Work Structure

Committees and Working Groups of the IPTC are the backbone of the organisation. Find below what each group contributes to the IPTC.

A Committee conducts IPTC’s activities at a more global level and is responsible for the business of the company.
A Working Group is team of persons responsible for a specific area of technical matters.
A Work Lead is a person who is responsible for a specific area of technical matters.

The hierarchy of responsibilities:

 

Board of Directors

Objectives To take responsibility for the organisation as a whole and to develop the guidelines for the work of the IPTC.
Directors … on the About IPTC page

 

News Architecture Work Leads

  • Objectives: Maintenance of the IPTC News Architecture as common data model of multiple IPTC standards for exchanging news and news-related information, like NewsML-G2, SportsML-G2 or ninjs.
  • Related standard: IPTC News Architecture – see on the IPTC Developer Site
  • Work Leads:
    Dave Compton (Thomson Reuters) DaveCompton1_360x360 and Michael Steidl (IPTC) XX

News Codes Working Group

NewsML-G2 Working Group

NewsML 1 Work Lead

News-in-JSON Work Lead

NITF Work Lead

Photo Metadata Working Group

  • Objectives:
    * The goal of this WG is to act as a special interest group regarding all photo metadata issues of the IPTC.
    * The work is not focused on a single standard but will support all current IPTC standards in all photo related areas.
    * The work done will cover in particular supporting the development and maintenance of generic IPTC metadata standards, the development of specific photo metadata standards and acting as a standing group of experts to respond to issues raised by external parties.
  • Related standard: IPTC Photo Metadata: IPTC Core and IPTC Extension  – see see on this web site
  • Public forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iptc-photometadata
  • Forum for IPTC members only: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iptc-photometadata-dev
  • Group Lead:
    Michael Steidl (IPTC) XX

Public Relations Committee

  • Objectives: To cover all aspects of IPTC’s public relations.
  • Chair:
    Bill Kasdorf (Apex)

Rights Expressions Working Group

Semantic Web Work Lead

Sports Content Working Group

  • Objectives:
    The goal of the Working Group is to identify common problems and areas of cooperation related to sport content. Specifically:
    • Develop, maintain and promote the SportsML-G2 standard
    • Support the development and implementation of other IPTC standards in areas relevant to sport
    • Incorporate or develop other appropriate standards
    • Act as a standing group of experts to respond to issues raised by external parties
  • Related standard: SportsML – see on this web site
  • Public forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sportsml
  • Forum for IPTC members only: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/iptc-sportsml-dev
  • Group Lead:
    Johan Lindgren (TT) XX

Standards Committee

  • Objectives: The Standards Committee is IPTC’s body for formal approval of all standards and acts as steering group for the technical development of new standards and the ongoing review of all standards in use.
  • Related standard: all IPTC standards
  • Committee Chair:
    Stéphane Guérillot (AFP)

Video Metadata Working Group