betting firms and sports historians. In June 2008, the IPTC approved SportsML-G2 as a parallel standard to SportsML. Although SportsML-G2 is built from standardized XML modules that are used by other IPTC G2 standards, both standards effectively accomplish the same task. IPTC 7901 IPTC 7901 is still a widely used format for plain text news, despite being 30 years old. It is a close relative of the Newspaper Association of America North American standard ANPA-1312, and uses similar control and other special characters to create a file that can be used to drive computerized news editing systems, photo typesetters or even teleprinter machines. References External links Current members Photo Metadata IPTC 7901 Media Topics NewsML NewsML-G2 EventsML-G2 NewsCodes News in json (ninjs) RightsML rNews SportsML-G2 NITF International organisations based in London Metadata News agencies based in the United Kingdom 1965 establishments in the United Kingdom Organisations based in the City of London Organizations established in 1965 Standards organisations in the United Kingdom Technology trade associations Industry-specific XML-based standards XML-based standards