SemTechBiz SF more TVNewser TVSpy LostRemote SocialTimes AllFacebook AllTwitter GalleyCat AppNewser UnBeige AgencySpy PRNewser 10,000 Words FishbowlNY FishbowlLA FishbowlDC MediaJobsDaily

2011 Semantic Web Media Summit

2011 Semantic Web Media Summit, announcements, Industry News, Industry Verticals, Media, News, Publishing, RDFa, Semantic SEO, Standards

rNews 1.0 is an Official Standard!

By Eric Franzon on October 7, 2011 12:51 PM

[UPDATE - November 9, 2011: the IPTC rNews version 1.0 documentation is now available.]

rNews presentastion at Schema.org event

Evan Sandhaus, New York Times (seated) and Andreas Gebhard, Getty Images, present rNews.

Today (Oct. 7, 2011), at a gathering of the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC), rNews took the step from being a proposal to being a formal standard. rNews was created by the IPTC and made its public debut earlier this year as a proposal for using RDFa to annotate news-specific metadata in HTML documents.

Congratulations to the IPTC and the leaders of the rNews standardization effort: Andreas Gebhard (Getty Images), Evan Sandhaus (New York Times), and Stuart Myles (Associated Press).

Read more

Comments
Share
Mediabistro Event

Looking Ahead to Berlin and NYC Semantic Technology & Business Conferences

Dates have been set for Semantic Technology & Business Conferences in Berlin (September 18-19, 2013), and in New York City (October 1-3, 2013). The Calls For Presentations will open by Monday, June 17 at the latest. If you have an idea for a conference session, panel, keynote or conference activity be sure to watch this space and submit a proposal when the CFP goes live!
2011 Semantic Web Media Summit, Business, Event News, Events, Industry News, Media, Publishing, Semantics in Multimedia, Social Media Semantics

Highlights from the Semantic Web Media Summit

By Angela Guess on September 23, 2011 1:00 PM

The Semantic Web Media Summit on September 14 in New York was a great success, a recent article reports. This review of the event covers several sessions including Michael Dunn’s keynote and Mike Petit’s “call to action.” According to the article, Petit noted that “(1) The Semantic Web and its associated technology have become tangible and effective tools for publishers, and (2) Social media have complicated the publishing model and have become indispensable.” Read more

Comments
Share