The IPTC News Architecture Working Group is happy to announce that the NewsML-G2 Guidelines and NewsML-G2 Specification documents have been updated to align with version 2.33 of NewsML-G2, which was approved in October 2023.

The changes include:

Specification changes:

• Adding the newest additions authoritystatus and digitalsourcetype added in NewsML-G2 versions 2.32 and 2.33
• Clarification on how @uri, @qcode and @literal attributes should be treated throughout
• Clarification on how roles should be added to infosource element when an entity plays more than one role
• Clarifying and improving cross-references and links throughout the document

Guidelines changes:

• Documentation of the Authority Status attrribute and its related vocabulary, added in version 2.32
• Documentation of the Digital Source Type element and its related vocabulary, added in version 2.33
• Clarification on how @uri, @qcode and @literal attributes should be treated throughout
• Clarifying and improving cross-references and links throughout the document
• Improved the additional resources section including links to related IPTC standards and added links to the SportsML-G2 Guidelines
• See the What’s New in NewsML-G2 2.32 and 2.33 section for full details.

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