FIFA WORLD CUP. AP Metadata Reference Guide

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FIFA WORLD CUP

AP Metadata Reference Guide

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ... 3

About AP Metadata Tags for FIFA World Cup ... 3

About This Guide ... 3

AP WEBFEEDS METADATA FOR FIFA WORLD CUP ... 4

FIFA World Cup Event Terms ... 4

FIFA World Cup-Related Sports Terms ... 4

FIFA World Cup Sports Topics ... 4

FIFA World Cup Athletes ... 5

FIFA World Cup Team Coaches ... 5

FIFA World Cup-Related Organizations ... 5

SEARCHING FOR FIFA WORLD CUP CONTENT IN AP NEWSROOM USING METADATA .... 7

Search Syntax ... 7

Search Tips ... 7

Sample Searches ... 7

APPENDIX ... 9

AP ATOM Field XPaths ... 9

FIFA World Cup Organizations ... 9

Governing Body ... 9

National Soccer Teams Participating in the 2018 FIFA World Cup ... 10

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INTRODUCTION

ABOUT AP METADATA TAGS FOR FIFA WORLD CUP

The Associated Press has a collection of FIFA World Cup-related metadata tags that are applied to content.

These tags can help you find, organize and publish content pertaining to the World Cup for a specific year,

such as the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

The tags include:

− An event term for content about a specific FIFA World Cup competition year

− FIFA World Cup—a generic event term applied to content on all FIFA World Cups, not just one

particular year

− Soccer-related sports terms

− Sports topics relevant to all competitive disciplines including soccer

− World Cup-related organizations for content about:

− FIFA

− National soccer teams for each participating country

− World Cup athletes

ABOUT THIS GUIDE

This guide provides a list of the FIFA World Cup metadata terms and the corresponding IDs, explains how to

identify World Cup tags in the AP ATOM format delivered by WebFeeds and offers guidance on searching for

World Cup content in AP Newsroom using metadata. For more information, see "

Searching for FIFA World

Cup Content in AP Newsroom Using Metadata

" on page 7.

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AP WEBFEEDS METADATA FOR FIFA WORLD CUP

Note: For the XPaths to use when extracting AP metadata terms and IDs in AP WebFeeds, see

"

AP ATOM Field XPaths

" on page 9 in the Appendix.

FIFA WORLD CUP EVENT TERMS

The tags include terms for past and upcoming FIFA World Cup games as well as a generic FIFA World Cup

event term; for example:

TERM ID

2018 FIFA World Cup

954e13c1052a43e290b13b4a099e8412

FIFA World Cup

16d751e384f24c17879e6dea870fbfbe

All event terms are part of AP Subject metadata and appear in AP ATOM as follows:

<apcm:SubjectClassification Authority="AP Subject" Value="2018 FIFA World Cup" Id="954e13c1052a43e290b13b4a099e8412"/>

<apcm:SubjectClassification Authority="AP Subject" Value="FIFA World Cup" Id="16d751e384f24c17879e6dea870fbfbe"/>

FIFA WORLD CUP-RELATED SPORTS TERMS

The following terms will apply to all content about soccer, not just FIFA World Cup content. For information

about limiting your search to a specific year’s games, see "

Searching for FIFA World Cup Content in AP

Newsroom Using Metadata

" on page 7.

TERM ID

Soccer

20dbbcf87e4e100488c9d0913b2d075c

International soccer

ea65116628934d1c8503c6133983a317

Men's soccer

2aef05d9bc434994bf32acac09f9fe0c

All sports terms are part of AP Subject metadata and will appear in AP ATOM as:

<apcm:SubjectClassification Authority="AP Subject" Value="International soccer" Id="ea65116628934d1c8503c6133983a317"/>

FIFA WORLD CUP SPORTS TOPICS

The following are some sports Subject terms that can be used to focus on content about particular aspects of

the FIFA World Cup:

TERM ID

Athlete injuries

20d738b87e4e1004889ed0913b2d075c

Coaching

20d8e2807e4e100488a6d0913b2d075c

Doping

20da13307e4e100488acd0913b2d075c

Fantasy sports

20da13307e4e100488aed0913b2d075c

Sports governance

20dbfb787e4e100488ccd0913b2d075c

Sports sponsorship

20d8e2807e4e100488a8d0913b2d075c

Tip: For a complete list of sports topics most of which are relevant to FIFA World Cup content,

see the Appendix on page 11.

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FIFA WORLD CUP ATHLETES

AP provides tags for hundreds of FIFA World Cup athletes. The tags are applied based on at least one

mention of the athlete’s full name.

For athletes, AP includes some additional information whenever they are identified in content. This

information includes the national soccer team they play on, their professional team if they play on one and an

indication that they are participating in this year’s World Cup through the AssociatedEvent property. This

data lets you identify and group players based on your needs.

Athletes and their properties are part of AP Party metadata.

<apcm:EntityClassification Authority="AP Party" Value="Neymar" Id="adb779c3d2f745409a2de9247a425c5a">

<apcm:Property Id="384682bd7b494bab97766d2ab7912388" Name="PartyType" Value="PROFESSIONAL_ATHLETE"/>

<apcm:Property Id="c474b8387e4e1004846ddf092526b43e" Name="PartyType" Value="SPORTS_FIGURE"/> <apcm:Property Id="d188b8b8886b100481accb8225d5863e" Name="PartyType" Value="PERSON"/>

<apcm:Property Id="8d997d641466ca459ab32ca610286b95" Name="Team" Value="Paris Saint-Germain FC"/>

<apcm:Property Id="954e13c1052a43e290b13b4a099e8412" Name="AssociatedEvent" Value="2018 FIFA World Cup"/>

<apcm:Property Id="d278bf128b464c4c99de43f0523bce6c" Name="Team" Value="Brazil National Soccer Team"/>

</apcm:EntityClassification>

FIFA WORLD CUP TEAM COACHES

AP provides tags for the coach of each 2018 FIFA World Cup team. The tags are applied based on at least one

mention of the coach’s full name. AP includes some additional information whenever they are identified in

content: all coaches in AP ATOM carry COACH as well as SPORTS_MANAGEMENT

PartyType; they show

the national soccer team they coach; and

an indication that

they are coaching in this year’s World Cup,

through the AssociatedEvent property.

Coaches and their properties are also part of AP Party metadata.

<apcm:EntityClassification Authority="AP Party" Value="Julen Lopetegui" Id="7c306fe7cf114ee98cde71d1196c9019">

<apcm:Property Id="43c26564e3b5dc429bd39d5ffebee7fa" Name="PartyType" Value="COACH"/> <apcm:Property Id="00cce0c8923e100483cda55c96277d3e" Name="PartyType" Value="

SPORTS_MANAGEMENT"/>

<apcm:Property Id="aea476922057164ea29ee698ad89a0cd" Name="Team" Value="Spain"/> </apcm:EntityClassification>

FIFA WORLD CUP-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS

These are some examples of Organization terms. See

Appendix

for a complete list of World Cup

organizations, including national soccer teams participating in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

TERM ID

FIFA

08b6f8108df11004860ffbb89cd06803

Belgium National Soccer Team

ecf0f720786e402d9d9ba2189ff8eb03

Brazil National Soccer Team

d278bf128b464c4c99de43f0523bce6c

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TERM ID

England National Soccer Team

bf51a1545214bf4f801b6cc826e81d81

France National Soccer Team

5deb67ad50634e4c995c875a9b685240

Japan National Soccer Team

91fe377a41375043af0008575ec0bd70

Mexico National Soccer Team

f5b867b171cdb3428294759d869943a4

Russia National Soccer Team

62146873c74842f0af78ce29b1c95787

Spain National Soccer Team

aea476922057164ea29ee698ad89a0cd

Nigeria National Soccer Team

29b29142ddeee04db7d27b4b264710e2

Uruguay National Soccer Team

c92f46c400ec584492a647db0526f973

Sports governing organization terms such as FIFA are part of AP Organization metadata and appear in AP

ATOM as follows:

<apcm:EntityClassification Authority="AP Organization" Value="FIFA" Id="08b6f8108df11004860ffbb89cd06803"/>

National soccer teams can appear in AP ATOM in two different ways. For example, if the story itself is about a

national soccer team, the team will be identified as an AP Organization, as follows:

<apcm:EntityClassification Authority="AP Organization" Value="Brazil National Soccer Team" Id="d278bf128b464c4c99de43f0523bce6c"/>

Additionally, the athlete’s national soccer team and professional soccer team (if he has one) may be identified

as properties of an athlete, as in the Neymar example:

<apcm:EntityClassification Authority="AP Party" Value="Neymar" Id="adb779c3d2f745409a2de9247a425c5a">

<apcm:Property Id="384682bd7b494bab97766d2ab7912388" Name="PartyType" Value="PROFESSIONAL_ATHLETE"/>

<apcm:Property Id="8d997d641466ca459ab32ca610286b95" Name="Team" Value="Paris Saint-Germain

FC"/>

<apcm:Property Id="d278bf128b464c4c99de43f0523bce6c" Name="Team" Value="Brazil National Soccer

Team"/>

</apcm:EntityClassification>

Note: T

he national soccer team information for all athletes and coaches will become

available in AP ATOM closer to the start date of the games once athletes are confirmed

for their teams. The Team property will stay populated with the national soccer team

name throughout the games.

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SEARCHING FOR FIFA WORLD CUP CONTENT IN AP

NEWSROOM USING METADATA

SEARCH SYNTAX

In AP Newsroom, you can use the following fields separated by a colon (‘:’) to search for FIFA World Cup

content about a particular topic or topics, such as subject, organization or person. In addition, you can use

term IDs in fielded searches in AP Newsroom. You can also use simple keywords, without field name prefixes,

and sort your results by ‘Relevance’ and the desired time frame.

AP NEWSROOM SEARCH SYNTAX USE TO SEARCH FOR CONTENT TAGGED WITH...

subject:term_name or ID

An event or sport term or term ID

organization:term_name or ID

FIFA or one of the national soccer teams or term ID

person:person’s_name or ID

A particular person or term ID

SEARCH TIPS

− For more precise results, it is recommended to use quotation marks whenever your search term

contains a space (searches on a single word do not require quotation marks).

− In AP Newsroom, field names are case-sensitive and must be in all lowercase (for example, you must

use

subject:

rather than

Subject:

). However, search strings themselves are not case-sensitive.

− In fielded searches, do not include a space between the colon and the search string.

− In AP Newsroom, the default operator is OR. To narrow a search, use the AND operator. Boolean

operators in AP Newsroom must be all uppercase (AND, OR, AND NOT).

− To exclude terms from results, the AND NOT operator may be used. This operator must also be all

uppercase and used in conjunction with AND; for example:

soccer AND NOT "women's soccer".

SAMPLE SEARCHES

Basic metadata field searches

These searches will retrieve content tagged with each of the specified terms:

subject:soccer | subject:20dbbcf87e4e100488c9d0913b2d075c

subject:"athlete injuries" | subject:20d738b87e4e1004889ed0913b2d075c organization:"argentina national soccer team" | organization:

b0fce16b04a91e4989d158914fe01a44

person:"lionel messi" | person:9921592d6bd64d8c95fadfd0425ee4da

Searches on multiple fields or field instances

− This search will retrieve content tagged with either

Soccer

or

FIFA World Cup

:

subject:(soccer "fifa world cup")

− This search will retrieve content tagged with both Soccer and Doping:

subject:(soccer AND doping)

− This search will retrieve content tagged with both

Coaching

and

:

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− This search with retrieve content tagged with

Lionel Messi

and

2018 FIFA World Cup

:

person:"lionel messi" AND subject:"2018 fifa world cup"

− This search will retrieve content tagged with

coaching

,

2018 FIFA World Cup

and

:

subject:(coaching AND "2018 fifa world cup") AND organization:"spain national soccer team"

Searches on a field combined with a free-text search

This search will retrieve content that mentions

"referee"

in the article and is tagged with

2018 FIFA World C

up:

referee AND subject:"2018 fifa world cup"

Tip:

In AP Newsroom, you can also type the keywords:

referee fifa world cup

a

nd sort results by

Relevance filtering by the desired time frame.

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APPENDIX

AP ATOM FIELD XPATHS

FIELD XPATH

Subject term

/feed/entry/apcm:ContentMetadata/apcm:

SubjectClassification[@Authority="AP Subject"]/@Value

Subject term Id

SubjectClassification[@Authority="AP Subject"]/@Id

Organization name

EntityClassification[@Authority="AP Organization"]/@Value

Organization Id

/feed/entry/apcm:ContentMetadata /apcm:

EntityClassification[@Authority="AP Organization"]/@Id

Person’s name

EntityClassification[@Authority="AP Party"]/@Value

Person’s ID

/feed/entry/apcm:ContentMetadata /apcm: EntityClassification[@Authority="AP Party"]/@Id

Person type (for example,

SPORTS_FIGURE)

/feed/entry/apcm:ContentMetadata/apcm: EntityClassification[@Authority="AP Party"]/ apcm:Property[@Name="PartyType"]/@Value

Associated event of the athlete

/feed/entry/apcm:ContentMetadata/apcm: EntityClassification[@Authority="AP Party"]/

apcm:Property[@Name="AssociatedEvent"]/@Value

Associated Event Id

/feed/entry/apcm:ContentMetadata/apcm: EntityClassification[@Authority="AP Party"]/ apcm:Property[@Name="AssociatedEvent"]/@Id

Team of the athlete or coach

/feed/entry/apcm:ContentMetadata/apcm: EntityClassification[@Authority="AP Party"]/ apcm:Property[@Name="Team"]/@Value

Team Id

/feed/entry/apcm:ContentMetadata/apcm: EntityClassification[@Authority="AP Party"]/ apcm:Property[@Name="Team"]/@Id

FIFA WORLD CUP ORGANIZATIONS

Governing Body

TERM ID

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National Soccer Teams Participating in the 2018 FIFA World Cup

TERM ID

Argentina National Soccer Team

b0fce16b04a91e4989d158914fe01a44

Australia National Soccer Team

6c3b424ab59ed547917d301185228cbf

Belgium National Soccer Team

ecf0f720786e402d9d9ba2189ff8eb03

Brazil National Soccer Team

d278bf128b464c4c99de43f0523bce6c

Colombia National Soccer Team

df954cb8b52045ca9ea22bcea8139084

Costa Rica National Soccer Team

d405ab5a559d44d3b56042f79525d9bd

Croatia National Soccer Team

24563bfec071487893ff2b83c4542de3

Denmark National Soccer Team

ca44bc232e943f4f8416cac2948b312d

Egypt National Soccer Team

b21c153376934ae5a56521c76d08331b

England National Soccer Team

bf51a1545214bf4f801b6cc826e81d81

France National Soccer Team

5deb67ad50634e4c995c875a9b685240

Germany National Soccer Team

dad9cd9e782e4d46a99d51506c622dcd

Iceland National Soccer Team

d9387c9a146e6a4b806a3dca77af0f26

Iran National Soccer Team

177cc7cebd654caba352d3e2d835ee75

Japan National Soccer Team

91fe377a41375043af0008575ec0bd70

Mexico National Soccer Team

f5b867b171cdb3428294759d869943a4

Morocco National Soccer Team

f30ad9f98e01437dade8576bbf84795b

Nigeria National Soccer Team

29b29142ddeee04db7d27b4b264710e2

Panama National Soccer Team

2dc23df53de3ae4d88b6a51e4aa2e9aa

Peru National Soccer Team

12d2556881176543a2389f9fc143271c

Poland National Soccer Team

95fd1a011146dd429315a24e64534056

Portugal National Soccer Team

7b7692dec408944eb4a39eb640f59e4a

Russia National Soccer Team

62146873c74842f0af78ce29b1c95787

South Korea National Soccer Team

f7a5b58a6667d745bfa2765d953c67de

Saudi Arabia National Soccer Team

bf54780f5df04bb48933b5f27878cfb6

Senegal National Soccer Team

0e4a0d89e5dd46708f145316bf05a441

Serbia National Soccer Team

c149d55e355f6844b2f5252437fccb00

aea476922057164ea29ee698ad89a0cd

Sweden National Soccer Team

29831fede674cd4e89c788685f3b76d3

Switzerland National Soccer Team

4e0576932599b4448d2e407e82aed116

Tunisia National Soccer Team

436867c78d4342ee90e324f548173f03

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A Complete List of Sports Topics - Hierarchical View

Tip:

When you query for a broader term, content tagged with its narrower terms will also be retrieved.

TERM ID

Adult recreational sports leagues

3b3d3827119545f3bb32d967a29e3b97

Athlete health

1458b5708c871004817aa07ca041d23e

Athlete injuries

20d738b87e4e1004889ed0913b2d075c

Athlete retirement

20d773507e4e1004889fd0913b2d075c

Coaching

20d8e2807e4e100488a6d0913b2d075c

College sports

20d8e2807e4e100488a7d0913b2d075c

Athlete recruiting

20d773507e4e1004889ed0913b2d075c

Corruption in sports

20d99a187e4e100488a8d0913b2d075c

Disability sports

20d9d4b07e4e100488abd0913b2d075c

Diversity in sports

a1a7eef5de0745dfa6aa9913dffb2ca2

Doping

20da13307e4e100488acd0913b2d075c

Doping regulations

20dda5407e4e100488eed0913b2d075c

Fantasy sports

20da13307e4e100488aed0913b2d075c

High school sports

20da8c487e4e100488b3d0913b2d075c

Sports books

970c1ae88c87100482f8a07ca041d23e

Sports business

ad0109d08c8210048e4fa13d9888b73e

Athlete compensation

20d7b1d07e4e1004889fd0913b2d075c

Sports betting

20dbbcf87e4e100488cbd0913b2d075c

Sports facility construction

561d96088c08100489fea13d9888b73e

Sports marketing

20dc39f87e4e100488ced0913b2d075c

Sports sponsorship

20d8e2807e4e100488a8d0913b2d075c

Sports team and league operation

8d2401388cc010048ac4f7ae5e3ffd3e

Sports team management compensation

3dd5d9288c87100481dba07ca041d23e

Sports team ownership changes

20db09487e4e100488bdd0913b2d075c

Sports transactions

49e9acf88c87100481eda07ca041d23e

Athlete contracts

e54919ac06c04da1b13108b5773b76dd

Free agency

20e045207e4e1004892dd0913b2d075c

Sports team management changes

20dacac87e4e100488bad0913b2d075c

Sports trading

20dc39f87e4e100488cfd0913b2d075c

Sports governance

20dbfb787e4e100488ccd0913b2d075c

Sports media

20dbfb787e4e100488cdd0913b2d075c

Sports magazines

20e00a887e4e1004892ad0913b2d075c

Sports movies

9a4360b88c871004831da07ca041d23e

Sports radio

20e00a887e4e1004892bd0913b2d075c

Sports TV

20e045207e4e1004892bd0913b2d075c

Sports medicine

20dbfb787e4e100488ced0913b2d075c

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TERM ID

Title IX compliance

20e045207e4e1004892ed0913b2d075c

Women’s sports

20dcb3107e4e100488d9d0913b2d075c