NewsCodes is the brand name of all taxonomies (controlled vocabularies) created and maintained by the IPTC. This group deals ONLY with the TERMS of these taxonomies, not the structure of metadata. Metadata structures are covered by the group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iptc-metadata This group is open to all who have interest in discussing the IPTC NewsCodes.
The activities on this group are hosted and moderated by the IPTC.