IPTC NewsCodesViewer Software
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1. First version Change version Deprecated in version i Change comment Save the above changes Fig 1 Topic information 3 Installing and setting up 3 1 Basic setup Download the NewsCodes Viewer ZIP package from the home page of www newscodes org RESOURCES panel to the right of the page IPTC NewsCodesViewer UserGuideVwonly_1 doc Page 5 of 16 2005 International Press Telecommunications Council www iptc org amp Q IPTC NensCodesViener Software User Guide Production public release X 3 2 By expanding the content of this ZIP file a directory tree will be created to hold all required basic reference files in a structured way To that end locate first a directory of your file system as root directory for this IPTC directory tree and save the ZIP file there Now expand the ZIP file The root directory of this new tree is named IPTC In the subdirectory PTC Tools NewsCode Viewer the program and all supporting files will be installed but not the NewsCodes files yet see more in section 3 2 After this set up your sub tree of IPTC directories should look like this E NewsML 5 L2 I documentation 9 examples 9 specification Tools NewsCodesViewer topicset Fig 2 IPTC directory tree Download and install the required NewsCodes files Go to the www newscodes org web site View the s2. IPTC NewsCodeViewer Editor Version 2004 50 a File Treeview Translations Settings Help crime law and justice disaster and accident economy business and finance education environmental issue health human interest labour lifestyle and leisure politics religion and belief science and technology social issue sport unrest conflicts and war weather Production public release ormalName Copy to clipboard Name arts culture and entertainment Matters pertaining to the advancement and refinement of the human mind of interests skills tastes and emotions Expla nation First version Change version Deprecated in version 1 1 0 Change comment Save the above changes Deprecate this Topic Translations right click for language specific menu rench arts culture et spectacles erman Kultur Kunst Unterhaltung Spanish arte cultura y espectaculos nation 0 0 0 Change omment The big area to the left with an orange border in the illustration above is the NewsCodes Overview where a list or tree of all topics of the reference file is loaded To the right there are two detachable panels with details to any selected topic One green border with details of the chosen topic from the reference file Another one yellow border for the translations of this topic if any exists and is loaded See information about these detachable
3. IPTC Documentation NewsCodes Viewer Version 2005 9 f User Guide Viewer only version Revision 1 IPT C NewsCodesViewer UserGuideVwonly_1 doc Copyright 2005 International Press Telecommunications Council All rights reserved VY IPTC NewsCodesViener Software User Guide Production public release Copyright 2005 by IPTC the International Press Telecommunications Council All rights reserved IPTC address Postal mail Royal Albert House Sheet Street Windsor Berkshire SL4 1BE United Kingdom Web www iptc org email office iptc org This project intends to use materials that are either in the public domain or are available by the permission for their respective copyright holders Permissions of copyright holder will be obtained prior to use of protected material All materials of this IPTC standard covered by copyright shall be licensable at no charge Document file name with Word filename extension doc IPTC NewsCodesViewer UserGuideVwonly_1 doc Document URN urn iptc std NewsCodes 1 0 doc NewsCodes Viewer UserGuideV wonly 1 More information on IPTC URNs in RFC 3937 Document Revision History Revision Issue Date Author revised by Remark 1 Johan Lindgren Basic version Michael Steidl IPTC NewsCodesViewer UserGuideVwonly_1 doc Page 2 of 16 2005 International Press Telecommunications Council www iptc org amp g IPTC NewsCodesViener Software User Guide Production public relea
4. used to calculate which topics are marked with a red arrow in the Overview You can change the threshold value by this menu item When you do so the Overview will be updated so all topics changed in that or later revisions are marked with a red arrow IPTC NewsCodesViewer UserGuideVwonly_1 doc Page 12 of 16 2005 International Press Telecommunications Council www iptc org Sd Q L IPTC NensCodesViener Software User Guide Production public release Find changed moves to the first topic in the list or tree which show a Change Version equal or higher than the current Version Threshold Find next changed continues this search from the last found topic This is especially useful for large sets of NewsCodes where you would like to see what has been changed since a specific version 4 5 Browse trees of NewsCodes All information of section 4 4 applies to structured trees of a set of NewsCodes too One obvious difference is that Expand all and Collapse all work as expected By choosing these menu items you can quickly expand all topics of the loaded set of NewsCodes or collapse the tree fully File Treeview Translations Settings Help I arts culture and entertainment H crime law and justice H disaster and accident H economy business and finance H n education H isi environmental issue H health When initially loaded the structured set of NewsCodes is shown collapsed This is indicated by boxes left to the topic nam
5. value applied to all the NewsCodes of this set If there is no underscore this is the IPTC reference file in British English It is also possible to open a translation file in the NewsCodes Overview Select the NewsCodes file you like to open and click Open IPTC NewsCodesViewer UserGuideVwonly_1 doc Page 9 of 16 2005 International Press Telecommunications Council www iptc org 3 Q IPTC NewsCodesViener Software User Guide Production public release X The content should be loaded in the main overview Most NewsCodes sets are loaded as a flat list of topics But some like the SubjectCodes are loaded in a structured manner with the SubjectMatter and SubjectDetail collapsed under its respective parent Subject It a reference file has been connected with translation files these will also load automatically in the translation panel When the load process is finished the first topic will be selected and details will be show in the top right panel It is also possible to load recently used files through the menu File gt Recent files gt Ge IPTC NewsCode Viewer Editor Yersion 7004 50 a File Treeview Translations Settings Help un Open Ctrl 0 S Set this File to autoload topicset ipte subjectcode_en GB xml Recent files gt a Close Alt F4 bopicset ipte genre_en GB xml o With a reference file loaded you can chose the menu item File gt Set this file to autoload When you start
6. be shown in the lower part of the translation panel There is also version numbering available for the translations working in the same manner as the versioning for the reference topics But you can t deprecate a translation As for the Overview you can choose a separate font for the translation panel This is especially useful if you need some sort of special font to show other character sets The menu item Show translation in grid works the same way as for the reference file The topics in the translation are loaded into a grid for viewing By choosing Auto link translation the selected language in the language box is specifically linked for this set of NewsCodes So when you browse the reference topics the translation panel is also updated to show the matching topic in the selected language This is especially useful if you have several translations in the language list for a certain reference file You can also right click a language in the language list to find these commands Translations right click German K ultur Kunst Unterhaltung Spanith arte cultura y espect culos French arts culture et spectacles aa Show translation in grid Save this translation Save this translation aS 4ubo link this language Search in this translation Name Here you can also choose to search the language you right clicked IPTC NewsCodesViewer UserGuideVwonly_1 doc Page 15 of 16 2005 International Press Telecommunications Council
7. communications Council www iptc org amp Q IPTC NewsCodes Viewer Software User Guide Production public release 4 2 About IPTC NewsCodes IPTC NewsCodes Version 004 50 4 Copyright Johan Lindgren TT Created 1999 2004 by Johan Lindgren CA lt News _ Codes Revision history of IPTC Newelode program Current version 2004 50 4 To close the program you choose File gt Close If you re in editing mode and there are unsaved changes you will get warnings about that Current settings will be saved to the INI file More about that later Select sets of NewsCodes To load a set of NewsCodes use File gt Open If you ve set it up according to section 3 above the open dialog will start in the folder displaying the NewsCodes files fey bopicset ipte subjectcode en GB xmil Fey bopicset iptc subjectcode es xmil 2 topicset ipte subjectcode_Fr xml topicset iptc subjectcode_j xrnl topicset iote subiectcode no wml The file name of set of NewsCodes starts with topicset and is continued with the name of this set The file extension is in any case xml At the right end of the basic filename there might be a portion delimited by an underscore character _ if this is the case this is a translation of the British English reference into a language which 1s identified by a code This code is shown to the right of the underscore and aligns with the xml lang
8. de for the Windows operating system no versions for Apple MacOS or Unix OSs are supported sorry 1 1 Background The IPTC creates and maintains lists of values for certain metadata values Such lists are called in technical terms Controlled Vocabularies CV or taxonomies and the IPTC has branded them as NewsCodes The primary intention for such CVs 1s to assure only values from a well defined set of values are used for specific metadata elements An example news objects could have a metadata field telling the status of this object whether it is usable embargoed or cancelled If a news consumer receives several feeds and the providers of these feeds would not agree on a common terminology for this status field the consumer could end up with values like usable ToBeUsed or simply U all telling the consumer could use a news object which would be quite confusing To that end the IPTC recommends to use CV for several metadata fields either to convey news management information like this status example or terms to describe the content of the news object As of 2004 the IPTC maintains 28 such Controlled Vocabularies the most current information regarding the CVs and their values can be found at http www newscodes org The NewsCodes values are not only available by the web pages of www newscodes org but also as standalone XML files which can be downloaded be aware of the DOWNLOAD link
9. es if they have sub topics To open the list of sub topics click on the sign or press the right arrow key when the topic is selected When open the changes to a H international law H Corporate crime ap war crime A disaster and accident a drought eee earthquake oe famine fire S Amm When searching big sets of NewsCodes with collapsible structure there might be occasions where you get a match but the item is not automatically scrolled into view You will still see the details about the topic to the right But if the program does not manage to show it in the overview you have to manually scroll until you see the topic 4 6 Add non English versions to the selection If translations of the loaded reference file are available you can load the file with translated NewsCodes too When you have done this once the program will keep track of that When later loading the reference file the translation s will be loaded too IPTC NewsCodesViewer UserGuideVwonly_1 doc Page 13 of 16 2005 International Press Telecommunications Council www iptc org Ld g IPTC NewsCodesViener Software User Guide Production public release Translations Settings Help ae Language Font tn Add a translation to the list i Show translation in grid A Auto link translation Choose Translations gt Add a translation to the list In the dialog make sure to select the file with the translation to the loaded reference file If you choose the wro
10. et of NewsCodes you are interested in Download first the reference version in English by clicking the DOWNLOAD link on the top of the display page SAVE the file to the PTC topicset directory of your IPTC directory tree as created by executing the steps in 3 1 As required download any additional non English versions of this set of NewsCodes to the same directory They all are named differently there is no danger to overwrite files Continue in the same manner for all required sets of NewsCodes 4 Viewing NewsCodes 4 1 Start the program from PTC Tools NewsCodes Viewer Introduction to the user interface BP IPTC NewsCodeViewer Editor ersion 2004 41 d File Treeview Translations Settings Help When starting the program it might autoload a set of NewsCodes See more about that later At the top of the menu bar you see the current version number of the program Below are the different menus File Deals mostly with the reference file of each set of NewsCodes Overview Mostly actions related to the topics already loaded in the overview Translations Actions related to supplemental files with translations of the reference file Settings Some general settings Help This helpfile and information about the program IPTC NewsCodesViewer UserGuideVwonly_1 doc Page 6 of 16 2005 International Press Telecommunications Council www iptc org IPTC NewsCodesViener Software User Guide User workspace
11. ettings Help Y Expand all k Collapse all ae Choose Font oO Increase size Ctrl Decrease size ShiFk Ctrl h Find topic Ctrl F WW Find again F3 Go to Formalame Ctrl M i mie Show in grid version threshold 7 Find changed item Shift Ctrl F Find next changed Shift F3 Ti eee de m Expand all or Collapse all is only meaningful if you loaded a set of NewsCodes which provides a tree structure for a flat list these menu items do nothing Choose font lets you choose the font to be used in the Overview The same font is used in the Name and Explanation boxes too Increase size and Decrease size changes the font size in the Overview name and explanation For example useful if you are showing this to an audience by a PC projector The font and size values are stored when closing the program and reused when started later Find topic opens this dialog box IPTC NewsCodesViewer UserGuideVwonly_1 doc Page 11 of 16 2005 International Press Telecommunications Council www iptc org VU Q y IPTC NensCodesViener Software User Guide Production public release X Ioj xi Pf Topic search Choose or type whole or part of a word or phrase to search for in the reference file Search in f Only Name C Name Explanation or ChangeComment x Cancel You can search either in the Name fields or in any of the Name Explanation or ChangeComment fields Words you have searched for ea
12. n be assigned to a Topic each one taken from a different language This provides a facility to assign a FormalName to the metadata field and to show on the level of a user interface different localised names for this Topic as long as the user interface supports this kind of localisation c Explanation This is a text to describe the concept of this Topic and to add a note on the usage This Explanation can also be localised d Versioning information As these CVs are maintained by applying versioning rules each change applied to a set of topics results in a new version changes to several topics at the same time can be accumulated to a single version update the version numbers are shown for the version this Topic was introduced to the CV First version the version this Topic was changed Change version the introduction is consider to be a change the version the use of this Topic was deprecated Deprecated in version e Change Comment Provides optional information about the reasons for a change This set of information is shown in the user interface of the NewsCodes Viewer program Topic 01000000 FormalName Copy to clipboard 3 F r jarts culture and entertainment Name ee TA EA OOOO T E Matters pertaining to the advancement and refinement of the human mind of jinterests skills tastes and emotions l Expla nation
13. ng file the program won t find any matching topics After choosing the file the program will prompt for the name of the language in the file Which language iz in the file for example English topicset ipte genre_ es sml Spanish Type in the language in full as above Language abbreviation Which abbreviation i used for this language Spanish fo Cancel After that you are asked for the abbreviation for this translation It s normally the code at the end of the filename After completing these dialog boxes the translation is linked to the reference file and the language is shown in the translation panel If the name of the current topic has been translated that will also be shown after the language name Retrospective gt Translations r Spanish E piloga Press Release SYNOPSIS Quote Press Digest o Review IPTC NewsCodesViewer UserGuideVwonly_1 doc Page 14 of 16 2005 International Press Telecommunications Council www iptc org amp Q IPTC NensCodesViener Software User Guide Production public release 4 7 Browse non English versions Click the language line to open this translated topic Translations right click for language specific menu Doo 2 Epilogo Name i j Contiene el recuento final de un histona ocurrida durante el dia Utilidado al final del dial Expla nation If there is a translated name and or explanation for this topic it will
14. on the top of the display pages for NewsCodes on this web site and viewed To make viewing the NewsCodes values in these files more convenient the IPTC developed this NewsCodes Viewer program This document provides information about how to use this program best 2 Structures of NewsCodes Controlled Vocabularies Each IPTC Controlled Vocabulary comprises a set of so called Topics These Topics can be arranged as a flat list In this case no special relationship between the Topics is defined they are all siblings at the same hierarchical level a structured tree In this case each child Topic pertains exactly to one parent Topic This creates a hierarchical relationship the child Topics can only be understood in the scope of the parent Topic Topics with the same name are not equal because they are assigned to different parents in any case thus creating a different scope for these equal named Topics IPTC NewsCodesViewer UserGuideVwonly_1 doc Page 4 of 16 2005 International Press Telecommunications Council www iptc org amp Q IPTC NensCodesViener Software User Guide Production public release X For each Topic this set of information is specified a FormalName That is string of alphanumeric characters to identify this Topic It could take the form of a human readable word or an abstract term or a number like value b Name That is a human readable expression pertaining to this Topic More than one name ca
15. panels in detail below IPTC NewsCodesViewer UserGuideVwonly_1 doc 2005 International Press Telecommunications Council www iptc org Page 7 of 16 G g IPTC NewsCodesViener Software User Guide Production public release ioi x FormalName Current Copy to clipboard Name e Endla The object content is about ewents taking place at the time of xp the report nation First version Change version Deprecated in version atistics 1 1 ci Change comment Save the above changes Deprecate this Topic Topicset translations g ciol x Translations right click for language specific menu Sion Expla nation First version Change version Deprecated in version j O Change comment The panels can be detached by putting the mouse cursor on the double lined border pressing the left mouse button and moving the panel to another place In the Settings menu the panels can be set to float on top even if you are editing in another panel To attach a panel again you drop it into its initial box of the main form The Help menu provides two submenus Show Help tries to open this file if 1t is present in the same folder as the program About opens an about box regarding this program If you click the IPTC logo in the upper left corner of the about box it opens a list of changes done to this program IPTC NewsCodesViewer UserGuideVwonly_1 doc Page 8 of 16 2005 International Press Tele
16. rlier are saved in the drop down list for reuse All searches are non case sensitive If a matching topic is found that topic is selected in the Overview If no match is found you will see a message box telling this Find again repeats the latest search from the position of the last hit Got to FormalName can be used if you know the FormalName of the topic you wish to look at Choose this menu item and type in the FormalName Show in grid opens the loaded set of NewsCodes in a grid view fi TopicSet GridYiew 4 a Ioj x File Size Genre Curent Curent The object content is about events taking place at the none T Genre Analisi Analysis The object contains data and conclusions drawn by a j none 1 1 D Genre Archive r Archive The object contains material distributed previously that none 1 1 Genre Backgrat Backgro The object provides some scene setting and explanatia none ier eel L i Genre Feature Feature The object content is about a particular event or individ none 1 1 D Genre Forecast Forecast The object contains opinion as to the outcome of a futi none 1 1 40 Here you can look at all the topics You can resize the columns by placing the mouse cursor between two column headers pressing the left mouse button and resizing it You can change the font size in the Size menu Close the grid view by using File gt Close Version threshold shows the latest version number for this set of NewsCodes This is also
17. se Table of contents OCG HO ircect cece sects teers E cosets 4 1 1 Ba O A E E 4 2 Structures of NewsCodes Controlled Vocabularies 2 0 0 ccccccccccceccecceeeseeeeceeeeeeeaeeeseeseeeeeeeaeas 4 gt Taane WD een E E E 5 3 1 Ba e OD a A eT ener re eer rene renee nese 3 3 2 Download and install the required NewsCodes files 2 0 0 cceccccccceccccaesseeeeecceeeceeaaseeseeeeeees 6 WAG WISIN WS COGS eienen E E E EES 6 4 1 lottoducuon 1o the USC ICT AC seses EEEE EE EEA 6 4 2 SClect sets OL NC WCC OCS rrsan esa a aE eT 9 4 3 B E oo A A N E A N E S 10 4 4 Browse flat ists of NewsC od s ssscccicsocaschevararescoacasaionatarcuetaconctavaucnsessnesiacausncoebauneslovasneees 11 4 5 Browse mecs OF ING W 5 COS aac cnecoesaconsearnnstionecianma ne n E rn nar N aaar nA OaE Eri 13 4 6 Add non English versions to the Selection ccccccccsssssssecccececceeesseeecccceeeeaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaas 13 4 7 Browse non English VCE TOMS osissa isi ere E Ea a ETN R 15 4 8 Searching NewsCodes for changes cccccsssssssecccccceeeeesseeccccceeeaeeesseeceeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeaaas 16 oE WC e E E A E A E E E E memacq eee 16 IPTC NewsCodesViewer UserGuideVwonly_1 doc Page 3 of 16 2005 International Press Telecommunications Council www iptc org amp lt IPTC NewsCodesViener Software User Guide Production public release 1 Introduction The NewsCodes Viewer program is made to view all sets of IPTC NewsCodes conveniently This program is ma
18. the program again the chosen reference file will automatically be loaded by the program 4 3 Details of a topic Details to each topic are shown in the panel to the right after clicking on the topic in the NewsCodes Overview to the left Ge IPTC NewsCode iewer Editor Yersion 2004 50 a a Ioj x File Treeview Translations Settings Help aS Opinion Name History eee Polls and Surveys Profile Results Listings an Summary Transcript and rerl e Interview ae From the Scene am Retrospective Poe Update on Wrapup oo Press Pelegce Change T comment The object content is based on previous rather than current events Expla nation IPTC NewsCodesViewer UserGuideVwonly_1 doc Page 10 of 16 2005 International Press Telecommunications Council www iptc org L2 Q IPTC NewsCodesViener Software User Guide Production public release 4 4 Find details about the fields for this topic panel in section 2 Topics Browse flat lists of NewsCodes Topics can be navigated by using the mouse But it is also possible to navigate the overview with the arrow keys Changed topics are indicated in the NewsCodes Overview with a red arrow More about that later If there s translations associated with this set of NewsCodes the translation panel to the right also updates to show the translations for the selected topic The setting of the Overview menu Treeview Translations S
19. www iptc org VY IPTC NewsCodesViener Software User Guide Production public release It searches the name explanation and change comment fields for the selected language 4 8 Searching NewsCodes for changes See the end of section 4 4 5 Acknowledgments This NewsCodes Viewer program was developed by Johan Lindgren of the Swedish news agency Tidningarnas Telegrambyra TT END of document IPTC NewsCodesViewer UserGuideVwonly_1 doc Page 16 of 16 2005 International Press Telecommunications Council www iptc org
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