An introduction to the work of the IPTC and the topics to be discussed at our Spring Meeting, including "Fake News" and the IPTC EXTRA open source news classification engine.

1. Welcome to London!
Stuart Myles * Chairman of the Board * 17th May 2017
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2. IPTC Spring Meeting
• At the end, I’ll ask each
person to introduce
themselves
– Name?
– Organization?
– What are you hoping to
learn or achieve at this
meeting?
• But first…a glance at the
what we’re up to for the
next two days
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3. IPTC Standards
• IPTC is rooted in the news industry
• We develop open source standards for news technology
• Enable hundreds of news and media organizations,
large and small
• IPTC standards power software used to create, edit,
archive and distribute news and information around the
world
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4. Wednesday
SportsML
SportsJS
NewsCodes
Standards Updates
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Tuesday
Video Metadata Hub
Photo Metadata
JSON for Video and
Photo Metadata
ODRL and RightsML
NewsML-G2
News Architecture
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5. Beyond News and Standards
• As well as news, our work is also relevant to
– Photographers, videographers, academics, archivists…
• Goal is to bring together diverse groups so we can
– Create powerful, efficient standards and technologies
– Learn from each other what works and what does not
• Hear from IPTC Members
– AFP, ANSA, AP, DPA, Fingerpost, PA, TR
• Working with other groups and non IPTC members
– W3C, Glitch
• IPTC is evolving beyond standards
– Verification and trustworthy news
– EXTRA open source rules-based classification engine
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6. IPTC Membership
• Membership needs drive IPTC work
– Please let us know what we should look at
• News and metadata on the Web
– AMP, AppleNews, Instant Articles, rNews, Schema.org
• AR, VR, 360 degree photos, drones, chatbots
• How can IPTC help?
– Negotiating standards?
– Developing best practices?
– Navigating the ethics of these technologies?
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7. Date and Place of Next Meeting
Barcelona 6th – 8th November 2017
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8. Tips for Attendees
• Introduce yourself to someone you don't know
• Ask questions
– During the sessions (use the microphones)
– At the coffee breaks
– Over breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Pick one thing you're interested in and volunteer to help
• Think of a colleague and rope them in
• Write a trip report
– Help spread the word about the good work that IPTC does.
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9. Why I Go To IPTC Conferences
• To create technical standards
• To learn from people who do similar work
– Partners
– Competitors
– Vendors
– Researchers
• To find out what works – and what doesn’t
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10. Introductions
• Name?
• Organization?
• What are you hoping to
learn or achieve at this
meeting?
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