G2: Approved Changes
The IPTC standards EventsML-G2 and NewsML-G2 are constantly under review and development. Each modification is documented by a Change Request which was approved by the IPTC membership at one of its face-to-face meetings.
This is a list of the approved Change Requests for the NewsML-G2 and EventsML-G2 standards, the latest changes are on the top.
Click on the term in the Id column to read the full document.
The corresponding specification can be downloaded from the IPTC server: www.iptc.org/std/NewsML-G2/{version number}
Each version specific folder has sub folders with telling names: documentation, examples, specification, tools. A Zip package with all documents of a specific version can be downloaded from the www.iptc.org/std/NewsML-G2/ folder of the newsml-g2 repository on GitHub.
| Id | Changed Standard |
Approved in Version |
Title | Date of approval__ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CR00220 | NewsML-G2 | 2.34 revision 2 | Errata: change various element definitions from complexContent to simpleContent | 2024-10-02 |
| CR00219 | NewsML-G2 | 2.34 | add dataMining element to rightsinfo | 2024-04-17 |
| CR00218 | NewsML-G2 | 2.34 | Increase nesting of related | 2024-04-17 |
| CR00217 | NewsML-G2 | 2.33 | Add digitalSourceType to contentMeta | 2023-10-04 |
| CR00216 | NewsML-G2 | 2.32 | Add authoritystatus to scheme | 2023-05-18 |
| CR00215 | NewsML-G2 | 2.31 | hasInstrument on things other than organisations | 2022-10-19 |
| CR00214 | NewsML-G2 | 2.30 | Set minOccurs attribute on elements and xs:choice in NewsML-G2 XML Schema | 2021-10-20 |
| CR00213 | NewsML-G2 | 2.30 | Make attribute cardinality explicit in XML Schema | 2021-10-20 |
| CR00212 | NewsML-G2 | 2.30 | Add residrefformat and residrefformaturi to targetResourceAttributes | 2021-10-20 |
| CR00211 | NewsML-G2 | 2.30 | Catalog and CatalogRef should be optional | 2021-10-20 |
| CR00209 | NewsML-G2 | 2.29 | Retiring a Scheme | 2020-05-17 |
| CR00208 | NewsML-G2 | 2.29 | Affiliation for organisation details | 2020-05-17 |
| CR00207 | NewsML-G2 | 2.28 revision 2 | Errata: change data type of planning/coversFrom, planning/coversTo, assignedTo/coversFrom, assignedTo/coversTo, hop/timestamp, hop/action/timestamp to DateOptTimeType | 2018-09-13 |
| CR00206 | NewsML-G2 | 2.28 | Add metadataCreator property | 2018-10-17 |
| CR00205 | NewsML-G2 | 2.28 | New element derivedFromValue | 2018-10-17 |
| CR00204 | NewsML-G2 | 2.27 | Add confidence and relevance to slugline, headline and description | 2018-04-25 |
| CR00203 | NewsML-G2 | 2.27 | Change data type of the signal property | 2018-04-25 |
| CR00202 | NewsML-G2 | 2.27 | Adjust the semantics of the time delimiters of partMeta | 2018-04-25 |
| CR00201 | NewsML-G2 | 2.26 | Add charcount attribute | 2017-11-08 |
| CR00200 | NewsML-G2 | 2.26 | Clarify processing model of Publish Status | 2017-11-08 |
| CR00199 | NewsML-G2 | 2.26 | Support of faceted concepts by Flex1ConceptPropType | 2017-11-08 |
| CR00198 | NewsML-G2 | 2.26 | Add audiences to planning | 2017-11-08 |
| CR00197 | NewsML-G2 | 2.26 | Change datatype of action | 2017-11-08 |
| CR00196 | NewsML-G2 | 2.25 | Add attributes for standard version of contenttype or format | 2017-05-17 |
| CR00195 | NewsML-G2 | 2.25 | Adding urgency to planning | 2017-05-17 |
| CR00194 | NewsML-G2 | 2.24 | Properties about publishing | 2016-10-26 |
| CR00193 | NewsML-G2 | 2.24 | Adding role and version attribute to altId | 2016-10-26 |
| CR00191 | NewsML-G2 | 2.24 | Focus event date confirmation | 2016-10-26 |
| CR00190 | NewsML-G2 | 2.23 | Add related to itemClass | 2016-06-15 |
| CR00189 | NewsML-G2 | 2.23 | Add World Region to address | 2016-06-15 |
| CR00188 | NewsML-G2 | 2.23 | Add rights expressions properties | 2016-06-15 |
| CR00187 | NewsML-G2 | 2.22 | Add concepttype to the property schemeMeta | 2015-10-26 |
| CR00186 | NewsML-G2 | 2.22 | Modify attributes of the property rating | 2015-10-26 |
| CR00185 | NewsML-G2 | 2.22 | Add time delimiters for to the planning of news coverage | 2015-10-26 |
| CR00184 | NewsML-G2 | 2.21 | Add whole item properties to partMeta | 2015-06-03 |
| CR00183 | NewsML-G2 | 2.20 | QCodeType attributes cardinality | 2015-03-18 |
| CR00182 | NewsML-G2 | 2.20 | Feed Identifier | 2015-03-18 |
| CR00181 | NewsML-G2 | 2.20 | Add Original Presentation property | 2015-03-18 |
| CR00180 | NewsML-G2 | 2.19 | primary info attribute for hasInstrument | 2014-10-22 |
| CR00179 | NewsML-G2 | 2.18 | Add attribute-siblings for URIs | 2014-06-18 |
| CR00178 | NewsML-G2 | 2.18 | Refine the specification of partMeta | 2014-06-18 |
| CR00177 | NewsML-G2 | 2.18 | Add signal property to partMeta | 2014-06-18 |
| CR00176 | NewsML-G2 | 2.18 | Extend newsCoverage | 2014-06-18 |
| CR00175 | NewsML-G2 | 2.18 | Add renditionref attribute to timeDelim | 2014-06-18 |
| CR00174 | NewsML-G2 | 2.17 | Add an expires property | 2014-03-12 |
| CR00173 | NewsML-G2 | 2.17 | Add a schemeMeta structure to Knowledge Items | 2014-03-12 |
| CR00172 | NewsML-G2 | 2.17 | Add generic extension property to wrapping elements | 2014-03-12 |
| CR00170 | NewsML-G2 | 2.16 | Change data type of altId | 2013-10-23 |
| CR00169 | NewsML-G2 | 2.16 | Replacing xs:normalizedString in the XML Schema | 2013-10-23 |
| CR00167 | NewsML-G2 | 2.15 | Change the scheme element | 2013-06-26 |
| CR00166 | NewsML-G2 | 2.15 | New Catalog Item | 2013-06-26 |
| CR00165 | NewsML-G2 | 2.15 | Add attributes to the catalog element | 2013-06-26 |
| CR00164 | NewsML-G2 | 2.14 | Add layoutorientation to contentCharacteristics | 2013-03-13 |
| CR00163 | NewsML-G2 | 2.14 | Add signal to remoteContent | 2013-03-13 |
| CR00162 | NewsML-G2 | 2.14 | Add pubconstraint attribute | 2013-03-13 |
| CR00161 | NewsML-G2 | 2.14 | Add contenttypevariant attribute | 2013-03-13 |
| CR00160 | NewsML-G2 | 2.14 | Change data type of duration | 2013-03-13 |
| CR00159 | NewsML-G2 | 2.13 | Add a colourdepth attribute to News Content Characteristics | 2012-10-24 |
| CR00158 | NewsML-G2 | 2.13 | Add a value format attribute to altId | 2012-10-24 |
| CR00156 | NewsML-G2 | 2.12 | Add a link property to rightsInfo | 2012-06-13 |
| CR00155 | NewsML-G2 | 2.12 | Add derivedFrom property | 2012-06-13 |
| CR00154 | NewsML-G2 | 2.12 | Refine AddressType | 2012-06-13 |
| CR00153 | NewsML-G2 | 2.12 | Expand geoAreaDetails | 2012-06-13 |
| CR00134 | NewsML-G2 | 2.12 | Expressing Ticker Symbols | 2012-06-13 |
| CR00152 | NewsML-G2 | 2.11 | Adding title attribute to targetResource group | 2012-03-21 |
| CR00151 | NewsML-G2 | 2.11 | Modify the design of the XML Schema | 2012-03-21 |
| CR00150 | NewsML-G2 | 2.11 | Add attribute "custom" - revamp set of common Power attributes | 2012-03-21 |
| CR00149 | NewsML-G2 | 2.11 | Add scheme description to catalog | 2012-03-21 |
| CR00148 | NewsML-G2 | 2.11 | Add ratings of different kinds | 2012-03-21 |
| CR00147 | NewsML-G2 | 2.11 | Add a uri attribute to properties | 2012-03-21 |
| CR00146 | NewsML-G2 | 2.10 | Add a new derivedfrom attribute | 2011-10-07 |
| CR00145 | NewsML-G2 | 2.10 | New attributes for keyword and subject | 2011-10-07 |
| CR00144 | NewsML-G2 | 2.10 | Extend the attributes of an Icon | 2011-10-07 |
| CR00143 | NewsML-G2 | 2.10 | Add hascontent attribute to NI content | 2011-10-07 |
| CR00142 | NewsML-G2 | 2.10 | Add descriptive props to groups of a package | 2011-10-07 |
| CR00141 | NewsML-G2 | 2.10 | Extension of the semantics of infoSource | 2011-07-19 |
| CR00140 | NewsML G2 | 2.10 | Add sameAs to relationships | 2011-10-07 |
| CR00138 | NAR_1.9 | 1.10 | Processing Model: expressing updates and corrections | 2011-06-09 |
| CR00136 | NAR_1.9 | 1.10 | Best Practice: content warning | 2011-06-09 |
| CR00135 | NAR_1.9 | 1.10 | ItemRef: define scope of hints | 2011-06-09 |
| CR00133 | NAR_1.9 | 1.10 | Indicating SD/HD video | 2011-06-09 |
| CR00132 | NAR_1.9 | 1.10 | Indicating Colour vs Black&White | 2011-06-09 |
| CR00131 | NAR_1.9 | 1.10 | Indicating the applied kind of videoscaling | 2011-06-09 |
| CR00130 | NAR_1.9 | 1.10 | Change videoframerate data type | 2011-06-09 |
| CR00129 | NAR_1.8 | 1.9 | Extend Icon attributes | 2011-03-09 |
| CR00128 | NAR_1.8 | 1.9 | Add Hash Value | 2011-03-09 |
| CR00127 | NAR_1.8 | 1.9 | Extend the News Message header | 2011-03-09 |
| CR00126 | NAR_1.8 | 1.9 | Add ConceptRef to PackageItem | 2011-03-09 |
| CR00125 | NAR_1.8 | 1.9 | Add Hop History | 2011-03-09 |
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