AP Classification Metadata

AP Classification Metadata Reference Guide
Document Revision 1.8
Last revised: 5/18/2011
The Associated Press
Table of Contents
About This Document.................................................................................................................................................. 3 Whats New................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Subject Classification Authorities ................................................................................................................................. 3 AP Subject .............................................................................................................................................................. 3 AP Category Code .................................................................................................................................................. 4 AP Supplemental Category ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Entity Classification Authorities.................................................................................................................................... 7 AP Party.................................................................................................................................................................. 7 AP Company ........................................................................................................................................................... 8 AP Organization .................................................................................................................................................... 10 AP Geography....................................................................................................................................................... 10 Additional Classification Metadata ............................................................................................................................. 11 ItemContentType................................................................................................................................................... 11 Fixture................................................................................................................................................................... 12
2011 The Associated Press

Rev. 1.8, last revised: 5/18/2011 2
About This Document

This document is intended as a supplement to the AP WebFeeds Developers Guide. It describes the values of AP Classification Metadata tags available in the AP ATOM feeds that are delivered via AP WebFeeds.
Whats New
Rev. 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.4 Description The existing stock exchange code NSE is now associated with Nagoya Stock Exchange rather than National Stock Exchange of India, which is now assigned a new code NSI. AP Party properties: Associated State and Team; AP Geography property: Location Type; stock exchanges: ENX, FRA, JASDAQ and LJU; revised numbers of subject categories and AP Party names. Revised AP Company description, new and revised AP company properties (Instrument and Ticker), a list of stock exchange codes and an updated AP ATOM sample. AP Party type: WORLD_CUP_ATHLETE; Item Content Types: Blog, Press Release and Sports Scores. Removed values: top-level subject category Demographic groups and audio Item Content Type Text Only. Top-level subject categories: Arts and entertainment and Media (instead of Entertainment and News Media respectively). New ItemContentType: Game Story. Updated lists of AP Subject category, AP Industry, AP Organization and AP Geography values at the AP Customer Support site. AP Party Types: COMEDIAN and TV_PERSONALITY. AP Organization authority for Entity Classification. Optional latitude and longitude values included in the AP Geography authority for Entity Classification. Top-level subject category values: Demographic groups, Events and Obituaries. AP Geography authority for Entity Classification; a hierarchical list of AP Geography values and a list of AP Fixtures at the AP Customer Support site. AP Category values for broadcast and international text. Additional classification metadata: ItemContentType and Fixture.
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Subject Classification Authorities

A Subject Classification is a topic, category or subject that describes the content. A Subject Classification Authority identifies the type of subject and the originating AP taxonomy for that subject. Currently supported Subject Classification Authorities are AP Subject, AP Category Code and AP Supplemental Category.
AP Subject
Description
A hierarchical subject taxonomy developed by the AP that contains approximately 4,300 subject categories and is applied to all media types. Terms in the first three levels of the hierarchy are available to all AP WebFeeds customers. Additional levels are optional values to which your organization may or may not be entitled. For more information, contact AP Customer Support at APCustomerSupport@ap.org or 877-836-9477.
Top-Level Subject Category Values and IDs

Value Arts and entertainment Business Environment and nature Events General news Government and politics Health Lifestyle Media Obituaries Oddities Science Social affairs Sports Technology Rev. 1.8, last revised: 5/18/2011 Id (GUID) 16cb0ba3e6d24d97ace39f5a1924669a c8e409f8858510048872ff2260dd383e 8783d248894710048286ba0a2b2ca13e 06a735407cb61004804eba7fa5283c3e f25af2d07e4e100484f5df092526b43e 86aad5207dac100488ecba7fa5283c3e cc7a76087e4e10048482df092526b43e 3e37e4b87df7100483d5df092526b43e c188eb1088be10048dceb097165a0203 30c418e4b7644a9eb54409baf55036d1 44811870882f10048079ae2ac3a6923e 4bf76cb87df7100483dbdf092526b43e 75a42fd87df7100483eedf092526b43e 54df6c687df7100483dedf092526b43e 455ef2b87df7100483d8df092526b43e 3
AP Subject Category Values

For a complete list of AP subject category values, refer to the AP WebFeeds section of the AP Customer Support site at http://customersupport.ap.org.
AP ATOM Samples
<apcm:SubjectClassification Authority="AP Subject" Value="Business" Id="c8e409f8858510048872ff2260dd383e" /> <apcm:SubjectClassification Authority="AP Subject" Value="Earnings reports" Id="11494c9888fc10048d50ba0a2b2ca13e" />
AP Category Code
Description
AP category codes, which are applied to text, photos and graphics.
AP Category Code Values and IDs for Text Stories

English-Language Text
Value / Id a c d Print / Online Broadcast Domestic general news items, including local Washington news of national interest. Not applicable (N/A) AM Prep, PM Prep, Today in History and other regular, general features. Food, diet. For use primarily on standing advance National and international NewsWatches and News features on food, recipes and the like. Frequently used Agendas. with stories in the Lifestyles package. Entertainment, television and culture news and features. News copy, regardless of dateline, designed primarily for use on financial pages. N/A State NewsWatches and Canadian news summaries. N/A National and international NewsMinutes. International items, including stories from the United Nations, U.S. possessions, and undated roundups keyed to foreign events. Lottery results only. (Stories about lotteries or lottery State NewsMinutes and lottery results winners carry standard news category codes.) Commentary. Material designed primarily for editorial and op-ed pages. (Not used on national DataStream services.) Lifestyles package. N/A Farm markets and agricultural news.
e f g h i j k l m n
Stories of state or regional interest under domestic datelines, including general news stories with Washington or international datelines. If a regional item is designed primarily for financial pages, the f category is used, and if it is designed primarily for the sports pages, the s category is used. Weather tables and forecast fixtures. Do not use on weather stories. National political copy. Generally used in months before an election. Use only for result or period score of a single sports event. The code is designed to help newspaper computer systems build a list of scores or ignore individual scores and wait for transmissions that group them. Race wire. Radio network billboards, advisories and scripts. Sports stories, standings and results of more than one event. Travel copy. Television billboards, advisories and scripts. Advisories about stories that may carry any of the category letters. This code is also used for news digests and news advisories. Washington-datelined stories handled by the Washington national news desk. The category code is changed to a or i if a subsequent lead shifts to a different city. Delimited sports (the z-wire). N/A
o p q r s t v w z
Rev. 1.8, last revised: 5/18/2011
International Text
French Service Id a i g Value Arts and entertainment (culture, music, cinema and fixtures on those topics) International news General domestic (French) news: justice, social, brites (short upbeat stories, mostly odd news), some fixtures and general topics. Because stories in the g category cover a wide range of topics, the slug includes a keyword indicating the topic followed by an identifying slug. Slug examples are SOCIAL GREVE SNCF, SOCIAL LICENCIEMENTS, MEDECINE SIDA and SCIENCE GENETIQUE. Digests and advisories Domestic (French) politics Sports Swiss Service Id axx chx ckx fxx gxx inx ixx ksx pxx txx vsx xxx Value Cultural French news Checks/tests Financial news General news Domestic (Swiss) politics International news Culture Political news Social news Miscellaneous Default if no other category is specified
n p s
German Service Id bdx ckx kux plx rsx spx vmx wix xxx Value Picture advertising (rare) Check messages Culture Politics Advisories Sports Miscellaneous Economy Default if no other category is specified
Spanish Service Id i e f s Value International news Entertainment Financial Sports
Dutch Service Id BUI Value All copy
Note AP category codes for both English-language and international text are appended with xx to form three-letter IPTC category codes on international services that conform to IPTC instead of ANPA; for example, ixx, fxx and sxx.
AP ATOM Sample for a Text Story

<apcm:SubjectClassification Authority="AP Category Code" Value="f" Id="f" />
AP Category Code Values and IDs for Photos and Graphics

Id A F I S V Value Domestic News Finance & Business International News Sports Advisory
AP ATOM Sample for a Photo

<apcm:SubjectClassification Authority="AP Category Code" Value="Finance & Business" Id="F" />
Note AP editors may use multiple category codes separated by spaces; for example, A S.
AP Supplemental Category
Description
AP supplemental category codes, which are applied to photos and graphics.
AP Supplemental Category Values and IDs

Id A ADV AGR APN ARC ATH BAD BBA BBC BBH BBI BBM BBN BBO BBW BBY BIA BKC BKH BKL BKN BKO BKW BOB BOX CAN CAR CER CRI CUR CVN CYC Value Domestic Advance Agriculture APNewsFeatures Archery Track and Field Badminton Professional Baseball (American League) College Baseball Men High School Baseball International Baseball Minor League Baseball Professional Baseball (National League) Professional Baseball (Other) Baseball Women Youth Baseball (Little League) Biathlon College Basketball Men High School Basketball College Basketball Ladies NBA Basketball Basketball (Other) Professional Basketball Women Bobsledding Boxing Canoe-Kayak Auto Racing Olympic Ceremony Cricket Curling National political conventions Bicycle Racing Id DIV ELN ENT EQU F FBC FBH FBN FBO FBX FEA FEN FIG FILE FRE GLF GYM H HAN HFR HKC HKM HKN HKO HKW HKY I JUD JUM LUG MAP NOR OBIT OLY PEN Value Diving Election campaigns Entertainment Equestrian Finance College football High School Football NFL Football Football (other) XFL Football Feature Fencing Figure Skating File photo Freestyle Skiing Golf Gymnastics Latin America Team Handball Hold for Release (embargoed for same day release) College Hockey Mens Hockey (Olympics) NHL Hockey Hockey (Other) Womens Hockey Field Hockey International Judo Ski Jumping Luge Map or graphic Nordic Combined (Olympics) Obituary Olympics Modern Pentathlon Id PM RAC ROW RUG RUN S SAI SHO SKI SKL SNO SOC SOF SOU SPCL SPE SPF SWM SYN TAE TEN TRI TRM TTN V VBB VBL WEA WRE WST WTL WTP XGR XXC YAT Z Value PM Photos Racing (animals) Rowing Rugby Track and field Sports Sailing Skeet Shooting Alpine skiing Skeleton Snowboarding Soccer Softball South Special Speed Skating Special Features Package Swimming Synchronized Swimming Taekwando Tennis Triathlon Trampoline Table Tennis Advisory Beach Volleyball Volleyball Weather Wrestling West Weightlifting Water Polo State legislatures Cross Country Skiing Yachting Misc
AP ATOM Sample
<apcm:SubjectClassification Authority="AP Supplemental Category Code" Value="Olympics" Id="OLY" />
Note AP editors may use multiple supplemental category codes separated by spaces; for example, FILE ENT.
Entity Classification Authorities

Entity Classifications are named people, organizations and places mentioned in the content. An Entity Classification Authority identifies the type of entity and the originating AP taxonomy for that entity. Currently supported Entity Classification Authorities are AP Party, AP Company, AP Organization and AP Geography.
AP Party
Description
A list of more than 80,000 names that is continuously maintained and updated with new values. The names are applied to all media types and cover the following areas: Business leaders. A list developed and maintained by AP Information Management. Celebrities. A list developed and maintained by AP Information Management. Newsmakers. A list developed and maintained by AP Information Management. Government and political figures. US House, Senate, Presidential candidates and Governors sourced from AP Elections group; the remainder of the list (world leaders, military leaders, US cabinet and so forth) developed and maintained by AP Information Management. Sports figures. The majority of data sourced from STATS LLC.
Available Properties
Party Type. Main category for each named individual. Team. (For team athletes and coaches only). Associated State. (For US governors and congress members only). Note Associated State is an optional value to which your organization may or may not be entitled. For more information, contact AP Customer Support at APCustomerSupport@ap.org or 877-836-9477.
PartyType Values and IDs

Value ARCHITECT Id (GUID) 3901eac0cb8648f19b2e45bee4e07bb4 04f96519e51747fea7099e962599d43b f90678808d5210048e34a55c96277d3e 3952ec1892421004878aa55c96277d3e da61b7ea53aa442a97ebd8c8dc93c3b8 4945b7308d9d10048b35a55c96277d3e b491f9f7688242a2886ea39093855d1a e97865108d6410048d22a55c96277d3e c291af3b809f4ee7b8077deb374b9114 445f48af787b4df39ccd4a24cff61c3d 7ca609589348100487cba55c96277d3e c36da8659727410db9c2953327f2a03f 3f2a299f4fe642b59391dab8780018a0 899e45c802524e85926fbd758ee059b6 58821cb8aa964d8b969d3d1edac265e9 11698b388fce100484c4a55c96277d3e 2be254708ee010048bc8a55c96277d3e d586f07d34564845976a4eb1bb85fd68 7c8734d3c51449308ae2e61b162de7d5 5d2fb70d2c364c15968bf7651362602f c9d7fa107e4e1004847adf092526b43e Continued on next page
ARTIST
AUTHOR BUSINESS_LEADER ENTERTAINMENT_FIGURE CELEBRITY_CHEF COMEDIAN DANCER DIRECTOR MISC_ENTERTAINER MODEL MOVIE_ACTOR MUSICIAN TV_PERSONALITY FASHION_DESIGNER JOURNALIST NEWSMAKER RELATIVE ROYALTY GOVERNMENT_FIGURE POLITICIAN
The Associated Press Continued Id (GUID) c474b8387e4e1004846ddf092526b43e 985054080821499ab05d065a65993b1b a7b366852a2f4a708eb4e269c5beddab 384682bd7b494bab97766d2ab7912388 6fa5f6b37c7145d68a3cff53ac4cc229 00cce0c8923e100483cda55c96277d3e
Value SPORTS_FIGURE COLLEGE_ATHLETE OLYMPIC_ATHLETE PROFESSIONAL_ATHLETE WORLD_CUP_ATHLETE SPORTS_MANAGEMENT
Team Values and Codes

The Team values and codes are available as part of the hierarchical list of all AP Organization values in the AP WebFeeds section of the AP Customer Support site at http://customersupport.ap.org.
Associated State Values and Codes

The Associated State values and code are available as part of the hierarchical list of all AP Geography values in the AP WebFeeds section of the AP Customer Support site at http://customersupport.ap.org.
AP ATOM Samples
<apcm:EntityClassification Authority="AP Party" Value="Daniel Hudson" Id="4c0a16a02bc24d57b8b7d4f25c80cb7f"> <apcm:Property Id="d188b8b8886b100481accb8225d5863e" Name="PartyType" Value="PERSON" /> <apcm:Property Id="384682bd7b494bab97766d2ab7912388" Name="PartyType" Value="PROFESSIONAL_ATHLETE" /> <apcm:Property Id="c474b8387e4e1004846ddf092526b43e" Name="PartyType" Value="SPORTS_FIGURE" /> <apcm:Property Id="4d63f54c6e7a4ac7a7fd7f6a5a87f52e" Name="Team" Value="Arizona Diamondbacks" /> </apcm:EntityClassification> <apcm:EntityClassification Authority="AP Party" Value="Chris Gregoire" Id="9f311450d9c44be681da8eaced062b2b"> <apcm:Property Id="c9d7fa107e4e1004847adf092526b43e" Name="PartyType" Value="POLITICIAN" /> <apcm:Property Id="d188b8b8886b100481accb8225d5863e" Name="PartyType" Value="PERSON" /> <apcm:Property Id="08a0a00882c810048942df092526b43e" Name="AssociatedState" Value="Washington" /> </apcm:EntityClassification>
AP Company
Description
Regularly updated and maintained company and ticker data that is applied to all media types and includes approximately 35,000 companies traded on major exchanges around the world. More than 50 exchanges are covered, including all major US exchanges. For companies that trade on more than one exchange, domestic exchange tickers and ADRs (American Depository Shares) are provided, with exchanges specified for each. This includes non-US companies traded on US exchanges as ADRs (American Depository Shares).
Ticker. Ticker symbol for a security (one or more per company). Exchange. Code for the stock exchange the security is traded on (one or more per company). Instrument. Combination of the exchange and ticker, separated by a colon (one or more per company). APIndustry. One or more APIndustry values from the AP industries vocabulary.
Stock Exchange Codes

The codes used for stock exchanges in the Exchange and Instrument fields are provided below.
Code ADX AMEX AMS ARCA ASX ATH BERL BKK BRU BSE BUE BUL CPH DFM DIFX DUB ENX EULI FRA HEL HKG ICE IST ISX JASDAQ JSE KLS KRX LIS LJU LSE LUX MCE Name Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange American Stock Exchange (NYSE Amex Equities) Amsterdam Stock Exchange (Euronext Amsterdam) NYSE Arca Australian Securities Exchange Athens Stock Exchange Berlin Stock Exchange (Boerse Berlin) Stock Exchange of Thailand Brussels Stock Exchange (Euronext Brussels) Bucharest Stock Exchange Buenos Aires Stock Exchange Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Sofia OMX Nordic Exchange - Copenhagen Dubai Financial Market NASDAQ Dubai Irish Stock Exchange Easynext Lisbon Chi-X Europe Deutsche Boerse OMX Nordic Exchange - Helsinki Hong Kong Stock Exchange OMX Nordic Exchange Iceland Istanbul Stock Exchange Indonesia Stock Exchange Osaka Securities Exchange JASDAQ JSE Limited (Johannesburg Stock Exchange) Bursa Malaysia Korea Exchange Euronext Lisbon Ljubljana Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange Luxembourg Stock Exchange Bolsa de Madrid Code MEX MSE NASDAQ NSE NSI NYSE NZSE OSA OSL OTC OTCP PAR PHS PSGM RSE SAO SGX SHSE STO STUA SWX SZSE TAL TLX TPE TSE TSXV TYO VSE WBO WSE XETRA Name Mexican Stock Exchange Bombay Stock Exchange NASDAQ Nagoya Stock Exchange National Stock Exchange of India New York Stock Exchange New Zealand Exchange Osaka Securities Exchange Oslo Stock Exchange Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board Over-the-Counter Pink Sheet Euronext Paris Philippine Stock Exchange Pink Sheets Grey Market OMX Baltic Exchange - Riga BM&F Bovespa Singapore Exchange Shanghai Stock Exchange OMX Nordic Exchange - Stockholm Boerse Stuttgart SIX Swiss Exchange Shenzhen Stock Exchange OMX Baltic Exchange - Tallinn Borsa Italiana Taiwan Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange TSX Venture Exchange (Canada) Tokyo Stock Exchange OMX Baltic Exchange - Vilnius Vienna Stock Exchange Warsaw Stock Exchange XETRA - Frankfurt
Top-Level APIndustry Values and IDs

Value Agriculture, food and beverage manufacturing Business and professional services Consumer products and services Energy Financial services Health care industry Industrial products and services Information technology Materials Media and entertainment Telecommunications Utilities Rev. 1.8, last revised: 5/18/2011 Id (GUID) 9021b3918eed434f913e29afc0362217 02c8de008b301004867cbd945080b03e 31f4c0688adb10048f839a38be1dd83e 8dfd9a28495a594a800d4247c836a0e2 e55ae0105cb337448557ceca13d587ac 5e3af32f00ad0d418f037f115324362b c82299a88b2f1004859fbd945080b03e 6fd7e1aa975ef14a80f93a1da7d78c3a f142fcc5231c704f80f08cb5ecad4692 4f9d99dca074de4192b92f4cecd0637a b7173156a7fbe34d91fc7e6d2526bb50 15a6f6325374234b9a7329631b4a5e07 9
A complete list of all AP Industry values is available in the AP WebFeeds section of the AP Customer Support site at http://customersupport.ap.org.
AP ATOM Sample
Company Example
<apcm:EntityClassification Authority="AP Company" Value="Rio Tinto PLC" Id="3eec602b38284a9da16031df2fb3616a"> <apcm:Property Id="System" Value="Teragram" /> <apcm:Property Name="extid" Value="C000017188" /> <apcm:Property Id="00187f16a84f4ff7835004008024C00a" Name="Ticker" Value="RIO" /> <apcm:Property Id="1a4dca2a65a247d1a2235abff9092eb3" Name="Ticker" Value="RTP" /> <apcm:Property Id="07acf861d13d4e36b3c0eb448d7379ec" Name="Exchange" Value="LSE" /> <apcm:Property Id="b68ceb88f90145449b5af9cf9889a333" Name="Exchange" Value="NYSE" /> <apcm:Property Id="654a794bcc4e7a43502c80df49d3ee94" Name="Instrument" Value="LSE:RIO" /> <apcm:Property Id="324a664fac4c8a49762a40df49d5fe33" Name="Instrument" Value="NYSE:RTP" /> <apcm:Property Id="93ad49da7ca37443bb498926236e5b0a" Name="APIndustry" Value="Metals and minerals" /> <apcm:Property Id="f142fcc5231c704f80f08cb5ecad4692" Name="APIndustry" Value="Materials" /> <apcm:Property Id="511dd198857510048d0fff2260dd383e" Name="APSubject" Value="Industries" /> <apcm:Property Id="c8e409f8858510048872ff2260dd383e" Name="APSubject" Value="Business" /> </apcm:EntityClassification>
AP Organization
Description
Names of organizations or groups (other than companies), such as government departments, non-profits, political groups and sports teams.
AP Organization Values
For a hierarchical list of AP Organization values, refer to the AP WebFeeds section of the AP Customer Support site at http://customersupport.ap.org.
AP ATOM Sample
<apcm:EntityClassification Authority="AP Organization" Value="United States Department of Defense" Id="99891370892110048b7bdcd60602cf03" />
AP Geography
Description
A hierarchical taxonomy of geographic entities that contains more than 2,000 terms and is applied to all media types. Geographic entities include continents, world regions, countries, territories, US states, Canadian provinces and major cities. Only locations relevant to the content are applied; passing references to locations do not result in a tag.
AP Geography Values
For a hierarchical list of AP Geography values, refer to the AP WebFeeds section of the AP Customer Support site at http://customersupport.ap.org.
Location Type. Generic type label, such as City, Country or Region. Latitude and Longitude. Centroid coordinates. Note Location Type, Latitude and Longitude are optional values to which your organization may or may not be entitled. For more information, contact AP Customer Support at APCustomerSupport@ap.org or 877-836-9477.
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Location Types and IDs

Value Administrative region Autonomous community Autonomous region Borough City Constituent country Continent Disputed territory Island Island area Island group Nation Province Region Republic State Territory World region Id (GUID) 338c908297b44f1fb670bd656b68e18e 589efdc24aac4de1a319d777f5f89b8c f512b4dd78ba4f4ba24a3c54c3c59ef6 30f6407ef71943d08409c3addcff1179 9d26a20b35f0484a891740f8189d4c7b d83e15f769714aab9d49a03eab919128 976d112cd5c3497ea180aeecab922c6b ccaa3b23a3964e57af945798a8a551ee 2ef4b4210f64440eaaa4ff3dcaf37d35 0a9b49a863314cbd86f9f6a1aaec8c4c d0cb76c4b1af4a71836227c861efab3e 01f56e0e654841eca2e69bf2cbcc0526 84828d1850104a78bb35f5726b8c49aa 2b2af0f2d21d45c28e9e5b43a6159057 f221cb16ced7445ba082bc6e35aa489b 0ae5eb8e00e04295a4fc209c94bfe6ef b7a0766613394ffda1709e3e433f2de2 424cdfcd69d64fa6869055f7ebf10be4
AP ATOM Sample
<apcm:EntityClassification Authority="AP Geography" Value="Washington" Id="08a0a00882c810048942df092526b43e"> <apcm:Property Id="0ae5eb8e00e04295a4fc209c94bfe6ef" Name="LocationType" Value="State" /> <georss:point xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">38.8951100000 -77.0363700000</georss:point> </apcm:EntityClassification>
Additional Classification Metadata

ItemContentType
Description
The type of information contained in the content item. Currently, content types are not assigned IDs and are applied to text and audio content items.
ItemContentType Values
Text
Value Advisory Agate Analysis AP Impact Blog Description A message to customers and members, not for publication. Statistical sports and financial market data. Stories specifically headlined "AP News Analysis" with rules already established by News. A story designated by a senior editor as an "AP Impact" story. Content that is presented as a web log, with content created by one or more people, usually maintained by one person. May provide commentary or news on a particular subject or may function as a more personal online diary. A regular feature written by the same person or a substitute about a specific subject or topic, with or without an opinion included. A list of upcoming events. An AP story or member pick-up that is not focused on a breaking news angle, but is a feature, workup or trend story. Long headlines with links to full text of the top stories, as chosen by editors in a particular category. Continued on next page
Column Daybook Enterprise/Feature ExtendedHeadlinePackage
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AP Classification Metadata Reference Guide Continued Description An item filed with daily, weekly or monthly regularity (for example, Farm Scene). Excludes "Columns." Sports stories about a particular game or sporting event. Short headlines with links to full text of the top stories, as chosen by editors in a particular category. A story previewing an upcoming, scheduled event. The first two paragraphs and links to full text and associated photos of the top stories, as chosen by editors in a particular category. A spot story about the death of a person. Raw data to support a poll or survey. A text or multi-media item providing non-journalistic information to the news media from a PR, government or corporate organization. A biography of a person or a company. A review of a book, play, concert or other cultural event. The first paragraph and links to full text and associated photos of the top stories, as chosen by editors in a particular category. A secondary item in support of another story offering background, secondary angles or history. An item containing in-progress or end of game scoring statistical information. A report on an event or news item that happened today, or that we are learning about today that should be reported ASAP. As much as 90% of Associated Press content falls into this category. Transcripts or excerpts. A prediction of future weather.
Value Fixture Game Story HeadlinePackage Lookahead NewsBrief Obituary Poll/Survey Press Release Profile Review ShortNewsBrief Sidebar Sports Scores Spot Development Transcript/Verbatim Weather Forecast
Audio
Value Actuality Music Question and Answer Session Raw Sound Response to a Question Scener Voicer Wrap Description An audio recording of a newsmaker talking, also known as a sound bite. An audio recording of music only. An audio recording of an interview, typically between a producer and a correspondent or stringer, about stories they are covering. An audio recording of nonverbal sounds, also known as natural sound, ambient sound, or production sound. An audio recording of a newsmaker responding to a question. An audio correspondent report recorded at the scene of a news event. The reporter does the report with the sounds of the event audible in the background. An audio correspondent report in which you hear only the voice of the correspondent. An audio correspondent report that incorporates the voices of both correspondent and newsmaker. Generally, the reporter introduces the newsmaker, the newsmaker says a few words, and the reporter then finishes out the story.
AP ATOM Sample
<apcm:ItemContentType>Spot Development</apcm:ItemContentType>
Fixture
Description
Identifies named sets of regularly occurring content, with a predictable focus, where standardizing the name enables more effective search or product creation. For a list of AP Fixtures, refer to the AP WebFeeds section of the AP Customer Support site at http://customersupport.ap.org.
AP ATOM Sample
<apcm:Fixture Id="ca8e257decd54dad9043bd8df5655b39">Financial Impact</apcm:Fixture>
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