Realizing a News Value Markup Language for News Management Systems Using NewsML

In recent years, the standardization of news management and transmission format has advanced, and NewsML (news markup language) has appeared. NewsML is a format which was decided by the IPTC (International Press Telecommunications Council). In this paper, we propose a next generation news management system based on an environment in which news management, transmission, and editing are performed. Concerning news management and transmission, our proposal, NVML (news value markup language), is a metadata description language for NewsML transmission that is to be independent of NewsML. NVML is used for two purposes. One is a metadata management for link management and distribution of NewsML documents. The other is metadata management for assigning values to news. By making link management and content management separate, both news distributors and subscribers can manage NewsML and NVML, while maintaining link adjustments. Moreover, by attaching values to news, users can search, view, and reuse news based on values. Concerning news editing, we created an input candidate support system based on news continuity and an automatic system of judging news categories.