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= News Examples = | |||
This page serves to document the current list of news examples from real world sites for the design of a simple news [[microformat]]. -[http://jonathanmalek.com/wp Jonathan Malek] | |||
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== Contributors == | |||
* Jonathan Malek | |||
* Stuart Myles | |||
* Martin Moore | |||
* Mark Ng | |||
* Ben Campbell | |||
== The Problem == | |||
There have been several efforts to define data formats for textual news content: most focus on the exchange of news information between organizations, rather than the presentation of news on the web. Where presentation has been considered, it has more often than not been without a focus on exposing the semantic value present in each story. And finally, in those cases where there has been an effort to use a [[microformat]] or similar means of exposing semantic value (for example, using [[hAtom]] to markup a blog post), the data format does not fully describe the news story, leaving important data unparseable. | |||
== Real World Examples == | |||
=== News hosted on aggregator sites === | |||
* [http://news.yahoo.com Yahoo! News] | |||
** Source: Associated Press | |||
*** Headline | |||
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byline Byline] | |||
*** Source Organization | |||
*** Updated date and time | |||
*** Content | |||
**** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dateline Dateline] | |||
*** Contributor declaration | |||
*** License or Copyright statement | |||
*** Categories | |||
** Source: Reuters | |||
*** Headline | |||
*** Source Organization | |||
*** Updated date and time | |||
*** Content | |||
**** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dateline Dateline] | |||
**** Entities (inline) | |||
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byline Byline] | |||
*** Contributor declaration | |||
*** License or Copyright statement | |||
*** Categories | |||
** Source: McClatchy Newspapers | |||
*** Headline | |||
*** Source Organization | |||
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byline Byline] | |||
*** Updated date time | |||
*** Content | |||
**** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dateline Dateline] | |||
**** Entities (inline) | |||
*** Contributor declaration | |||
*** Related Stories | |||
=== News on publisher sites === | |||
* [http://www.sacbee.com Sacramento Bee] | |||
** Headline | |||
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byline Byline] | |||
*** Journalist contact | |||
** Created (published) date time | |||
** Updated date time | |||
** Content | |||
** Contributor declaration | |||
** Categories (tags) | |||
* [http://www.reuters.com Reuters] | |||
** Headline | |||
** Updated date time | |||
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byline Byline] | |||
*** Title | |||
*** Contact | |||
** Content | |||
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dateline Dateline] | |||
*** Entities (inline) | |||
** License or Copyright statement | |||
* [http://www.nytimes.com New York Times] | |||
** Headline | |||
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byline Byline] | |||
** Created date (no time) | |||
** Content | |||
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dateline Dateline] | |||
*** Entities (inline) | |||
** Contributor declaration | |||
** Related Stories/Past Coverage | |||
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk The Guardian] | |||
** Headline | |||
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byline Byline] | |||
** Created date and time | |||
** Updated date time | |||
** Content | |||
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dateline Dateline] | |||
*** Entities (inline) | |||
** Contributor declaration | |||
** Article history | |||
** Related Stories/Past Coverage | |||
''Notes:'' Inline Entities can be thought of as a form of rel-tag inline with the rest of the story. Typically, the links take you to an "authority" page that contains a list of links to stories related to the entity. | |||
== Analysis of Examples == | |||
=== Common news fields === | |||
* headline | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byline Byline] | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dateline Dateline] | |||
* content | |||
* published date time | |||
* updated date time | |||
* categories (tags) | |||
* source organization (which may differ from journalist's organization) | |||
* license | |||
== See Also == | |||
* [[news-formats]] | |||
* [[news-brainstorming]] | |||
= Original news-examples rationale = | |||
Microformats have many benefits for news reporting: | Microformats have many benefits for news reporting: | ||
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* Content-Type Filtration | * Content-Type Filtration | ||
Specific news-related content such as statistics and quotes can be laid out automatically into [http | Specific news-related content such as statistics and quotes can be laid out automatically into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infographic infographics] | ||
and generally better-formatted presentation. | and generally better-formatted presentation. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:51, 13 August 2009
News Examples
This page serves to document the current list of news examples from real world sites for the design of a simple news microformat. -Jonathan Malek
Contributors
- Jonathan Malek
- Stuart Myles
- Martin Moore
- Mark Ng
- Ben Campbell
The Problem
There have been several efforts to define data formats for textual news content: most focus on the exchange of news information between organizations, rather than the presentation of news on the web. Where presentation has been considered, it has more often than not been without a focus on exposing the semantic value present in each story. And finally, in those cases where there has been an effort to use a microformat or similar means of exposing semantic value (for example, using hAtom to markup a blog post), the data format does not fully describe the news story, leaving important data unparseable.
Real World Examples
News hosted on aggregator sites
- Yahoo! News
- Source: Associated Press
- Source: Reuters
- Source: McClatchy Newspapers
News on publisher sites
- Sacramento Bee
- Headline
- Byline
- Journalist contact
- Created (published) date time
- Updated date time
- Content
- Contributor declaration
- Categories (tags)
- Reuters
- New York Times
- The Guardian
Notes: Inline Entities can be thought of as a form of rel-tag inline with the rest of the story. Typically, the links take you to an "authority" page that contains a list of links to stories related to the entity.
Analysis of Examples
Common news fields
- headline
- Byline
- Dateline
- content
- published date time
- updated date time
- categories (tags)
- source organization (which may differ from journalist's organization)
- license
See Also
Original news-examples rationale
Microformats have many benefits for news reporting:
- Distributed Reporting
News can be reported on various platforms and services, and be identified, aggregated, and re-distributed to local aggregators and wire services.
- Pro-Am Journalism
Microformats allow anyone to report news without needing to use an exclusive or proprietary application. So long as other services can perform searches or real-time analysis of incoming items, news content can be recognized.
- Topical Filtration
As the volume of news increases, rel-tags and more news-specific microformats can be by topic-specific services to filter news content.
- Content-Type Filtration
Specific news-related content such as statistics and quotes can be laid out automatically into infographics and generally better-formatted presentation.