{"id":92,"date":"2014-12-06T14:18:29","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T19:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/preview.iptc.org\/?page_id=92"},"modified":"2025-11-06T13:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:02:07","slug":"work-structure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iptc.org\/about-iptc\/work-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"Work Structure"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"contenttop\">Work Structure<\/h2>\n<p>Committees and Working Groups of the IPTC are the backbone of the organisation. Find below what each group contributes to the IPTC.<\/p>\n<p>A<strong> Committee<\/strong> conducts IPTC&#8217;s activities at a more global level and is responsible for the business of the company.<br \/>\nA <strong>Working Group<\/strong> is team of persons responsible for a specific area of technical matters.<br \/>\nA <strong>Work Lead<\/strong> is a person who is responsible for a specific area of technical matters.<\/p>\n<p>The hierarchy of responsibilities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/participate\/membership\/current-members\/\">The IPTC membership<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#man\">Board of Directors<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#sta\">Standards Committee with Working Groups (WG) and Working Leads (WL)<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#nar\">News Architecture WL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#ncd\">NewsCodes WG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#newsmlg2\">NewsML-G2 WG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#nml1\">NewsML 1 WL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#newsinjson\">News-in-JSON WG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#nitf\">NITF WL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#pmd\">Photo Metadata WG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#rel\">Rights Expressions WG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#semweb\">Semantic Web WL <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#sco\">Sports Content WG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#vmd\">Video Metadata WG<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/media-provenance\/iptc-committee\/\">Media Provenance Committee<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Provenance Governance Working Group<\/li>\n<li>Provenance Best Practices and Implementation Working Group<\/li>\n<li>Provenance Advocacy and Education Working Group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#prc\">Public Relations Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"man\">Board of Directors<\/h2>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\"><b>Objectives<\/b><\/td>\n<td>To take responsibility for the organisation as a whole and to develop the guidelines for the work of the IPTC.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"150\"><b>Directors<\/b><\/td>\n<td>See the full list on the <a title=\"About IPTC\" href=\"\/about-iptc\/\">About IPTC page<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 id=\"nar\">News Architecture Work Lead<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-850\" src=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DaveCompton1_360x360-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DaveCompton1_360x360\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DaveCompton1_360x360-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DaveCompton1_360x360-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DaveCompton1_360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/>Objectives:<\/strong> Maintenance of the IPTC News Architecture as common data model of multiple IPTC standards for exchanging news and news-related information, like NewsML-G2, SportsML-G2 or ninjs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Related standard:<\/strong> IPTC News Architecture &#8211; <a title=\"EventsML-G2\" href=\"http:\/\/dev.iptc.org\/NAR\">see on the IPTC Developer Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Work Lead: <\/strong>Dave Compton (Refinitiv, an LSEG business)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"ncd\">NewsCodes Working Group<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4241\" src=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jennifer_Parrucci_headshot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"152\" \/>Objectives:<\/strong> The maintenance of IPTC metadata controlled vocabularies for categorising content &#8211; branded as NewsCodes &#8211; and the creation of new ones when required. Further investigating the value in creating a semantic exchange, a system for identifying, establishing and publishing the links between the subject vocabularies of multiple news providers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Related standard:<\/strong>\u00a0<a title=\"Media Topics\" href=\"\/standards\/media-topics\/\">IPTC Media Topics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Public forum:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-newscodes\">https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-newscodes<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Forum <a href=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/participate\/membership\/\">for IPTC members only<\/a>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-newscodes-dev\">https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-newscodes-dev<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Group Lead:<\/strong>\u00a0 Jennifer Parrucci (New York Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"newsmlg2\">NewsML-G2 Working Group<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-850\" src=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DaveCompton1_360x360-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DaveCompton1_360x360\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DaveCompton1_360x360-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DaveCompton1_360x360-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DaveCompton1_360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/>Objectives:<\/strong> Maintenance and further development of NewsML-G2 as a news exchange standard to mark up any kind of general news content. The work on expressing events as defined by EventsML-G2 is covered by this group too.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Related standard:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/standards\/newsml-g2\">NewsML-G2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Public forum:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-newsml-g2\">https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-newsml-g2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Forum <a href=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/participate\/membership\/\">for IPTC members only<\/a>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-news-architecture-dev\">https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-news-architecture-dev<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Group Lead:\u00a0<\/strong>Dave Compton (Refinitiv, an LSEG business)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"nml1\">NewsML 1 Work Lead<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iptc.org\/download\/forweb\/JaysonLorenzen-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jayson Lorenzen\" \/><strong>Objectives:<\/strong> Maintenance and further development of NewsML 1 as a standard packaging and syndication mechanism for multimedia news, by maintaining requirements and functional specifications, and specifying implementation guidelines and best practices.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Related standard:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/standards\/newsml-1\">NewsML versions 1.x<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Public forum:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-newsml\">https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-newsml<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Forum <a href=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/participate\/membership\/\">for IPTC members only<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-newsml1-dev\">https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-newsml1-dev<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Work Lead:\u00a0<\/strong>Jayson Lorenzen (Businesswire)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"newsinjson\">News-in-JSON Working Group<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6609 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ian-Young-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Ian Young of PA Media \/ Alamy, lead of the IPTC News in JSON Working Group\" width=\"148\" height=\"203\" \/>Objectives:<\/strong> Maintenance and further development of ninjs, IPTC&#8217;s JSON format standard for content APIs and mobile apps<\/li>\n<li><strong>Related standard:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/standards\/ninjs\/\">ninjs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Public forum:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-ninjs\">https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-ninjs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Forum <a href=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/participate\/membership\/\">for IPTC members only<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-news-in-json-dev\">https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-news-in-json-dev<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Group Lead:\u00a0<\/strong>Ian Young (PA Media)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"nitf\">NITF Work Lead<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Objectives:<\/strong> Maintenance and further development of the News Industry Text Format (NITF)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Related standard:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/standards\/nitf\/\">NITF<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Public forum:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-nitf\/\">https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-nitf\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Work Lead:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Currently vacant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"pmd\">Photo Metadata Working Group<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Objectives:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5159 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/David_Riecks_faceonly-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/David_Riecks_faceonly-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/David_Riecks_faceonly-360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The goal of this Working Group is to act as a special interest group regarding all photo metadata issues of the IPTC.<\/li>\n<li>The work is not focused on a single standard but will support all current IPTC standards in all photo related areas.<\/li>\n<li>The work done will cover in particular supporting the development and maintenance of generic IPTC metadata standards, the development of specific photo metadata standards and acting as a standing group of experts to respond to issues raised by external parties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Related standard:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/standards\/photo-metadata\/\">IPTC Photo Metadata: IPTC Core and IPTC Extension<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Public forum:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-photometadata\/\">https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-photometadata\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Forum <a href=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/participate\/membership\/\">for IPTC members only<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-photometadata-dev\/\">https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-photometadata-dev\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Group Leads: <\/strong>David Riecks (PLUS Coalition)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"prc\">Public Relations Committee<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4886 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Linda-Burman-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Linda Burman\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Linda-Burman-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Linda-Burman.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Objectives:<\/strong> To cover all aspects of IPTC&#8217;s public relations.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Forum <a href=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/participate\/membership\/\">for IPTC members only<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-pr\/\">https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-pr\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Chair:<\/strong>\u00a0Linda Burman (Individual Member)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"rel\">Rights Expressions Working Group<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Objectives:<\/strong> Development of means for expressing rights associated with news content.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Related standard:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/standards\/rightsml\/\">RightsML<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Public forum:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-rightsml\">https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-rightsml<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Forum <a href=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/participate\/membership\/\">for IPTC members only<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-rightsml-dev\/\">https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-rightsml-dev\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Group Lead: <\/strong>currently vacant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"semweb\">Semantic Web Work Lead<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Objectives:<\/strong> An initiative to reconcile Semantic Web technologies with publishing and exchanging news.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Related standard:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/standards\/rnews\/\">rNews<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Public forum:<\/strong> for rNews:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-rnews\">https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-rnews<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Forum <a href=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/participate\/membership\/\">for IPTC members only<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-semweb-dev\/\">https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-semweb-dev\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Work Lead: <\/strong>currently vacant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"sco\">Sports Content Working Group<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-5452\" src=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Paul-Kelly-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Kelly headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Paul-Kelly-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Paul-Kelly-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Paul-Kelly-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Paul-Kelly.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Objectives:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe goal of the Working Group is to identify common problems and areas of cooperation related to sport content. Specifically:<br \/>\n\u2022 Develop, maintain and promote the SportsML-G2 standard<br \/>\n\u2022 Support the development and implementation of other IPTC standards in areas relevant to sport<br \/>\n\u2022 Incorporate or develop other appropriate standards<br \/>\n\u2022 Act as a standing group of experts to respond to issues raised by external parties<\/li>\n<li><strong>Related standards:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/standards\/sportsml-g2\/\">SportsML<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/standards\/sport-schema\/\">Sport Schema<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Public forum:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-sportsml\">https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-sportsml<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Forum <a href=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/participate\/membership\/\">for IPTC members only<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-sportsml-dev\">https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-sportsml-dev<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Group Lead: <\/strong>Paul Kelly (Individual Member)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"sta\">Standards Committee<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4420 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Paul-Harman-headshot-square-600-150x150.png\" alt=\"Paul Harman headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Paul-Harman-headshot-square-600-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Paul-Harman-headshot-square-600-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Paul-Harman-headshot-square-600-360x360.png 360w, https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Paul-Harman-headshot-square-600.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><strong>Objectives:<\/strong> The Standards Committee is IPTC&#8217;s body for formal approval of all standards and acts as steering group for the technical development of new standards and the ongoing review of all standards in use.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Related standard:<\/strong> all IPTC standards<\/li>\n<li><strong>Committee Chair: <\/strong>Paul Harman (Bloomberg)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"vmd\">Video Metadata Working Group<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4415 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Pam-Fisher-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Pam-Fisher-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/iptc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Pam-Fisher-360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Objectives:<\/strong> The goal of this Working Group is to define a common set of metadata properties for videos and how they can be expressed in different technical ways typical for video formats.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Related recommendation:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/standards\/video-metadata-hub\/\">IPTC Video Metadata Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Public forum:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-videometadata\/\">https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-videometadata\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Forum <a href=\"https:\/\/iptc.org\/participate\/membership\/\">for IPTC members only<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-videometadata-dev\/\">https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/iptc-videometadata-dev\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Group Lead:\u00a0<\/strong>Pam Fisher (Individual Member)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work Structure Committees and Working Groups of the IPTC are the backbone of the organisation. Find below what each group contributes to the IPTC. A Committee conducts IPTC&#8217;s activities at a more global level and is responsible for the business of the company. 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