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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

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
   not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
   memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2001).  All Rights Reserved.

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
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