iptc update 2001 10 11

IPTC SportsML Initiative: 

IPTC SportsML Initiative Chair: Alan Karben VP, Product Design ScreamingMedia, Inc. alank@screamingmedia.com October 11, 2001 Vevey, Switzerland With Zipfile Handout (sportsml-2001-10-11.zip) http://www.SportsML.com/dev

Agenda: 

Agenda Group Activity Strategic Approach Current Deliverables Proposed Next Steps Open Forum

Group Activity: 

Group Activity “Weekly” Conference Calls Frequent partipants: ScreamingMedia, AP, UPI TT, dpa, PA, David Allen Also joined by: Reuters, CP, others Feedback Session at IPTC Meeting in NYC sportsml.yahoogroups.com http://www.SportsML.com/dev

Strategic Approach (proposed): 

Strategic Approach (proposed) From Ischia: Phase 1: Functional Requirements Phase 2: Content Identification Phase 3: DTD Design Phase 4: DTD Implementation

Strategic Approach: 

Strategic Approach Business Requirements Data Inventory spreadsheets Metadata Codes Resource Files Evolving DTDs Sample Document Instances

Current Deliverables: 

Current Deliverables

Business Requirements: 

Business Requirements Last revised on June 22 (included in Zipfile Handout) Must cooperate with both NITF and NewsML, leveraging the work from either as appropriate. Shall be as easy to understand and implement as possible Shall be extensible, to allow for the easy addition of other sports and other types of data in later phases In Phase 1, must support 7 particular sports Current Deliverables

Data Inventory Spreadsheets: 

Data Inventory Spreadsheets 10 Iterations (Latest included in Zipfile Handout: data-inventory-10.xls) Properties common to many sports Properties particular to each “big 7” sport Current Deliverables

Metadata Codes: 

Metadata Codes Sport Codes Fixture Types Sports Qualifiers Current Deliverables

Resource Files: 

Resource Files Included in Zipfile Handout (sports-codes-04.xls – was teams-##.xls) Maintenance Strategy League Resource File Site Resource File Team Resource Files Current Deliverables

Evolving DTDs: 

Evolving DTDs Latest (0.49) included in Zipfile Handout Data Coverage DTD Structure Extensibility Role vis à vis NewsML & NITF Current Deliverables

Data Coverage: 

Data Coverage Event Schedules Event Coverage Standings (League Rankings) Statistics News Resource Files

DTD Structure: Metadata: 

DTD Structure: Metadata Document-Level Metadata Document class Fixture Feature name Content Codes sport-category | sport | sport-competition league | conference | division team | special-event | site Qualifiers Gender | participant-count | professional-status level | special-needs | completeness date-coverage | team-scoping | competition-scoping

DTD Structure: Content: 

DTD Structure: Content High-Level Structure Event (metadata & stats) Team (?: Name Structure) Player Schedule Standing Statistic Article The DTD Control File How sport-specific info fits in

DTD Structure: Tournament: 

DTD Structure: Tournament <tournament> <tournament-division> <tournament-round> <event> | <team> | <player> | <heat> Variations The Davis Cup Challenge

Sample Documents: 

Sample Documents Included in Zipfile Handout Ice Hockey Examples Other Random Sports

Proposed Next Steps: 

Proposed Next Steps Release of SportsML 0.5 to public Accompanying Press Release Poster and ad-hoc presentation, XML 2001 in Florida in December? Encouragement of experimentation Continuation of Working Sessions Draft 0.9 for IPTC Paris in February? Release 1.0 for IPTC San Francisco in July?

Open Forum: 

Open Forum