UTF: an SGML standard for the news distribution industry
Dave Becker · 1994
In June, 1992, a working subcommittee was established to create an industry standard for the interchange of textual material between news agencies and their clients (primarily newspapers) that would replace the current standard IPTC 7901 and ANPA 1312 formats. The new standard is called the Universal Text Format (UTF). After significant discussion, SGML was adopted as the encoding language for the new standard. Members of the working subcommittee are now attempting to finalize and prototype the new standard in selected test environments. The purpose of this paper is to describe the context within which the UTF was developed, the standard itself, and plans for future development.