For IPTC G2-Standards the IPTC defines two types of releases:

• public release = full release of specification documents and an implementation guide. The goal is to have such a release each 12 months in about December of each year
• developer release = only XML Schema files and their documentation, no full specification text document and the implementation guide is not updated for this version. But the specification is fully valid and approved by the IPTC membership at meetings in autumn and spring.

Note: the "Standards update" table on the home page and the "Standards Line-up" in the sidebar to the right lists only public releases.

For all other news exchange format standards all releases are "public".

All members of the family of G2-Standards - you can identify them by a "-G2" suffix to the name - make use of a common framework: the G2 News Architecture (NAR). The NAR has no special specification documents or an implementation guide as the G2-Standard are built on it and the specification of EventsML-G2 and NewsML-G2 incorporate all corresponding NAR specifications. Below you will find only references to XML Schema files which are reused by G2-Standards.

Change Log from version 1.9 and higher

Change Log document up to version 1.7.

For each NAR version a set of files is available on this IPTC server which are grouped by these directories:
- documentation: Implementation Guide and other documentations
- examples: examples of G2 items and other snippets
- specification: XML Schema files and in subdirectories their full documentation as HTML files
- tools: any tools which apply to this NAR version

• NAR 1.9 - March 2011 - developer release - directory on the IPTC server
• NAR 1.8 - February 2011 - public release - directory on the IPTC server
  
• NAR 1.7 - May 2010 - developer release - directory on the IPTC server
• NAR 1.6 - December 2009 - developer release - directory on the IPTC sever
  
• NAR 1.5 - October 2009 - public release - directory on the IPTC server
• NAR 1.4 - March 2009 - developer release - directory on the IPTC server
• NAR 1.3 - October 2008 - public release - directory on this IPTC server
• NAR 1.2 - July 2008 - developer release - directory on this IPTC server
  
• NAR 1.1 - March 2008 - public release - directory on this IPTC server
  

To discuss the News Architecture, and to review and add contributions please join this Yahoo NewsML-G2 user group

Currently NewsML-G2 is implemented by a couple of parties. As some issues are raised in this process and as the NewsML-G2 developer team at the IPTC tries to address them quickly currently minor updates to the standard are released up to three times a year.

A package of NewsML-G2 2.8  XML Schema files is available for download (~ 35 MB).

View the Change Log document up to version 2.6.

For each NewsML-G2 version a set of files is available on this IPTC server which are grouped by these directories:
- documentation: Implementation Guide and other documentations
- examples: examples of G2 items and other snippets
- specification: XML Schema files and in subdirectories their full documentation as HTML files
- tools: any tools which apply to this NewsML-G2 version

• 2.8 -March 2011 - developer release - directory on the IPTC server
• 2.7 - February 2011 - public release - directory on the IPTC server
• 2.6 - May 2010 - developer release - directory on the IPTC server
• 2.5 - December 2009 - developer release - directory on the IPTC server
• 2.4 - October 2009 - public release - directory on the IPTC server
• 2.3 - March 2009 - developer release - directory on the IPTC server
• 2.2 - October 2008 - public release - directory on the IPTC server
• 2.1 - July 2008 - developer release - directory on the IPTC server
• 2.0 - March 2008 - public release - directory on the IPTC server

If you want to join the discussions simply join the NewsML-G2 Users Forum.

First implementations of EventsML-G2 are on their way. As some issues are raised in this process and as the EventsML-G2 developer team at the IPTC tries to address them quickly currently minor updates to the standard are released up to three times a year.

A package of EventsML-G2 1.7 XML Schema files is available for download.

View the Change Log document up to version 1.5.

For each NewsML-G2 version a set of files is available on this IPTC server which are grouped by these directories:
- documentation: Implementation Guide and other documentations
- examples: examples of G2 items and other snippets
- specification: XML Schema files and in subdirectories their full documentation as HTML files
- tools: any tools which apply to this NewsML-G2 version

• 1.7 - March 2011 - developer release - directory on the IPTC server
  
• 1.6 - February 2011 - public release - directory on the IPTC server
• 1.5 - May 2010 - developer release - directory on the IPTC server
• 1.4 - December 2009 - developer release - directory on the IPTC server
• 1.3 - October 2009 - public release - directory on the IPTC server
• 1.2 - March 2009 - developer release - directory on the IPTC server
• 1.1 - October 2008 - public release - directory on the IPTC server
• 1.0 - March 2008 - public release - directory on the IPTC server

NewsML 1.x is in a stable stage of its life cycle, the latest major development was the creation of an XML Schema.

You can meet and discuss with other NewsML 1 users and developers at the Users Forum of this standard.

NITF is widely used for exchanging elaborated and structured text news.

If you want to discuss with other users and developers join the NITF Forum.