A solution for sharing sports data -- developed by the world's leading news publishers.

SportsML 1.8 Released Includes Curling plugin, baseball and tennis expansions

SportsML is the only open, global XML standard for the interchange of sports data. Designed to be as easy to understand and implement as possible, SportsML allows for the exchange of sports scores, schedules, standings, and statistics for a wide variety of competitions.

Its extensibility allows for the easy accommodation of many sports from around the globe. SportsML cooperates with current IPTC standards NewsML and NITF to enable publishers to package sports statistics alongside edited coverage of sports.

SportsML uses the eXtensible Markup Language to define the content and structure of sports data, which means that developers of interactive or printed sports data services will have a far easier time integrating sports feeds that adhere to SportsML than if they rely on other proprietary formats.

Some of SportsML's features:

• Covers scores, schedules, standings, statistics, and more
• Global in scope and design
• Common framework for all sports
• Plug-in modules for specific sports
• Well documented and easy to use
• Open and non-proprietary: Your feedback is welcome!

SportsML is developed under the auspices of the International Press Telecommunications Council, an independent international association of the world's leading news agencies and publishers. The IPTC is a standards body committed to generating content formats that are open, public, proven, well-used, well-documented, and well-supported.