The purpose of this group, set up by the International Press Telecommunications Council, is to increase the synergy between the various standards for the creation, publishing and delivery of news. The group was created just before the first News Standards Summit, held in December 2003. The second News Standards Summit, will be held in May 2005. Please use this group to discuss relevant issues, both before and after the Summit. Please don't use the group to ask questions about individual standards. Instead, follow the links provided in the Programme of the second News Standards Summit, and in the write-up of the first NSS (XML 2003 News Standards Summit Seeks Interoperability and Convergence).