IPTC's submission to the Google DNI projection is "EXTRA: the EXTraction Rules Apparatus". An open-source, rules-based, multilingual news classification. IPTC will deliver: * Rules based engine * Formal specification of the classification rules language * Two sets of extraction rules for tagging with IPTC Media Topics

1. EXTRA
Stuart Myles * Associated Press * 7th March 2016
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2. Google DNI
• Google’s €150 million Digital News Initiative fund
– Stimulate innovation among European news organizations
– https://www.digitalnewsinitiative.com/fund/
• Multiple rounds – first in October 2015, next in June 16
– First funding of €27 million to projects in 23 countries
– http://googlepolicyeurope.blogspot.gr/2016/02/digital-news-
initiative-first-funding_24.html
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3. EXTRA
EXTraction Rules Apparatus
• Open source, rules-based, multilingual news
classification
– Rules in two languages for IPTC Media Topics
• Rules based > Hand tagging
– Consistent, performant and scalable
• Rules based > Statistical tagging
– Statistical approaches require numerous annotated examples
– EXTRA will allow publishers to rapidly adapt to breaking news
and low-frequency topics
– Avoid problems with ambiguity (“Police Can’t Stop Gambling”)
– Precisely distinguish between similar topics, which are more
challenging for statistical approaches.
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4. EXTRA Deliverables
• Rules based engine
• Formal specification of the classification rules language
• Two sets of extraction rules
– Tagging with IPTC Media Topics
– Drive adoption and consistency
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5. EXTRA Budget
• Developer €35,000
• Linguist €10,000
• Project Manager €5,000
• Total - €50,000
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6. EXTRA Milestones
• Recruit EXTRA Team
• Evaluate existing open source projects and frameworks
• Create first EXTRA release
• Develop EXTRA software and rule sets
• First non-core open source contributor
• First production deployment
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7. Apply for next round?
• Apply in May 2016 for June round
• Candidate applications
– EXTRA – but no specific feedback
– Sport Identifiers
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