightforward way of embedding the basic info associated with the provenance of an article – in a consistent, machine readable way Automated Universal open standard Free!
Helps you syndicate your content
Over 250 US news sites have integrated hNews
You can find more out at: http://valueaddednews.org http:// microformats.org/wiki/hnews You can contact me at Email: martin.moore@mediastandardstrust.org Twitter: @martinjemoore