SportsML

SportsML is an XML format specially adapted for sports news . The format was developed with various characteristics of sports games / tournaments such as fixtures, statistics, scores, etc. in mind. SportsML was developed by the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) founded in 1965 . An XML instance of SportsML can either be transmitted on its own, or it can be part of a NewsML package.

example

 <sports-event>
  <event-metadata event-status="post-event"/>
  <team>
   <team-metadata>
    <name first="New York" last="Mets"/>
   </team-metadata>
   <team-stats score="4" event-outcome="win"/>
  </team>
  <team>
   <team-metadata>
    <name first="Atlanta" last="Braves"/>
   </team-metadata>
   <team-stats score="2" event-outcome="loss"/>
  </team>
 </sports-event>

Web links

• IPTC Web - SportsML-G2 - A solution for sharing sports data - developed by the world's leading news publishers - SportsML on the IPTC website (English)