ISO/IEC TECHNICAL REPORT TR 21000-1 Second edition 2004-11-01 Information technology Multimedia framework (MPEG-21) - Part 1: Vision, Technologies and Strategy Technologies de I'information- Cadre multimedia (MPEG-21)- Partie 1: Vision, technologies et strategie Reference number ISO/IEC TR 21000-1:2004(E) IEC Iso @ISO/IEC 2004 ISO/IEC TR21000-1:2004(E) PDFdisclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The Iso Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is atrademarkof 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 the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below. ISO/IEC2004 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, 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 + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ISO/IEC2004-Allrightsreserved ISO/IECTR21000-1:2004(E) Contents Page Foreword. ExecutiveSummary. Introduction 1 Scope.... 2 Terms and definitions.... 3 Symbols and abbreviated terms....... 4 Structure of the Technical Report... 5 5.1 Problem Statement .. 5.2 Solution Statement. 5.3 Normative Implications... 5.4 Conformance and Reference Software.... 5.5 Descriptionofa MultimediaFrameworkArchitecture 5.5.1 Introduction 5.5.2 Digital Items 5.5.3 Users... 5.6 Example MPEG-21 Use Case. 5.6.1 5.6.2 Enabling MPEG-21 Technologies.... 5.7 Collaboration with other multimedia standardisation initiatives 6 AboutISO/IEc21000-1:2001 10 7 Overview of the MPEG-21 Parts 11 7.1 Introduction. 11 7.2 Part 1 - Vision, Technologies and Strategy... 11 7.3 Part 2 - Digital Item Declaration (DID) .... 11 7.4 Part 3 - Digital Item Identification (DIl) . 12 7.5 Part4-IntellectualPropertyManagement and Protection (IPMP). 12 7.6 Part 5 -- Rights Expression Language (REL)..... 7.7 Part 6 - Rights Data Dictionary (RDD) 13 7.8 Part 7 - Digital Item Adaptation (DIA) .... 14 7.9 Part8-ReferenceSoftware 14 7.10 Part 9 - File Format.. .14 7.11 Part 10 - Digital Item Processing (DIP)... 15 7.12 Part 11-Evaluation Methods for Persistent Association Technologies... 15 7.13 Part 12 - Test Bed for MPEG-21 Resource Delivery.... 7.14 Part 13 - Scalable Video Coding .. 15 8 MPEG-21Achievements. 16 8.1 Introduction. 16 8.2 ISO/IEC 21000-2: Digital Item Declaration (DID). .16 8.2.1 8.2.2 Rationale.. 16 8.2.3 Key concepts and basic approach. 17 8.3 ISO/IEC 21000-3: Digital Item Identification (DIl).. 20 8.3.1 Goal... 20 8.3.2 Rationale... 20 8.3.3 Key concepts and basic approach. 20 8.4 ISO/IEC 21000-5:Rights Expression Language (REL). ionAll rightsreserved ii ISO/IECTR21000-1:2004(E) 8.4.1 Goal.. .20 8.4.2 Rationale.. 8.4.3 Key concepts and basic approach.. .21 8.5 ISO/IEC 21000-6: Rights Data Dictionary (RDD) 22 8.5.1 22 8.5.2 Rationale. 22 8.5.3 Keyconcepts 23 8.6 ISO/IEC 21000-7: Digital Item Adaptation (DIA) 23 8.6.1 Goal... 8.6.2 Rationale .24 8.6.3 Key concepts and basic approach.. 24 9 Highlights of the MPEG-21 Parts under Development . 9.1 Introduction... .25 9.2 ISO/IEc 21000-10: Digital ItemProcessing... 9.2.1 Goal.. .25 9.2.2 Rationale .26 9.2.3 KeyConcepts.... 9.3 IsO/lEc 210o0-11:Evaluation Methods for Persistent Association Technologies 27 9.3.1 Goal.. 27 9.3.2 Rationale.. .27 9.3.3 Keyconcepts.. .27 9.4 ISO/IEC21000-12:Test Bed forMPEG-21Resource Delivery. .28 9.4.1 Goal.. 28 9.4.2 Rationale .28 9.4.3 Ke