RFC 3085 (rfc3085) - Page 1 of 6
URN Namespace for NewsML Resources
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Network Working Group A. Coates
Request for Comments: 3085 Reuters
Category: Informational D. Allen
IPTC
D. Rivers-Moore
Rivcom
March 2001
URN Namespace for NewsML Resources
Status of this Memo
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not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
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Abstract
This document describes a URN (Uniform Resource Name) namespace for
identifying NewsML NewsItems. A NewsItem is an information resource
that is expressible as a NewsML element within a NewsML document
conforming to the NewsML Document Type Declaration (DTD) as defined
by the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC).
1. Introduction
NewsML is an XML format for packaging multimedia news resources. It
has been created under the auspices of the International Press
Telecommunications Council (IPTC), and version 1.0 was approved by
the IPTC on 6 October 2000.
The same logical NewsItem may exist in multiple physical locations.
The NewsML specification allows NewsItems to have multiple URLs, but
only a single URN. It is the latter which then uniquely names the
resource.
This namespace specification is for a formal namespace.
2. Specification Template
Namespace ID:
"newsml" requested.
Coates, et al. Informational