IPTC has crafted ninjs, a standard for representing news in json. Version 1.0 of the standard is available now. You'll find examples, code and the schema at http://dev.iptc.org/ninjs and more at https://github.com/iptc/newsinjson

1. News in JSON
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigberto/2764464101/
Stuart Myles * Associated Press * 22nd October 2013

2. Remind Me: What is JSON?
JSON = JavaScript Object Notation http://json.org/
Name / value pairs: a fieldname in quotes, a colon, a value in quotes
"givenname" : "Evan"
Objects: written inside curly braces, may contain multiple NVPs
{"givenname" : "Evan", "familyname" : "Sandhaus"}
Arrays: Written inside square braces, may contain multiple objects
{"iptcdelegates":
{
"givenname":
{
"givenname":
{
"givenname":
}
]}
[
"Jayson", "familyname": “Lorenzen"},
"Jeremy", "familyname": "Brooks"},
"Evan", "familyname": "Sandhaus"
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3. Remind Me: Why News in JSON?
Lightweight, easy to parse format
Increasingly popular alternative to / replacement for XML
Two principle use cases:
data interchange (e.g. APIs) with an emphasis on partial representation
data at rest (e.g. search engines like Elastic Search or MongoDB)
Not simply translating from any existing XML standard into JSON
Determine how to represent key properties and structures
Hand crafted, rather than mechanically translating from XML into JSON
Goal: comprehensive standard, lightweight instance documents
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4. ninjs
News in JSON Activity
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/iptc-news-in-json-dev
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jondresner/5789254800/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jondresner/5789254800/

5. ninjs Overview
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6. ninjs Data Model
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7. ninjs Highlight #1
Descriptive Metadata
Same basic structure
but differing properties per type and preference
"place" : [{
"name" : "New York City",
"name@ru" : "Нью-Йорк",
"why" : "direct",
"how" : "extracted",
"rel" : "about",
"scheme" : "http://data.example.com/",
"code" : "N46020133052049607171"
}],
"subject" : [{
"name": "Data-Mining & Database Marketing",
"rel" : "about"}]
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8. ninjs Highlight #2
Text Markup
Simpler text markup structures (body, description)
Before, they were multi-level structures
"body" : {
"text": "It was a case for a digital Sherlock
Holmes.",
"html": "<b>It was a case for a digital Sherlock
Holmes."}
Now, they are their own simple properties, with flexible descriptors
"body_text": "It was a case for a digital Sherlock
Holmes.",
"body_html": "<b>It was a case for a digital Sherlock
Holmes."}
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9. ninjs Highlight #3
Associations and Representations
• ninjs is a JSON representation of a news item
• You can represent a complete item, with all properties
– For instance in an internal CMS like MongoDB
• Or you may want to convey key properties
– For instance as an API response
• The representationtype property indicates how complete
– Either “full” or “partial”
• Associations are themselves ninjs documents
– You may include complete or partial representations
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10. Rendition Example
"renditions" : {
"main" : {
"href" : "http://example.org/photos/2/2643c588-dc8d-4923bebd-e3b904edbb3a-big.jpg",
"mimetype": "image/jpg",
"title" : "Mid Resolution",
"height" : 281,
"width" : 429
},
"small" : {
"href" : "http://example.org/photos/2/2643c588-dc8d-4923bebd-e3b904edbb3a-small.jpg",
"mimetype": "image/jpg",
"title" : "Low Resolution",
"height" : 117,
"width" : 179
}
}
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11. Associations Example
"associations" : {
"mainpic" :
{
"uri" :
"http://ninjs.example.com/newsitems/20130709simpPh123",
"representationtype" : "partial",
"type" : "picture",
"byline" : "Paulo Santalucia",
"headline" : "Costa Concordia cruise ship",
"renditions" : {
"small" : {
"href" : "http://example.org/photos/2/2643c588-dc8d4923-bebd-e3b904edbb3a-small.jpg",
"height" : 117,
"width" : 179
}
}
}}
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12. ninjs Resources
•
The ninjs development website is a trove of information http://dev.iptc.org/ninjs
•
ninjs JSON schema http://www.iptc.org/std/ninjs/ninjs-schema_1.0.json
– Uses JSON schema draft standard http://json-schema.org/
– Validation http://dev.iptc.org/ninjs-Validation-of-ninjs-Objects
•
ninjs examples
– Text http://dev.iptc.org/ninjs-Examples-1
– Photo http://dev.iptc.org/ninjs-Examples-2
– Multimedia http://dev.iptc.org/ninjs-Examples-3
•
Best practices and how to’s http://dev.iptc.org/ninjs-Best-Practices-and-How-Tos
•
ninjs github https://github.com/iptc/newsinjson
•
ninjs feedback forum http://dev.iptc.org/Forum-5
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13. ninjs
MOTION – Standards Committee
MOTION (to the Standards Committee):
To approve ninjs version 1.0
as specified by
ninjs-schema_1.0-DRAFT.json
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14. News in JSON Road Map
• Let’s start the experimental phase
– Try it out and give us feedback!
– http://dev.iptc.org/Forum-5
• You can also help by joining the News in JSON group
– iptc-news-in-json-dev@yahoogroups.com
• Progress report at the next meeting
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15. Date and Place of Next Meeting
Istanbul, Turkey March, 2014
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47096398@N08/5864315469/
Thanks and Goodbye!
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