AP Classification Metadata

Last revised: 5/18/2011

AP Classification Metadata

Reference Guide

Document Revision 1.8

The Associated Press AP Classification Metadata Reference Guide

© 2011 The Associated Press

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

Table of Contents

About This Document .................................................................................................................................................. 3

What‟s 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



About This Document This document is intended as a supplement to the AP WebFeeds Developer’s Guide. It describes the values of AP Classification Metadata tags available in the AP ATOM feeds that are delivered via AP WebFeeds.

What’s New

Rev. Description

1.8 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.”

1.7 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.

1.6 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.

1.5 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.”

1.4 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.

1.3 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.

1.2 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.

1.1 AP Category values for broadcast and international text. Additional classification metadata: “ItemContentType” and “Fixture.”

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 [email protected] or 877-836-9477.

Top-Level Subject Category Values and IDs

Value Id (GUID)

Arts and entertainment 16cb0ba3e6d24d97ace39f5a1924669a

Business c8e409f8858510048872ff2260dd383e

Environment and nature 8783d248894710048286ba0a2b2ca13e

Events 06a735407cb61004804eba7fa5283c3e

General news f25af2d07e4e100484f5df092526b43e

Government and politics 86aad5207dac100488ecba7fa5283c3e

Health cc7a76087e4e10048482df092526b43e

Lifestyle 3e37e4b87df7100483d5df092526b43e

Media c188eb1088be10048dceb097165a0203

Obituaries 30c418e4b7644a9eb54409baf55036d1

Oddities 44811870882f10048079ae2ac3a6923e

Science 4bf76cb87df7100483dbdf092526b43e

Social affairs 75a42fd87df7100483eedf092526b43e

Sports 54df6c687df7100483dedf092526b43e

Technology 455ef2b87df7100483d8df092526b43e

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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 Print / Online Broadcast

a Domestic general news items, including local Washington news of national interest.

c Not applicable (N/A) AM Prep, PM Prep, Today in History and other regular, general features.

d Food, diet. For use primarily on standing advance features on food, recipes and the like. Frequently used with stories in the Lifestyles package.

National and international NewsWatches and News Agendas.

e Entertainment, television and culture news and features.

f News copy, regardless of dateline, designed primarily for use on financial pages.

g N/A State NewsWatches and Canadian news summaries.

h N/A National and international NewsMinutes.

i International items, including stories from the United Nations, U.S. possessions, and undated roundups keyed to foreign events.

j Lottery results only. (Stories about lotteries or lottery winners carry standard news category codes.)

State NewsMinutes and lottery results

k Commentary. Material designed primarily for editorial and op-ed pages. (Not used on national DataStream services.)

l Lifestyles package.

m N/A Farm markets and agricultural news.

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.

o Weather tables and forecast fixtures. Do not use on weather stories.

p National political copy. Generally used in months before an election.

q 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.

r Race wire. Radio network billboards, advisories and scripts.

s Sports stories, standings and results of more than one event.

t Travel copy. Television billboards, advisories and scripts.

v Advisories about stories that may carry any of the category letters. This code is also used for news digests and news advisories.

w 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.

z Delimited sports (the “z-wire”). N/A

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International Text

French Service

Id Value

a Arts and entertainment (culture, music, cinema and fixtures on those topics)

i International news

g 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.

n Digests and advisories

p Domestic (French) politics

s Sports

German Service Swiss Service

Id Value Id Value

bdx Picture advertising (rare) axx Cultural

ckx Check messages chx French news

kux Culture ckx Checks/tests

plx Politics fxx Financial news

rsx Advisories gxx General news

spx Sports inx Domestic (Swiss) politics

vmx Miscellaneous ixx International news

wix Economy ksx Culture

xxx Default if no other category is specified pxx Political news

txx Social news

Spanish Service vsx Miscellaneous

Id Value xxx Default if no other category is specified

i International news

e Entertainment Dutch Service

f Financial Id Value

s Sports BUI 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 Value

A Domestic News

F Finance & Business

I International News

S Sports

V 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 Value Id Value Id Value

A Domestic DIV Diving PM PM Photos

ADV Advance ELN Election campaigns RAC Racing (animals)

AGR Agriculture ENT Entertainment ROW Rowing

APN APNewsFeatures EQU Equestrian RUG Rugby

ARC Archery F Finance RUN Track and field

ATH Track and Field FBC College football S Sports

BAD Badminton FBH High School Football SAI Sailing

BBA Professional Baseball (American League)

FBN NFL Football SHO Skeet Shooting

FBO Football (other) SKI Alpine skiing

BBC College Baseball Men FBX XFL Football SKL Skeleton

BBH High School Baseball FEA Feature SNO Snowboarding

BBI International Baseball FEN Fencing SOC Soccer

BBM Minor League Baseball FIG Figure Skating SOF Softball

BBN Professional Baseball (National League)

FILE File photo SOU South

FRE Freestyle Skiing SPCL Special

BBO Professional Baseball (Other) GLF Golf SPE Speed Skating

BBW Baseball Women GYM Gymnastics SPF Special Features Package

BBY Youth Baseball (Little League) H Latin America SWM Swimming

BIA Biathlon HAN Team Handball SYN Synchronized Swimming

BKC College Basketball Men HFR Hold for Release (embargoed for same day release)

TAE Taekwando

TEN Tennis

BKH High School Basketball HKC College Hockey TRI Triathlon

BKL College Basketball Ladies HKM Mens Hockey (Olympics) TRM Trampoline

BKN NBA Basketball HKN NHL Hockey TTN Table Tennis

BKO Basketball (Other) HKO Hockey (Other) V Advisory

BKW Professional Basketball Women

HKW Womens Hockey VBB Beach Volleyball

HKY Field Hockey VBL Volleyball

BOB Bobsledding I International WEA Weather

BOX Boxing JUD Judo WRE Wrestling

CAN Canoe-Kayak JUM Ski Jumping WST West

CAR Auto Racing LUG Luge WTL Weightlifting

CER Olympic Ceremony MAP Map or graphic WTP Water Polo

CRI Cricket NOR Nordic Combined (Olympics) XGR State legislatures

CUR Curling OBIT Obituary XXC Cross Country Skiing

CVN National political conventions OLY Olympics YAT Yachting

CYC Bicycle Racing PEN Modern Pentathlon Z 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 [email protected] or 877-836-9477.

PartyType Values and IDs

Value Id (GUID)

ARCHITECT 3901eac0cb8648f19b2e45bee4e07bb4

ARTIST 04f96519e51747fea7099e962599d43b

AUTHOR f90678808d5210048e34a55c96277d3e

BUSINESS_LEADER 3952ec1892421004878aa55c96277d3e

ENTERTAINMENT_FIGURE da61b7ea53aa442a97ebd8c8dc93c3b8

CELEBRITY_CHEF 4945b7308d9d10048b35a55c96277d3e

COMEDIAN b491f9f7688242a2886ea39093855d1a

DANCER e97865108d6410048d22a55c96277d3e

DIRECTOR c291af3b809f4ee7b8077deb374b9114

MISC_ENTERTAINER 445f48af787b4df39ccd4a24cff61c3d

MODEL 7ca609589348100487cba55c96277d3e

MOVIE_ACTOR c36da8659727410db9c2953327f2a03f

MUSICIAN 3f2a299f4fe642b59391dab8780018a0

TV_PERSONALITY 899e45c802524e85926fbd758ee059b6

FASHION_DESIGNER 58821cb8aa964d8b969d3d1edac265e9

JOURNALIST 11698b388fce100484c4a55c96277d3e

NEWSMAKER 2be254708ee010048bc8a55c96277d3e

RELATIVE d586f07d34564845976a4eb1bb85fd68

ROYALTY 7c8734d3c51449308ae2e61b162de7d5

GOVERNMENT_FIGURE 5d2fb70d2c364c15968bf7651362602f

POLITICIAN c9d7fa107e4e1004847adf092526b43e

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Value Id (GUID)

SPORTS_FIGURE c474b8387e4e1004846ddf092526b43e

COLLEGE_ATHLETE 985054080821499ab05d065a65993b1b

OLYMPIC_ATHLETE a7b366852a2f4a708eb4e269c5beddab

PROFESSIONAL_ATHLETE 384682bd7b494bab97766d2ab7912388

WORLD_CUP_ATHLETE 6fa5f6b37c7145d68a3cff53ac4cc229

SPORTS_MANAGEMENT 00cce0c8923e100483cda55c96277d3e

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" />


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 Name Code Name

ADX Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange MEX Mexican Stock Exchange

AMEX American Stock Exchange (NYSE Amex Equities) MSE Bombay Stock Exchange

AMS Amsterdam Stock Exchange (Euronext Amsterdam) NASDAQ NASDAQ

ARCA NYSE Arca NSE Nagoya Stock Exchange

ASX Australian Securities Exchange NSI National Stock Exchange of India

ATH Athens Stock Exchange NYSE New York Stock Exchange

BERL Berlin Stock Exchange (Boerse Berlin) NZSE New Zealand Exchange

BKK Stock Exchange of Thailand OSA Osaka Securities Exchange

BRU Brussels Stock Exchange (Euronext Brussels) OSL Oslo Stock Exchange

BSE Bucharest Stock Exchange OTC Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board

BUE Buenos Aires Stock Exchange OTCP Over-the-Counter Pink Sheet

BUL Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Sofia PAR Euronext Paris

CPH OMX Nordic Exchange - Copenhagen PHS Philippine Stock Exchange

DFM Dubai Financial Market PSGM Pink Sheets Grey Market

DIFX NASDAQ Dubai RSE OMX Baltic Exchange - Riga

DUB Irish Stock Exchange SAO BM&F Bovespa

ENX Easynext Lisbon SGX Singapore Exchange

EULI Chi-X Europe SHSE Shanghai Stock Exchange

FRA Deutsche Boerse STO OMX Nordic Exchange - Stockholm

HEL OMX Nordic Exchange - Helsinki STUA Boerse Stuttgart

HKG Hong Kong Stock Exchange SWX SIX Swiss Exchange

ICE OMX Nordic Exchange – Iceland SZSE Shenzhen Stock Exchange

IST Istanbul Stock Exchange TAL OMX Baltic Exchange - Tallinn

ISX Indonesia Stock Exchange TLX Borsa Italiana

JASDAQ Osaka Securities Exchange JASDAQ TPE Taiwan Stock Exchange

JSE JSE Limited (Johannesburg Stock Exchange) TSE Toronto Stock Exchange

KLS Bursa Malaysia TSXV TSX Venture Exchange (Canada)

KRX Korea Exchange TYO Tokyo Stock Exchange

LIS Euronext Lisbon VSE OMX Baltic Exchange - Vilnius

LJU Ljubljana Stock Exchange WBO Vienna Stock Exchange

LSE London Stock Exchange WSE Warsaw Stock Exchange

LUX Luxembourg Stock Exchange XETRA XETRA - Frankfurt

MCE Bolsa de Madrid

Top-Level APIndustry Values and IDs

Value Id (GUID)

Agriculture, food and beverage manufacturing 9021b3918eed434f913e29afc0362217

Business and professional services 02c8de008b301004867cbd945080b03e

Consumer products and services 31f4c0688adb10048f839a38be1dd83e

Energy 8dfd9a28495a594a800d4247c836a0e2

Financial services e55ae0105cb337448557ceca13d587ac

Health care industry 5e3af32f00ad0d418f037f115324362b

Industrial products and services c82299a88b2f1004859fbd945080b03e

Information technology 6fd7e1aa975ef14a80f93a1da7d78c3a

Materials f142fcc5231c704f80f08cb5ecad4692

Media and entertainment 4f9d99dca074de4192b92f4cecd0637a

Telecommunications b7173156a7fbe34d91fc7e6d2526bb50

Utilities 15a6f6325374234b9a7329631b4a5e07


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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" />


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 [email protected] or 877-836-9477.





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Location Types and IDs

Value Id (GUID)

Administrative region 338c908297b44f1fb670bd656b68e18e

Autonomous community 589efdc24aac4de1a319d777f5f89b8c

Autonomous region f512b4dd78ba4f4ba24a3c54c3c59ef6

Borough 30f6407ef71943d08409c3addcff1179

City 9d26a20b35f0484a891740f8189d4c7b

Constituent country d83e15f769714aab9d49a03eab919128

Continent 976d112cd5c3497ea180aeecab922c6b

Disputed territory ccaa3b23a3964e57af945798a8a551ee

Island 2ef4b4210f64440eaaa4ff3dcaf37d35

Island area 0a9b49a863314cbd86f9f6a1aaec8c4c

Island group d0cb76c4b1af4a71836227c861efab3e

Nation 01f56e0e654841eca2e69bf2cbcc0526

Province 84828d1850104a78bb35f5726b8c49aa

Region 2b2af0f2d21d45c28e9e5b43a6159057

Republic f221cb16ced7445ba082bc6e35aa489b

State 0ae5eb8e00e04295a4fc209c94bfe6ef

Territory b7a0766613394ffda1709e3e433f2de2

World region 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>


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 Description

Advisory A message to customers and members, not for publication.

Agate Statistical sports and financial market data.

Analysis Stories specifically headlined "AP News Analysis" with rules already established by News.

AP Impact A story designated by a senior editor as an "AP Impact" story.

Blog 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.

Column A regular feature written by the same person or a substitute about a specific subject or topic, with or without an opinion included.

Daybook A list of upcoming events.

Enterprise/Feature An AP story or member pick-up that is not focused on a breaking news angle, but is a feature, workup or trend story.

ExtendedHeadlinePackage Long headlines with links to full text of the top stories, as chosen by editors in a particular category.

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Value Description

Fixture An item filed with daily, weekly or monthly regularity (for example, Farm Scene). Excludes "Columns."

Game Story Sports stories about a particular game or sporting event.

HeadlinePackage Short headlines with links to full text of the top stories, as chosen by editors in a particular category.

Lookahead A story previewing an upcoming, scheduled event.

NewsBrief The first two paragraphs and links to full text and associated photos of the top stories, as chosen by editors in a particular category.

Obituary A spot story about the death of a person.

Poll/Survey Raw data to support a poll or survey.

Press Release A text or multi-media item providing non-journalistic information to the news media from a PR, government or corporate organization.

Profile A biography of a person or a company.

Review A review of a book, play, concert or other cultural event.

ShortNewsBrief The first paragraph and links to full text and associated photos of the top stories, as chosen by editors in a particular category.

Sidebar A secondary item in support of another story offering background, secondary angles or history.

Sports Scores An item containing in-progress or end of game scoring statistical information.

Spot Development 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.

Transcript/Verbatim Transcripts or excerpts.

Weather Forecast A prediction of future weather.

Audio

Value Description

Actuality An audio recording of a newsmaker talking, also known as a sound bite.

Music An audio recording of music only.

Question and Answer Session

An audio recording of an interview, typically between a producer and a correspondent or stringer, about stories they are covering.

Raw Sound An audio recording of nonverbal sounds, also known as “natural sound,” “ambient sound,” or “production sound.”

Response to a Question

An audio recording of a newsmaker responding to a question.

Scener 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.

Voicer An audio correspondent report in which you hear only the voice of the correspondent.

Wrap 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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