rNews 1.0: Quick Reference
This page provides an overview and a detailed description of every property in the rNews data model.
Data Model
Below is a diagram showing the complete rNews data model. You can also download a PDF version of this diagram and a spreadsheet of the rNews 1.0 data model.
Figure: The complete class diagram of the rNews data model.
Class Properties
The table below details every attribute in the rNews data model.
| rNews Class | Schema.org Class | rNews 1.0 Property | rNews Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | alternativeHeadline | xsd:string | A secondary title of the NewsItem. |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork† | copyrightNotice | xsd:string | xsd:anyURI | owl:thing |
Any necessary copyright notice for claiming the intellectual property for the content. |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | copyrightYear | xsd:nonNegativeInteger | The year during which the claimed copyright was first asserted |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | dateCreated | xsd:dateTime | The date on which the NewsItem. was created. |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | dateline | xsd:string | The location where the content was produced. |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | dateModified | xsd:dateTime | The date on which the NewsItem. was most recently modified |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | datePublished | xsd:dateTime | The date on which the NewItem was first made available online. |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | description | xsd:string | A free-form textual description of the NewsItem of the item. Publishers may find it helpful to view this as the "caption" for an Media objects. |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | discussionUrl | xsd:anyURI | owl:thing |
A link to the page containing the comments relating to this item. |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | genre | xsd:string | xsd:anyURI | owl:thing |
A term describing the general editorial category of the article. Implementations are encouraged but not required to draw values for type of material from the IPTC Genre subject headings at http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/genre/. |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | headline | xsd:string | |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork† | identifier | xsd:string | An identifier for a Thing. This ID can be generated by the underlying publishing system. No two distinct Things from the same site should be assigned the same id, but a single Thing may have multiple ids. |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | inLanguage | xsd:string | A language used by the news content specified according to IETF BCP 47 at http://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp47. |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | interactionCount | xsd:string | xsd:anyURI | owl:thing |
Adopted from schema.org: A count of a specific user interactions with this item—for example, 20 UserLikes, 5 UserComments, or 300 UserDownloads. It is suggested but not required that users draw the interaction type from the controlled vocabulary provided by schema.org at: http://schema.org/UserInteraction |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | publishingPrinciples | xsd:string | xsd:anyURI | owl:thing |
Link to page describing the editorial principles of the organization primarily responsible for the creation of the NewsItem. |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | thumbnailUrl | xsd:anyURI | A thumbnail image relevant to the content. |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork† | usageTerms | xsd:string | xsd:anyURI | owl:thing |
A human or machine-readable statement about the usage terms pertaining to the NewsItem. |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | version | xsd:integer | The version of the NewsItem. embodied by a specified resource. |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | about | Concept | Indicates that the NewsItem is specifically about a concept. |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | accountablePerson | Person | Specifies the person that is legally accountable for the NewsItem. |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | comment | UserComments | Comments, typically from users, on this NewsItem. |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | contributor | Person | Organization |
A secondary contributor to the item |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | copyrightHolder | Person | Organization |
The party holding the legal copyright to the NewsItem. |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | creator | Person | Organization |
The author of this content. |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | editor | Person | Organization |
Specifies the person or organization who edited the NewsItem |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | mentions | Concept | Indicates that the NewsItem. contains a reference to, but is not necessarily about a concept. |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | provider | Person | Organization |
Specifies the person or organization that distributed the NewsItem. |
| NewsItem | http://schema.org/CreativeWork | sourceOrganization | Organization | The organization on whose behalf the creator was working. |
| Article | http://schema.org/NewsArticle | articleBody | xsd:string | The main text of the article. |
| Article | http://schema.org/NewsArticle | articleSection | xsd:string | xsd:anyURI | owl:thing |
The top-level classification of the content by the publishing organization. |
| Article | http://schema.org/NewsArticle | associatedMedia | "ImageObject | AudioObject | VideoObject" |
An image or audio or video object associated with an Article. |
| Article | http://schema.org/NewsArticle | printColumn | xsd:integer | The number of the column in which the article appears in the print edition. |
| Article | http://schema.org/NewsArticle | printEdition | xsd:string | xsd:anyURI | owl:thing |
The edition of the print product in which the article appears. Implementors wishing to link to their own controlled vocabularies for this property may wish to specify this property as a URI. |
| Article | http://schema.org/NewsArticle | printPage | xsd:string | If this article appears in print, this field indicates the name of the page on which the article is found. Please note that this field is intended for the exact page name (e.g. "A5", "B18"). |
| Article | http://schema.org/NewsArticle | printSection | xsd:string | xsd:anyURI | owl:thing |
If this article appears in print, this field indicates the print section in which the article appeared. Implementors wishing to link to their own controlled vocabularies for this property may wish to specify this property as a URI. |
| Article | http://schema.org/NewsArticle | wordCount | xsd:nonNegativeInteger | The number of words in the article. |
| ImageObject | http://schema.org/ImageObject | associatedArticle | Article | An Article associated with the Media Object |
| ImageObject | http://schema.org/ImageObject | encodingFormat | xsd:string | xsd:anyURI | owl:thing |
The encoding of a media asset. The encoding must be drawn from the IPTC NewsCodes for Images, Audio codecs, or Video codecs available at http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/format/, http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/audiocodec/, and http: //cv.iptc.org/newscodes/videocodec/ |
| ImageObject | http://schema.org/ImageObject | height | xsd:integer | "Height of the media object." |
| ImageObject | http://schema.org/ImageObject | width | xsd:integer | Width of the media object. |
| ImageObject | http://schema.org/ImageObject | associatedMedia | "ImageObject | AudioObject | VideoObject" |
An image or audio or video object associated with an Article. |
| AudioObject | http://schema.org/AudioObject | associatedArticle | Article | An Article associated with the Media Object |
| AudioObject | http://schema.org/AudioObject | duration | xsd:duration | Adapted from schema.org. The duration of the item (movie, audio recording, event, etc.) in ISO 8601 date format. |
| AudioObject | http://schema.org/AudioObject | encodingFormat | xsd:string | xsd:anyURI | owl:thing |
The encoding of a media asset. The encoding must be drawn from the IPTC NewsCodes for Images, Audio codecs, or Video codecs available at http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/format/, http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/audiocodec/, and http: //cv.iptc.org/newscodes/videocodec/ |
| AudioObject | http://schema.org/AudioObject | transcript | xsd:string | xsd:anyURI | owl:thing |
If this media object is an audio or video object, the transcript of that object |
| AudioObject | http://schema.org/AudioObject | associatedMedia | "ImageObject | AudioObject | VideoObject" |
An image or audio or video object associated with an Article. |
| VideoObject | http://schema.org/VideoObject | associatedArticle | Article | An Article associated with the Media Object |
| VideoObject | http://schema.org/VideoObject | duration | xsd:duration | Adapted from schema.org. The duration of the item (movie, audio recording, event, etc.) in ISO 8601 date format. |
| VideoObject | http://schema.org/VideoObject | encodingFormat | xsd:string | xsd:anyURI | owl:thing |
The encoding of a media asset. The encoding must be drawn from the IPTC NewsCodes for Images, Audio codecs, or Video codecs available at http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/format/, http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/audiocodec/, and http: //cv.iptc.org/newscodes/videocodec/ |
| AudioObject | http://schema.org/VideoObject | height | xsd:integer | "Height of the media object." |
| VideoObject | http://schema.org/VideoObject | transcript | xsd:string | xsd:anyURI | owl:thing |
If this media object is an audio or video object, the transcript of that object |
| VideoObject | http://schema.org/VideoObject | width | xsd:integer | Width of the media object. |
| VideoObject | http://schema.org/VideoObject | associatedMedia | "ImageObject | AudioObject | VideoObject" |
An image or audio or video object associated with an Article. |
| UserComments | http://schema.org/UserComments | commentText | xsd:string | The text of the comment. |
| UserComments | http://schema.org/UserComments | commentTime | xsd:dateTime | The time at which the comment was made. |
| UserComments | http://schema.org/UserComments | creator | Person | The creator of the comment. |
| UserComments | http://schema.org/UserComments | discusses | NewsItem | Specifies the NewsItem associated with this Comment. |
| UserComments | http://schema.org/UserComments | replyToUrl | xsd:anyURI | The URL at which a reply may be posted to the specified comment. |
| Concept | http://schema.org/Thing | name | xsd:string | The natural language name for a concept. |
| Place | http://schema.org/Place | address | PostalAddress | A real-world postal address associated with this entity. |
| Place | http://schema.org/Place | featureCode | xsd:string | xsd:anyURI | owl:thing |
A code indicating the type of the geographic entity specified by a location object. The IPTC suggests, but does not require, that implementors of rNews populate this field with values drawn from the controlled vocabulary of feature codes provided by geonames.org. |
| Place | geoCoordinates | GeoCoordinates | The geo coordinates of the location. | |
| GeoCoordinates | http://schema.org/GeoShape | box | xsd:string | A box is the area enclosed by the rectangle formed by two points. The first point is the lower corner, the second point is the upper corner. A box is expressed as two points separated by a space character. |
| GeoCoordinates | http://schema.org/GeoShape | circle | xsd:string | A circle is the circular region of a specified radius centered at a specified latitude and longitude. A circle is expressed as a pair followed by a radius in meters. |
| GeoCoordinates | http://schema.org/GeoShape | elevation | xsd:string | The elevation is the height above sea level in meters of a specified point. An Elevation attribute must be specified in conjunction with a Point attribute. |
| GeoCoordinates | http://schema.org/GeoShape | line | xsd:string | A line is a point-to-point path consisting of two or more points. A line is expressed as a series of two or more point objects separated by space. |
| GeoCoordinates | http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates | point | xsd:string | A point is a physical location on Earth. A point is expressed as a latitude and longitude separated by a space character. Points should expressed in decimal as laid out in the WGS84 specification. |
| GeoCoordinates | http://schema.org/GeoShape | polygon | xsd:string | A polygon is the area enclosed by a point-to-point path for which the starting and ending points are the same. A polygon is expressed as a series of four or more space-delimited points where the first and final points are identical. |
| Person | http://schema.org/Person | additionalName | xsd:string | The middle name portion of a full name for a person. |
| Person | http://schema.org/Person | address | PostalAddress | A real-world postal address associated with this entity. |
| Person | http://schema.org/Person | familyName | xsd:string | Family name. In the U.S., the last name of an individual |
| Person | http://schema.org/Person | givenName | xsd:string | Given name. In the U.S., the first name of an individual. Also used if person has only one name |
| Person | http://schema.org/Person | honorificPrefix | xsd:string | An honorific prefix preceding a person's name such as Dr/Mrs/Mr |
| Person | http://schema.org/Person | honorificSuffix | xsd:string | An honorific suffix preceding a person's name such as M.D./PhD/MSCSW. |
| Organization | http://schema.org/Organization | address | PostalAddress | A real-world postal address associated with this entity. |
| Organization | http://schema.org/Corporation | tickerSymbol | xsd:string | The exchange traded instrument associated with an organisation object. The tickerSymbol is expressed as an exchange and an instrument name separated by a space character. The IPTC suggests, but does not require that implementors of rNews select the value for the exchange component of the tickerSymbol attribute from the controlled vocaulary of Market Identifier Codes (MIC) specified in ISO15022. |
| PostalAddress | http://schema.org/PostalAddress | addressCountry | xsd:string | A country, part of the address. Implementors are encouraged but not required to use ISO-3166-1-alpha-2 country codes. |
| PostalAddress | http://schema.org/PostalAddress | addressLocality | xsd:string | A city/town/village etc. part of the address. |
| PostalAddress | http://schema.org/PostalAddress | addressRegion | xsd:string | A subdivision of a country, part of the address |
| PostalAddress | http://schema.org/PostalAddress | xsd:string | An email address. | |
| PostalAddress | http://schema.org/PostalAddress | faxNumber | xsd:string | An international fax number. |
| PostalAddress | http://schema.org/PostalAddress | postalCode | xsd:string | A postal code, part of the address |
| PostalAddress | http://schema.org/PostalAddress | streetAddress | xsd:string | A line of address information, in the format expected by a recipient postal service. City, country area, country and postal code are expressed separately |
| PostalAddress | http://schema.org/PostalAddress | telephone | xsd:string | An international phone number. |
| PostalAddress | http://schema.org/PostalAddress | url | xsd:anyURI | A reference to a web resource. |
| PostalAddress | http://schema.org/PostalAddress | postOfficeBoxNumber | xsd:string | A post office box associated with this postal address [optional]. |
IPTC rNews 1.0 License
IPTC rNews 1.0 is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license - see the full license agreement at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. By obtaining, using and/or copying rNews 1.0 documents, you (the licensee) agree that you have read, understood, and will comply with the terms and conditions of the license.