Re: Press.net News Ontology

Hi Jarred,

It seems to me that your work is similar or at least related to rNews [1].
I'm curious to know if you're looked at rNews when building the
News Ontology. Do they complement each other, or are we re-inventing the
wheel?

Steph.

[1] http://dev.iptc.org/rNews

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Jarred McGinnis <
jarred.mcginnis@pressassociation.com> wrote:

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> The Press Association has just published our first draft of a 'news'
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> of the design decisions behind it. Also, you can get the rdf or ttl by
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