ConceptItem

IMNML use ConceptItems to represent metadata that themselves are entities (documents). The format of the IMNML ConceptItems comply to IPTC standard (NewsML-G2 version 2.26) but make use of extensions to represent certain data.

Below are the different types of ConceptItems supported by Infomaker (as defined by <itemMetaExtProperty type="imext:type" value="..."/>). Please note that a customer may use none, some and/or their own types of ConceptItems.

x-im/category

Used for categories/subjects. Example.

IPTC concept type: cpnat:abstract

Example: News, Sport, Food.

x-im/topic

Used for concepts that are to be viewed as ”keywords” or ”tag” but is not a ”person”, ”organisation” or an ”event”. Example.

IPTC concept type: cpnat:object

Example: Car, Climate, Indictment, ADHD.

x-im/person

Used for concepts that are ”person” tags. Example.

IPTC concept type: cpnat:person

Example: Carl Lewis, Isaac Asimov.

x-im/organisation

Used for concepts that are ”organisation” tags. Example.

IPTC concept type: cpnat:organisation

Example: EU, FIFA, UN.

x-im/content-profile

Concepts typically used as parameters in publication algorithms. Also called ”function tags”. Example.

IPTC concept type: cpnat:object

Example: Live, Breaking News.

x-im/place

Concepts used to represents geographical positions and areas. Example (point). Example (polygon)

IPTC concept type: cpnat:poi

Example: Borås, County of Västra götaland, Sweden.

x-im/event

Concepts representing events. Example.

IPTC concept type: cpnat:event

Example: World Health Summit 2018

x-im/author

Concepts representing authors and photographers. Example.

IPTC concept type: cpnat:person

Example: Nils Olsson, Stina Andersson.

x-im/story

Concept typically used to create series of articles. Example.

IPTC concept type: imnat:story

Example: metoo, Elections USA, NHL 17/18

x-im/section

Concept representing organizational departments. Example.

IPTC concept type: cpnat:object

Example: Sport, Culture

x-im/channel

Concept defining publication channels. Example.

NewsML: cpnat:object

Example: company.com, app