News Industry Text Format Document Type Definition - Version 3.1 July 4, 2002 http://www.nitf.org Copyright (c) 2002. All Rights Reserved. International Press Telecommunications Council http://www.iptc.org NITF 3.1 Modifications: New recommendations for date formats: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative) Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available (before the HHMM time, the "-" or "+" character may be used) For these elements: date.issue, date.release, date.expire, startdate, enddate, date.publication, revision-history, rights.startdate, rights.enddate, story.date, chron, event's start-date and end-date, money Added management-status and management-idref-status attributes to docdata element values of: usable | embargoed | withheld | canceled Added management-doc-idref attributes to docdata element Added an optional gender attribute to PERSON element Made units attribute of media-reference be optional For the list of modifications from previous releases, see: http://www.nitf.org/site/recent-modifications.html For the list of proposed modifications, see: http://www.nitf.org/site/proposed-changes.html **************************************************************** DTD Entities **************************************************************** Attribute entities Note that any element that has common-attributes, also has that id attribute, lifted from global-attributes left center right justify char top middle bottom baseline true false **************************************************************** nitf **************************************************************** -//IPTC//DTD NITF 3.1//EN July 3, 2002 19:30 Element nitf Partial description The root element for NITF. Full description News Industry Text Format instance. Holds head and body. id An XML-specific identifier for the element. uno The universally unique identifier for the document. version This DTD's formal public identifier. change.date Date when this DTD was last changed. change.time Time when this DTD was last changed. baselang Base language for document. Uses en-US (per ISO 639 and 3166). class An open placeholder for categorization. **************************************************************** head **************************************************************** Element head Partial description Holds metadata about the document as a whole. Full description Generally does not hold information for direct display to user. Portions of the metadata, though, are often rendered to augment an article. id Unique identifier for the element. main subtitle parttitle alternate abbrev other Element title Partial description Document Title. Full description Often displayed within a result-list after a search finds this article. id Unique identifier for the element. type A categorization for title. (Controlled vocabulary.) Element meta Partial description A construct for sending generic metadata. Full description Normally is undisplayed. id Unique identifier for the element. http-equiv HTTP response header name. name Name used for this piece of metadata. content Content associated with the specified name. Element tobject Partial description Subject code. Full description Used to identify the type of the news material, based on a Subject Code system. id Unique identifier for the element. tobject.type Expanded from News, Data, and Advisory. See NewsML topic set. Element tobject.property Partial description Subject code property. Full description Assigns a property to the object type. id Unique identifier for the element. tobject.property.type Includes such items as analysis, feature, and obituary. Element tobject.subject Partial description Assigns subject information to news material based on a Subject Code system. Full description A three-tiered hierarchy consisting of broad subjects, secondary topics (Subject Matter), and tertiary topics (Subject Detail). id Unique identifier for the element. tobject.subject.ipr Information provider reference. tobject.subject.refnum Eight-digit reference number for all three levels. tobject.subject.code Three-letter code for the subject type. This attribute is deprecated. tobject.subject.type First-tier subject description. tobject.subject.matter Second-tier subject description. tobject.subject.detail Third-tier subject description. Element iim Partial description IIM Record 2 Data Container. Full description Location for IIM Record 2 DataSet information. id Unique identifier for the element. ver IIM version number. Element ds Partial description IIM Record 2 dataset information. Full description IIM Record 2 dataset information (Record 2 Only). id Unique identifier for the element. num IIM field number. value IIM field value. usable embargoed withheld canceled usable embargoed withheld canceled Element docdata Partial description Document metadata. Full description Container for metadata information about this particular document. id Unique identifier for the element. management-status Defines whether this document is a cancellation of a previous doc, and other news management properties. management-doc-idref Used in conjunction with management-status. Details which document the current one is an update to, etc. management-idref-status When a management-doc-idref is specified, this attribute contains the new status for that referenced document. Element correction Partial description Correction information. Full description Indicates that the item is a correction to a previously published document. id Unique identifier for the element. info Contains actual message or instructions regarding the correction. id-string Document identification string, such as UNO or doc-id. regsrc Identifies the source of the correction. Element evloc Partial description Event location. Full description Where an event took place (as opposed to where the story was written). id Unique identifier for the element. iso-cc Country code as specified in ISO 3166. state-prov State or province where the event occurred. county-dist County or district name. city City or municipality name. Element doc-id Partial description Registered identification for document. Full description Character string that provides a unique, persistent identification for a document. id Unique identifier for the element. regsrc Identifies the source of the document or action. id-string Document identification string. Element del-list Partial description Delivery trail of delivery services. Full description Holds an ordered list of the distribution services that have been involved in the delivery of the document. id Unique identifier for the element. Element from-src Partial description Delivery service identifier. Full description Identifier used to track the transmission path of the document throughout the delivery process. id Unique identifier for the element. src-name The entity moving the document. level-number The position in the transmission path that the src-name occurred. Element urgency Partial description News importance. Full description Can be used to set the priority for distribution but does not set the actual distribution priority. id Unique identifier for the element. ed-urg 1=most, 5=normal, 8=least. Element fixture Partial description Specification for named document, such as Heard on the Street or On Language. Full description Provides a consistent reference to a document whose content is refreshed periodically. id Unique identifier for the element. fix-id The name of the fixture. Element date.issue Partial description Date/time document was issued. Full description If not provided, it is assumed to be on receipt. id Unique identifier for the element. norm Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available. Before the HHMM time, the - or + character may be used. Element date.release Partial description Date/time document is available to be released. Full description If not provided, it is assumed to be on receipt. id Unique identifier for the element. norm Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available Element date.expire Partial description Date/time at which the document has no validity. Full description If not provided, it is assumed to be infinity. id Unique identifier for the element. norm Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available Element doc-scope Partial description Indicates an area where the document may be of interest. Full description Where a non-category interest may be specified. These are often geographic in origin, such as Pacific Northwest. id Unique identifier for the element. scope Halfway between a Keyword and a Category. Element series Partial description Series information. Full description Identification of an article within a series of related articles. id Unique identifier for the element. series.name The name of the series. series.part Numeric order of this article within the series. series.totalpart Total or expected number of articles in the series; use 0 if unknown or indefinite. Element ed-msg Partial description Non-publishable editorial message from provider or editor of item. Full description Place where an information provider can send a note to the editor about the contents of the story. id Unique identifier for the element. msg-type The type of message. Providers are urged to use consistent values. info Contains the actual message for the editorial message. Element du-key Partial description Dynamic Use Key, created daily. Has tree structure indicated by defined form. Full description Provides a mechanism for grouping and updating versions of stories. The du-key is unique to a story during a period fixed by the provider. After the time has elapsed, the reference is available for reuse. id Unique identifier for the element. generation Number indicating the du-key generation level. This number increments with each instance of a story that uses the same du-key. part The part within the dynamic use key structure. version Version of a particular use of the dynamic-use key. key Contains the actual key value. Element doc.copyright Partial description Copyright information for document header. Full description A metadata location for the information about the year and holder of the document copyright. This information should be consistant with information in the copyrite tag. id Unique identifier for the element. year Year of the document copyright. holder Holder of the copyright. Element doc.rights Partial description Rights information for use of the document. Full description Used when the rights holder is not the same as the copyright holder. This information should be consistant with that in the series of rights tags. id Unique identifier for the element. owner The owner of the specified rights. startdate For asserted rights. Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available enddate For specified document rights. Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available agent The rights agent. geography Geographic area where rights are asserted. location-code Coded location from standard list. code-source Source of coded list information. type Kind of rights being asserted. limitations Limitations associated with document rights. Element key-list Partial description List of keywords. Full description Holds a list of keywords about the document. id Unique identifier for the element. Element keyword Partial description Keyword. Can also be a phrase. Full description Holds the keyword or phrase itself. id Unique identifier for the element. key The actual keyword. Element identified-content Partial description Holds content identifiers that can apply to document as a whole. Full description The elements this holds also appear in paragraphs. Note that its children should be EMPTY id Unique identifier for the element. print audio video web appliance other word character byte inch pica cm hour minute second other Element pubdata Partial description Information about specific instance of an item's publication. Full description Contains metadata about how the particular news object was used in a specific instance. id Unique identifier for the element. type Transport medium, such as print, streaming video or broadcast. item-length Length of the item; see also unit-of-measure. unit-of-measure Measure associated with the length of the item; see also item-length. date.publication For date object was used. Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available name Title of the publication. issn The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) of the publication in which the news object occurred. volume Volume of the publication in which the information appeared. number Publication number, often associated with a volume number. issue The name of the issue of the publication where the news object occurred. Examples include June, fall, Olympic Special, year-end, etc. edition.name Name of the edition in which the news object was distributed. edition.area Area / zone where news object was distributed. position.section Named section of a publication where a news object appeared, such as Science, Sports, Weekend, etc. position.sequence Where a news object appeared among a list of items; often the page number. ex-ref External reference to the rendering of the news object as published, in the form of a URL or URN. writer-author editor producer archivist videographer graphic-artist photographer statistician other Element revision-history Partial description Information about the creative history of the document; also used as an audit trail. Full description Includes who made changes, when the changes were made, and why. id Unique identifier for the element. name Name of the person who made the revision (usually editor or reporter). function Job function of individual performing revision. norm Date of the revision. Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available comment Reason for the revision. **************************************************************** body **************************************************************** Element body Partial description The content portion of the NITF document. Full description All items within body are meant for display to the user. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. **************************************************************** body.head **************************************************************** Element body.head Partial description Metadata intended to be displayed to the reader. Full description Holds content such as headline, byline, etc. id Unique identifier for the element. Element hedline Partial description Container for main headline and subheadlines. Full description Provides a generally-dependable component for display in search results. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Element hl1 Partial description Headline 1 (main-headline). Full description The primary headline of the story. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Element hl2 Partial description Headline 2 (sub-headline) Full description A subordinate headline for the article. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. cpyrt end hd editorsnote trademk undef std pa npa Element note Partial description Document cautionary note. Full description Potentially publishable. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. noteclass The class of note. Copyright, endnote, etc. (Controlled vocabulary.) type Standards, Publishable Advisory, Non-Publishable Advisory. Element rights Partial description Information on rights holder. Full description Rights to news material other than the copyrights, such as archival, syndication, or distribution. id Unique identifier for the element. Element rights.owner Partial description Rights owner Full description Owner of the rights to the material. id Unique identifier for the element. contact Contact information for the owner. Element rights.startdate Partial description Rights start date. Full description Initial reference date for material rights. id Unique identifier for the element. norm Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available Element rights.enddate Partial description Rights end date. Full description Terminal reference date for material rights. id Unique identifier for the element. norm Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available Element rights.agent Partial description Rights agent. Full description Name of the agent that holds the rights to the material. id Unique identifier for the element. contact Contact information for the agent. Element rights.geography Partial description Area to which rights apply. Full description A geographic area. id Unique identifier for the element. location-code Coded location from standard list. code-source Source for the location code. Element rights.type Partial description Type of rights claimed. Full description Type of material rights claimed (such as distribution). id Unique identifier for the element. Element rights.limitations Partial description Limitations (exclusive / nonexclusive) of rights. Full description Limitation on use of material rights. id Unique identifier for the element. Element byline Partial description Container for byline information. Full description Can either be structured with direct specification of the responsible person / entity and their title or unstructured text can be provided. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Element byttl Partial description Byline title. Often contains an organization. Full description Title of the person, or entity associated with the byline and a specified person. id Unique identifier for the element. Element distributor Partial description Information distributor. Full description May or may not be the owner or creator. id Unique identifier for the element. Element dateline Partial description Container for dateline information. Full description The date and location where the story was created. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Element story.date Partial description Date of story. Full description Printable date. id Unique identifier for the element. norm Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available Element abstract Partial description Story abstract Full description summary or synopsis of the contents of the document. id Unique identifier for the element. series: also allowed here Element copyrite Partial description Container for copyright information. Full description A displayable statement about who owns the copyright to the article. id Unique identifier for the element. Element copyrite.year Partial description Copyright year Full description The year the copyright ownership was established. id Unique identifier for the element. Element copyrite.holder Partial description Copyright holder. Full description The name of the holder of the copyright. id Unique identifier for the element. **************************************************************** body.content found within body, note, and fn (footnote) elements **************************************************************** Element body.content Partial description Actual body content. Full description Holds paragraphs, lists, tables, media, and other containers. id Unique identifier for the element. Element block Partial description A group of related containers. Full description This container can be used to organize a set of related containers, such as a sidebar. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Element p Partial description Paragraph. Full description An organized set of sentences. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. lede Indicates that the paragraph is the lead paragraph(s) to the news object. summary Indicates that the associated paragraphs form a summary. optional-text Indicates that the paragraph could be considered optional. hl2 is a block.content member left center right void above below hsides lhs rhs vsides box border none basic rows cols all Element table Partial description Table of data. Full description Form is like the form of HTML tables. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. tabletype Holds style information. align Where the table should appear with respect to surrounding text. (Controlled vocabulary.) width Width of the table, in pixels. cols Number of columns in the table. border Describes how the border (if any) should be rendered. frame Specification of which parts of the frame around the table should be rendered. rules Indicates the use of rules/lines between rows and columns. cellspacing A measurement of the number of pixels between cells. cellpadding A measurement of the number of pixels between a cell's border and its text. Element media Partial description Generalized media object. Full description Used to package up a reference to an image, audio, video, etc. with its caption and credit. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. media-type text | audio | image | video | data | application | other (Controlled vocabulary.) pixels noflow Element media-reference Partial description Reference to an external media object, OR to its following media-object. Full description Points to any object, such as photo, audio, video and text; or to executable files. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. source URL for external media file. name Alternate name or description of the object. mime-type Mime-type for the external media file. coding How the information is coded. time Length of time that the media file plays. time-unit-of-measure Units in which the time attribute is measured. outcue Provides information about the spoken information that ends an audio clip. source-credit Indicates the source of the information. copyright Copyright owner. alternate-text Plain-text description that can serve as a substitute for the media object. height Height of the media object. width Width of the media object. units Units used for width and height. Default is pixels. imagemap Indication for whether the media object has an affiliated imagemap. noflow Indicates if information can flow around figure. Element media-metadata Partial description Generic metadata placeholder. Full description Used when the attributes of media-reference do not suffice. id Unique identifier for the element. name Name of the metadata item. value Value of the metadata item. Element media-object Partial description Inline media data. Full description Holds binary information, or some other encoded format. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. encoding Format the encoded data is in. Element media-caption Partial description Text describing media. Full description Often rendered beneath a photo or video. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Element media-producer Partial description Byline of media producer. Full description Also used as a credit for the media. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Element ol Partial description Ordered list. Full description Holds list items. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. seqnum Sequence number within an ordered list. Element ul Partial description Unordered list. Full description Holds list items. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Element li Partial description List item. Full description Holds content that is presented within a list. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Element dl Partial description Definition list. Full description Holds terms and their definitions. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Element dt Partial description Definition term. Full description Holds the content that is to be defined. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Element dd Partial description Definition data. Full description Holds the definition of the term. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. nowrap Element bq Partial description Block quote. Full description An extended quotation. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. nowrap Directive not to wrap text in the cell. quote-source Source of a quote. Element credit Partial description Names the source of the block quote. Full description Provides attribution for a block quote. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Element fn Partial description Footnote. Full description Notes that are often rendered at the end of a document. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. note is a block.content member Element pre Partial description Preformatted information. Full description Carriage returns and fixed-width spacing should be maintained. id Unique identifier for the element. Element hr Partial description Horizontal rule. Full description A rendered divider between sections of text. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Element datasource Partial description Source of the information grouped in a block element. Full description Cites the source of block content. Allowed only at end of block. id Unique identifier for the element. **************************************************************** table elements **************************************************************** top bottom left right Element caption Partial description Text for the caption of a table. Full description Appears only within the table element. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. align Alignment of the text in the caption. Element col Partial description Column. Full description Used to specify formatting for a table column. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. span Number of columns a header cell spans. width Width of the column, in pixels. align Alignment of text in the column. char Specifies a single character within a text fragment to act as the axis for text alignment. Default varies by language; for example, default for en-US is period (.). charoff Specifies the offset to the first occurance of the character specified in char. !! valign Vertical alignment of text in the column. Element colgroup Partial description Column group. Full description Used to specify formatting for a table column. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. align Alignment of text in the column group. char HTML formatting attribute. charoff HTML formatting attribute. valign Vertical alignment of text in the column group. Element thead Partial description Table heading. Full description Used to group rows that can consistently be displayed atop a table. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. align Alignment of text in the column group. char HTML formatting attribute. charoff HTML formatting attribute. valign Vertical alignment of text in the column group. Element tbody Partial description Table body. Full description Holds the bulk of the data rows of a table. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. align Alignment of text in the column group. char HTML formatting attribute. charoff HTML formatting attribute. valign Vertical alignment of text in the column group. Element tfoot Partial description Table footer. Full description Used to group rows that can consistently be displayed below a table. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. align Alignment of text in the column group. char HTML formatting attribute. charoff HTML formatting attribute. valign Vertical alignment of text in the column group. Element tr Partial description Table row. Full description Holds cells of a table. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. align Alignment of text in the column group. char HTML formatting attribute. charoff HTML formatting attribute. valign Vertical alignment of text in the column group. nowrap Element th Partial description Table header cell. Full description Holds content intended to be a label. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. axis HTML formatting attribute. axes HTML formatting attribute. nowrap Directive not to wrap text in the cell. rowspan Number of horizontal rows a cell spans. colspan Number of vertical columns a cell spans. align Alignment of text in the column group. char HTML formatting attribute. charoff HTML formatting attribute. valign Vertical alignment of text in the column group. nowrap Element td Partial description Table data cell. Full description Holds content intended to be data. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. axis HTML formatting attribute. axes HTML formatting attribute. nowrap Directive not to wrap text in the cell. rowspan Number of horizontal rows a cell spans. colspan Number of vertical columns a cell spans. align Alignment of text in the column group. char HTML formatting attribute. charoff HTML formatting attribute. valign Vertical alignment of text in the column group. **************************************************************** text elements chron | copyrite | event | function | location | money | num | object.title | org | person | postaddr | virtloc | a | br | em | lang | pronounce | q **************************************************************** Element chron Partial description Date and time. Full description Used to normalize inline date and time references. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. norm Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available copyrite allowed here, also Element event Partial description An event. Full description An activity that is considered newsworthy. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. start-date When the event is set to start. Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available end-date When the event is set to end. Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available idsrc The source (taxonomy) for the element's value attribute. value The code or symbol for the element. Element function Partial description Role played by a person. Full description Can be either a description, such as interior decorator, or a formal title, such as president, chairman, owner, captain, manager. id Unique identifier for the element. idsrc The source (taxonomy) for the element's value attribute. value The code or symbol for the element. Element location Partial description Significant place mentioned in an article. Full description Used to normalize locations. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. location-code The code or symbol for the element. code-source The source (taxonomy) for the element's location-code. Element sublocation Partial description Named region within city or state. Full description Generic holder for more detailed location information. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. location-code The code or symbol for the element. code-source The source (taxonomy) for the element's location-code. Element city Partial description City, town, village, etc. Full description Used to normalize city, town names. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. city-code The code or symbol for the element. code-source The source (taxonomy) for the element's city-code. Element state Partial description State or province or region. Full description Used to normalize these locations. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. state-code The code or symbol for the element. code-source The source (taxonomy) for the element's state-code. Element region Partial description Geographic area. Full description Used to normalize regions. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. region-code The code or symbol for the element. code-source The source (taxonomy) for the element's region-code. Element country Partial description Geographic area with a government. Full description Used to normalize countries. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. iso-cc Country code as specified in ISO 3166. Element money Partial description Monetary item. Full description Used to identify units of money. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. unit The currency used. date Date when this currency value was quoted. Date/time value normalized to ISO 8601: YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS-HHMM (preferred) YYYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ (alternative). Use YYYYMMDD000000-HHMM when no time is available Element num Partial description Numeric data. Full description Used to normalize numbers. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. units Units the number is in. decimal-ch Character used to separate decimalized portion. thousands-ch Character to separate thousands groups. Element frac Partial description Fraction. Full description Separates the numerator from the denominator. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Element numer Partial description Fraction numerator. Full description The top part of a fraction. id Unique identifier for the element. Element frac-sep Partial description Fraction separator. Full description Holds the preferred character, normally a slash. id Unique identifier for the element. Element denom Partial description Fraction denominator. Full description The bottom part of a fraction. id Unique identifier for the element. Element sub Partial description Subscript. Full description Generally rendered in small type and vertically aligned lower than the main text. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Element sup Partial description Superscript. Full description Generally rendered in small type and vertically aligned higher than the main text. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Element object.title Partial description Title of inline object such as book, song, artwork, etc. Full description Used to normalize these values. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. idsrc The source (taxonomy) for the element's value. value The code or symbol for the element. Element org Partial description Organization. Full description Used for companies (both private and public) and non-profits. id Unique identifier for the element. idsrc The source (taxonomy) for the element's value. value The code or symbol for the element. Element alt-code Partial description An alternate symbol for the phrase. Full description Used when an item has more than one symbol behind it. id Unique identifier for the element. idsrc The source (taxonomy) for the element's value. value An alternate code or symbol for the element. male female Element person Partial description Human individual. Full description Used to normalize people. id Unique identifier for the element. idsrc The source (taxonomy) for the element's value. value The code or symbol for the element. gender either male or female Element name.given Partial description Given name. Full description In the U.S., the first name of an individual. id Unique identifier for the element. Element name.family Partial description Family name. Full description In the U.S., the last name of an individual. id Unique identifier for the element. Element postaddr Partial description Mailing address. Full description Used to deliver mail. id Unique identifier for the element. Element virtloc Partial description Virtual Location. Full description A location in cyberspace. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. idsrc The source (taxonomy) for the element's value attribute. value The code or symbol for the element. Element a Partial description Anchor for hypertext links. Full description Allows users to traverse to other documents. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. href URL for where the hypertext anchor leads. name Alternate name or description of the link, such as Link to News Item. rel Specifies the relationship from the source to the target. rev Specifies the relationship from the target to the source. title Title for the document to be linked to. Element br Partial description Forced line break. Full description Often used within headlines. id Unique identifier for the element. Element em Partial description Emphasis. Full description Can be rendered as bold, italics, or another style. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Element lang Partial description Language identifier. Full description Used to separate inline changes of language. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Element pronounce Partial description Pronunciation Information. Full description Used to elaborate on how a term is spoken. id Unique identifier for the element. guide Source used to create pronunciation. phonetic Phonetic pronunciation of an phrase. Element q Partial description Quotation. Full description Words directly attributed to an individual. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. quote-source Who said or wrote the quotation. **************************************************************** postaddr elements addressee, delivery.point?, (postcode | delivery.office | region | country **************************************************************** Element addressee Partial description Person or organization to whom the postal item is being sent. Full description Used in a postal address. id Unique identifier for the element. Element care.of Partial description Poste restante. Full description An alternative receiver of the postal item. id Unique identifier for the element. Element delivery.point Partial description Street, PO Box No. Full description Precise point of delivery. id Unique identifier for the element. point-code Coded location for a delivery point. code-source Source of coded list information. Element postcode Partial description Postal code. Full description Used by postal agency to improve delivery efficiency. id Unique identifier for the element. code-source Source of coded list information. Element delivery.office Partial description Postal city or town. Full description Where the post office is located. id Unique identifier for the element. office-code Coded location of office from referenced coded source. code-source Source of coded list information. region also allowed country also allowed **************************************************************** body.end **************************************************************** Element body.end Partial description Information at the end of an article body Full description Holds a tagline and/or a bibliography. id Unique identifier for the element. std pa npa Element tagline Partial description A byline at the end of a story. Full description Example: Stuart Myles contributed to this article. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. type Standard, publishable-advisory, non-publishable advisory. Element bibliography Partial description Free-form bibliographic data. Full description Used to elaborate on the source of information. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Element classifier Partial description Generic holder for metadata. Could be used by researchers and archivists to qualify documents. Full description May be used inline (as localized phrase, atop a block (as localized section), or in docdata (for document as a whole). id Unique identifier for the element. type Type of classifier. Example is concept. idsrc The source (taxonomy) for the element's value. value The code or symbol for the element. Element nitf-table Partial description A holder for a table, and content-filled metadata. Full description May contain the classic NITF table, or a custom table. id Unique identifier for the element. Element custom-table Partial description A holder for a namespaced XML fragment for custom-tagged data, or for an alternative set of non-parser-breaking content. Full description Used when publisher wants to surround the fragment with NITF metadata. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Element table-reference Partial description A pointer to a table that is elsewhere in the document. Full description Can be used when the table is buried deep inside the included namespaced fragment. id Unique identifier for the element. idref Holds an ID for the actual table. pre snap-shot interim final official Element nitf-table-metadata Partial description A holder for a namespaced XML fragment for custom-tagged data. Full description Used when publisher wants to surround the fragment with NITF metadata. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. subclass A further refinement of the class attribute. idsrc The source (taxonomy) for the element's value attribute. value The code or symbol for the particular table. status Measure of finality of the values of the table. Interim is the end of a logical break. snap-shot is any point in time. column-count Number of columns in the entire table. row-count Number of rows in the entire table. Element nitf-table-summary Partial description Textual description of the table. Full description May describe intent of table and how it may be represented. Should be managed like a non-publishable editors note. id Unique identifier for the element. class An open placeholder for categorization. style An open placeholder for reference by an external stylesheet. Element nitf-colgroup Partial description A collection of nitf-col elements. Full description Used when table repeats columns of a particular type. id Unique identifier for the element. idsrc The source (taxonomy) for the element's value attribute. value The code or symbol for the particular column. occurrences Indicates how many times the colgroup occurs. Default is 1. text number graphic other Element nitf-col Partial description A holder for a namespaced XML fragment for custom-tagged data. Full description Used when publisher wants to surround the fragment with NITF metadata. id Unique identifier for the element. idsrc The source (taxonomy) for the element's value attribute. value The code or symbol for the particular column. occurrences Indicates how many times the col occurs. Default is 1. data-type The general type of data within the column. data-format An expanded definition of the data, based on the data-type.