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IPTC metadata to ANS field mapping

The following table lists the mappings of the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) standard metadata fields to the Arc Native Specification (ANS) fields.

IPTCANSDescription
TAG_BY_LINEcredits.by[0].nameName of the author
TAG_HEADLINEsubtitleSubtitle for the image
TAG_OBJECT_NAMEslugA short reference name for internal editorial use
TAG_CAPTIONcaptionCaption for the image
TAG_BY_LINE_TITLEadditional_properties.iptc_titleJobtitle of the author
TAG_SOURCEadditional_properties.iptc_sourceOriginal owner or copyright holder of the photograph
TAG_CREDITcredits.by[0].affiliationThe name of an organization the author is affiliated with
TAG_KEYWORDStaxonomy.keywordsA list of keywords. In the Arc ecosystem, this list is populated by Clavis
TAG_DATE_CREATEDtaken_onWhen the content was originally created (RFC3339-formatted). In the Arc ecosystem, this will be automatically generated for stories in the Story API.
TAG_CITYaddress.localityName of the city where the primary contact’s business is located
TAG_PROVINCE_OR_STATEaddress.regionName of the province or state
TAG_SUB_LOCATIONaddress.street_addressStreet and number
TAG_COUNTRY_OR_PRIMARY_LOCATION_CODEaddress.country_nameName of the country
TAG_COPYRIGHT_NOTICEcopyrightA copyright notice for the legal owner of this content
TAG_SPECIAL_INSTRUCTIONSusage_instructionsInstructions and restrictions for appropriate content reproduction
TAG_ORIGINAL_TRANSMISSION_REFERENCEtaxonomy.associated_tasksA list of WebSked task IDs the content was created or curated to satisfy
TAG_JOB_IDtaxonomy.associated_tasksOptional. TAG_ORIGINAL_TRANSMISSION_REFERENCE is the preferred value for taxonomy.associated_tasks