News Media Metadata - The Current Landscape

The Current Landscape

Richard WallisTechnology EvangelistTalis

News Linked Data SummitLondon22nd January 2010

My Role Today

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My Role Today




My Role Today

Outsider’s View




My Role Today

Outsider’s View

Wider Technical View




My Role Today

Outsider’s View


Linked Data




My Role Today

Outsider’s View


Linked Data

Facilitator




Current News Metadata

Landscape


LandscapeNews Metadata



Linked Data



Linked Data

Why?

Thanks...

Thanks...Jarred McGinnis - Press Association

Guy Valerio - Financial Times

Martin Moore - Media Standards Trust

Silver Oliver - BBC

Martin Belam - Guardian

Evan Sandhaus - New York Times

Dave Compton - Thomson Reuters

MetadataUses

MetadataUses

Internal Tracking

MetadataUses

Internal Tracking

Cataloguing

MetadataUses

Internal Tracking

Cataloguing

Controlling

MetadataUses

Internal Tracking

Cataloguing

Controlling

Providing Feeds

MetadataUses

Internal Tracking

Cataloguing

Controlling

Providing Feeds

Ingesting Feeds

MetadataUses

Internal Tracking

Cataloguing

Controlling

Providing Feeds

Ingesting Feeds

Research

MetadataUses

Internal Tracking

Cataloguing

Controlling

Providing Feeds

Ingesting Feeds

Research

Delivering Services

MetadataUses

Internal Tracking

Cataloguing

Controlling

Providing Feeds

Ingesting Feeds

Research

Delivering Services

Adding Value

Metadata Standards

Metadata StandardsIPTC

Metadata Standards

IPTC 7901Plain textDriving editing systems / typesetters

NITFXML Specification “to standardise the content & structure of text-based news articles”

IPTC


Metadata Standards

NewsML / SportsMLIPTC

Metadata Standards

NewsML / SportsMLXML

IPTC

Metadata Standards


Media Independent

IPTC

Metadata Standards


Media Independent

Multi-media

IPTC

Metadata Standards


Media Independent

Multi-media

Structural Framework

IPTC

Metadata Standards


Media Independent

Multi-media


Extensible

IPTC

Metadata Standards


Media Independent

Multi-media


Extensible

- SportML extensions for detailed stats

IPTC

Metadata Standards


Media Independent

Multi-media


Extensible

- SportML extensions for detailed stats

Business-2-Business interchange

IPTC


Metadata Standards

G2-StandardsIPTC

Metadata Standards

G2-StandardsNewsML-G2 SportsML-G2 EventsML-G2

IPTC

Metadata Standards


2008

IPTC

Metadata Standards


2008

Wider scope - people, organisations, geopolitical areas, concepts

IPTC

Metadata Standards


2008


NITF still used for text formatting

IPTC

Metadata Standards


2008


NITF still used for text formatting

Module re-use / building blocks

IPTC


Metadata Standards

Metadata StandardshNews

Metadata Standards

Associated Press / Media Standards Trust

hNews

Metadata Standards


Embedding metadata as microformat

hNews

Metadata Standards



Extension to hAtom

hNews

Metadata Standards



Extension to hAtom

Re-use of public standards (hcard, geo)

hNews

Metadata Standards



Extension to hAtom

Re-use of public standards (hcard, geo)

Delivered via web page embedding

hNews

MetadataStandards

MetadataStandards

Different Approaches

MetadataStandards


Very structured

MetadataStandards


Very structuredfeed based

MetadataStandards


Very structuredfeed based*ML - complex

MetadataStandards


Very structuredfeed based*ML - complexvery ‘news’ focused

MetadataStandards



Lighter touch

MetadataStandards



Lighter touchWeb embedded

MetadataStandards



Lighter touchWeb embeddedhNews

MetadataStandards



Lighter touchWeb embeddedhNews- extend open standards

LinkedData

LinkedData

Early News Initiatives

LinkedData


Thomson Reuters - Open Calais

LinkedData


Thomson Reuters - Open Calais

NYT - Subject Headings

Why?

Why?

Internal Drivers

Why?

Internal Drivers

Commercial Drivers

Why?

Internal Drivers

Commercial Drivers

Brand Drivers

Why?

Internal Drivers

Commercial Drivers

Brand Drivers

New services

Why?

Internal Drivers

Commercial Drivers

Brand Drivers

New services

Good for the industry?

Appetite for cooperation

Appetite for cooperation

Appetite for cooperationMoney Talks


Investment in current systems



Investment in current processes




Don’t stop / pause / delay / slow production





Identify business benefits





Identify business benefits

Nevertheless - appetite is there

Opportunities for Collaboration


News Linked Data SummitLondon22nd January 2010

Around Linked Data

What’s differently possible?

1. Relevance Metadata

1. Relevance MetadataPage


Length


Length

Section


Length

Section

Campaign


Length

Section

Campaign

Author


Length

Section

Campaign

Author

News/feature/comment


Length

Section

Campaign

Author


Broadcast programme/slot/presenter


Length

Section

Campaign

Author


Broadcast programme/slot/presenter

Online: Clicks/Comments/Links/Tweets

2. Topic/Subject Linking

2. Topic/Subject LinkingPublish


Relate


Relate

Link


Relate

Link

Explore


Relate

Link

Explore

Embed


Relate

Link

Explore

Embed

Embellish

3. Linked News Data

3. Linked News DataBuild on Subject Linking


Build on Linked Data News Components



Query News/Topics/Events




A Mashed up News Experience





Personalised News production





Personalised News production

Location/Event/Context aware services

And Finally..

And Finally..News Metadata


Linked Data


Linked Data

Technology shared experience


Linked Data


Why?


Linked Data


Why?

How?

Over to you....


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