NewsML Fantast (Min - Che Ho) Department of Computer Science National Cheng-Chi University

Outline  History  What is NewsML  Why NewsML  News Items  Features  Conclusions

History Discussions start in Reuters – Jo Rabin publishes NewsML internally July 2000 Oct 2000 Reuters submits Requirements Specifications for NewsML to the IPTC IPTC forms steering and working groups to develop functional specifications and DTD for NewsML IPTC accepts NewsML version 1.0 beta IPTC general meeting

What is NewsML  NewsML is an XML  NewsML is media independent  NewsML is an Information Wrapper and Management Tool

Why NewsML Publisher GIF, JPEG, NSK-TIFF etc AVI, AU, WAV etc. MPEG etc. DOC, HTML etc. JPEG, GIF etc.

What NewsML Can Help?

News Item

Features  All formats and media types recognized equally  Facilitates the development of news items  Named relationships between news items  Alternative representations of the same part  Explicit inclusion, inclusion by reference and exclusion of parts and alternatives

All formats and media types recognized equally  NewsML provides a structure  NewsML makes no assumption  Equally represent  Any medium can be the main part of news

Facilitates the development of news items  Additions  Revisions  Corrections  Different components have different production delays The mayor of a Japanese island hit by a series of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes urged most of its remaining residents Thursday to leave, although he stopped short of issuing an all-out evacuation. - Aug 31 6:55 AM ET Japanese authorities on Friday ordered the evacuation of all remaining residents on a small island south of Tokyo after experts warned that its volcano looked set for another major eruption. - Sep 01 2:05 AM ET The complete evacuation of a volcano-struck island south of Tokyo started Saturday as experts warned of a possible cataclysmic eruption. - Sep 02 5:31 AM ET

Named relationships between news items

Alternative representations of the same part

Example – Concorde crash  Multiple formats  Multiple revisions  Story evolved over time  International and Local audiences (Germany, France) French investigators released August 31, 2000 a preliminary report including a picture of a metal strip, probably from another plane, which was found on the runway at Paris' Roissy airport following the horrific crash of an Air France Concorde jet in July. (Reuters) Sep 01 9:11 PM ET

Language: English Context: Crash Relates to: Air FranceDescriptive Publisher: ReutersAdministrative © Reuters no redistributionRights Size: 1kbPhysical TextType French investigators released August 31, 2000 a preliminary report including a picture of a metal strip, probably from another plane, which was found on the runway at Paris' Roissy airport following the horrific crash of an Air France Concorde jet in July. (Reuters) Sep 01 9:11 PM ET Headline: Concorde Preliminary report released Human Readable

Size: 300kbDuration: 15 secondsPhysical Language: German Context: Crash Relates to: Air FranceDescriptive Publisher: ReutersAdministrative © Reuters no redistributionRights VideoType Headline: Piece of metal perforated fuel tank Human Readable

Size: 23kbWidth: 36mm Height: 24mm Resolution: mediumPhysical Context: Crash Relates to: Air FranceDescriptive Publisher: ReutersAdministrative © Reuters no redistributionRights PictureType Headline: Concorde in flames before crash Human Readable

Language: English Context: Crash Relates to: Air FranceDescriptive Size: 134kbWidth: 36mm Height: 24mm Color: 256Physical Content Item Publisher: ReutersAdministrative © Reuters no redistributionRights GraphicsType Headline: key facts of Concorde crash Human Readable

Example – Concorde crash Gonesse, France  Gonesse, France Air France  Air France Reuters © Reuters August 2000  August 2000 Media type:ANY File size : < 1Mb Language:GERMAN Context:Crash Selection Criteria : Results Gonesse, France  Gonesse, France Air France  Air France Reuters © Reuters August 2000  August 2000 Media type:ANY File size : < 1Mb Language:ANY Context:Crash Selection Criteria : French investigators released August 31, 2000 a preliminary report including a picture of a metal strip, probably from another plane, which was found on the runway at Paris' Roissy airport following the horrific crash of an Air France Concorde jet in July. (Reuters) Sep 01 9:11 PM ET Results

Reference  IPTC (2002), “What is NewsML”, International Press Telecommunications Council  IPTC (2002) “News Industry Text Format”, International Press Telecommunications Council  REUTERS (2000), “Reuters Showcase”, Reuters  Chun-Feng Liao (2002), “NewsML Overview”, NCCU Computer Center

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