Busy Spring for the IPTC: Developing and Presenting Latest News Standards.WINDSOR, England There are three places called Windsor in England:
Delegates representing news agencies and news system vendors from around the world will convene in California for the IPTC's spring 2005 meeting on San Diego Bay Noun 1. San Diego Bay - a bay of the Pacific in southern California San Diego - a picturesque city of southern California on San Diego Bay near the Mexican border; site of an important naval base Pacific, Pacific Ocean - the largest ocean in the world , 3-5 March. On the agenda is the design phase of NewsML v2 and further refinement of IPTC IPTC International Press Telecommunications Council IPTC International Petroleum Technology Conference IPTC In-Prison Therapeutic Community IPTC Innovation and Productivity Tax Credit (Canada) NewsCodes, both of which are crucial for the fast and efficient categorizing and routing of news in the 21st century. Among the hot discussion topics will be SportsML v1.5, IPTC's XML-based markup for sports tables, results, fixtures and rosters. SportsML 1.5 is being used by The Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. and other major agencies, and its use is rapidly expanding. Among the improvements in version 1.5 are better tournament support and extensive support for wagering lines. In the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , attendees at the Nexpo Newspaper trade show in Dallas will have a chance on the 21 March to discuss IPTC's standards during a forum that will feature Michael Steidl, the managing director of IPTC, and Dr. John Iobst, who is retiring as chairman of the IPTC. Other IPTC delegates will join Michael and John in an open meeting with member delegates of the Newspaper Association of America The Newspaper Association of America is a United States trade association that represents the country's largest daily newspapers and provides services including market research, technology education and support, minority hiring and representing publishers in Washington, D.C. . For more information about Nexpo 2005 and Newspaper '05, see http://nexpo.com/ Meanwhile, plans continue for the News Standards Summit in Amsterdam on the 24 May 2005. The event is co-hosted by the IPTC, and highlights will include case studies of how IPTC's standards are used by news agencies around the world. Attendees will have a chance to talk directly with some of the talented people who help develop IPTC's standards. For more information about the News Standards Summit, see http://www.newssummit.org The IPTC, based in Windsor, England, is a consortium of the world's major news agencies, news publishers and news industry vendors. It develops and maintains technical standards that are used by virtually every major news organization in the world. More information may be had from the IPTC at office@iptc.org or http://www.iptc.org |
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