Swiss Press Association backs Acap technology
The Swiss Press Association is committed to the use and dissemination of Acap technology. If it has its way, its members' websites should be created using the software in future.
The Swiss Press Association is committed to the use and dissemination of Acap technology. If it has its way, its members' websites should be created using the software in future.
The Swiss Press Association is committed to the use and dissemination of Acap technology, as it announced in writing today, Thursday. Acap stands for "Automated Content Access Protocol". This is a computer language that allows the rights applicable on the sites to be defined appropriately. In particular, the association is calling on its members to work with Acap in future.
This allows the content owner to determine how search engines and other internet services search and collect the texts. For content on news portals in particular, Acap is a simple means of regulating its use according to individual needs.
Acap even makes it possible to release the numerous contents and define their intermediate stages. However, Acap does not yet say anything about how exactly the content may be used and reused.
Around 200 Internet portals, mainly in Europe, have installed Acap to date. In Switzerland, Ringier, NZZ, LZ Medien, News1, Schaffhauser Nachrichten and the Swiss Press Association will use Acap technology on their websites. This has been announced by the media companies so far. Other publishers such as Tamedia and AZ Medien are currently examining the use of the system.
The standard was developed and tested by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). The protocol can be obtained easily and free of charge.
The Swiss Press Association is committed to the use and dissemination of Acap technology, as it announced in writing today, Thursday. Acap stands for "Automated Content Access Protocol". This is a computer language that allows the rights applicable on the sites to be defined appropriately. In particular, the association is calling on its members to work with Acap in future.
This allows the content owner to determine how search engines and other internet services search and collect the texts. For content on news portals in particular, Acap is a simple means of regulating its use according to individual needs.
Acap even makes it possible to release the numerous contents and define their intermediate stages. However, Acap does not yet say anything about how exactly the content may be used and reused.
Around 200 Internet portals, mainly in Europe, have installed Acap to date. In Switzerland, Ringier, NZZ, LZ Medien, News1, Schaffhauser Nachrichten and the Swiss Press Association will use Acap technology on their websites. This has been announced by the media companies so far. Other publishers such as Tamedia and AZ Medien are currently examining the use of the system.
The standard was developed and tested by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). The protocol can be obtained easily and free of charge.
