The new proposed microformat would include critical information about news stories, including: * What the
story is about
* Where it was written
* Who wrote it
* Where it was published
* The news principles it adheres to (if any)
* Any usage rights associated with it
The organizations said the news microformat is non-proprietary, open source and is being offered as a standard for anyone publishing news content online.
It is already being piloted by human rights advocacy group openDemocracy.net, and is being tested on all of the AP's text-based news content.
The AP's stories are available in the new format via the AP Developer API, which also is in beta testing, and AP's Web Feeds platform, an Internet-based distribution platform for AP.
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