ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 21000-16 First edition 2005-10-15 Information technology Multimedia framework (MPEG-21) - Part 16: Binary Format Technologies de Il'information—Cadre multimédia (MPEG-21) Partie 16: Format binaire Reference number ISO/IEC 21000-16:2005(E) IEC ?ISO/IEC2005 ISO/IEC 21000-16:2005(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but downloading this file, parties accept therein the respons bility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The ISO Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademarkof Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by IsO member bodies. In the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below. ? ISO/IEC2005 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either isO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56:CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 4122 7490947 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii @ISO/IEC2005-All rightsreserved ISO/IEC 21000-16:2005(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (iso member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been non-governmental, in liaison with IsO, also take part in the work. isO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2. adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO/IEC 21000-16 was prepared by Technical Commitee ISO/TC JTC 1, Information technology, Subcommittee SC 29,Coding of audio,picture,multimediaand hypermedia information. IsO/lEc 21000 consists of the following parts, under the general title Information technology - Multimedia framework (MPEG-21): Part 1: Vision, Technologies and Strategy [Technical Report] Part 2: Digital Item Declaration Part 3: Digital Item Identification Part 4: Intellectual Property Management and Protection Components Part 5: Rights Expression Language Part 6: Rights Data Dictionary Part 7: Digital Item Adaptation Part 8: Reference Software Part 9: File Format Part 10:Digital Item Processing Part 11: Evaluation Tools for Persistent Association Technologies Part 12:Test Bed forMPEG-21ResourceDelivery [TechnicalReport] Part 16: Binary Format The following parts are under preparation: Part 14: Conformance Testing Part 15:Event Reporting Part 17: Fragment Identification of MPEG Resources @ ISO/IEC 2005 - All rights reserved ili ISO/IEC 21000-16:2005(E) Introduction There is, however, no “big picture" to describe how these elements, either in existence or under development, relate to each other. The aim for MPEG-21 is to describe how these various elements fit together. Where gaps and these bodies. The result is an open framework for multimedia d