Material Exchange Format (MXF) - MXF Descriptive Metadata

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Suite/Collection: Material Exchange Format (MXF)
Doc Type: Engineering Guideline (EG)
Pages: 1–26
Abstract: The MXF standard SMPTE ST 377-1 provides for descriptive metadata schemes as “plug-ins” to the MXF header metadata. This guideline is intended to provide guidance for the use of MXF descriptive metadata schemes. This guideline is a supplement to SMPTE EG 377-3. — This guideline explains the common structural metadata components by which all MXF descriptive metadata schemes can be related to the essence they describe. Additional constraints required for MXF descriptive metadata schemes are also described. — This guideline describes how MXF descriptive metadata is related to the essence using the structural metadata defined in SMPTE ST 377-1. It also describes how MXF descriptive metadata is coded as KLV data for use in MXF files and as XML for text-based metadata exchange. This guideline also provides guidance for implementing MXF descriptive metadata schemes. — Descriptive metadata is a complex topic and requires at least some basic understandings of the various attributes of descriptive metadata together with data modeling techniques. This guideline provides annexes that summarize these topics.
Release Tag: 20150830-pub
Publication Date: 2015-08-30
Approval Date: 2015-08-30
DOI: 10.5594/SMPTE.EG42.2015
ISBN: 978-1-61482-896-9
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/SMPTE.EG42.2015
Group: SMPTE 31FS File Formats and Systems
Keyword(s): Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies, Metadata, Television, File Formats, MXF
ICS Codes: 33.160.01 Audio, video and audiovisual systems in general
33.170 Television and radio broadcasting
Copyright: © 2015 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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Normative Reference(s)

SMPTE EG 377-3:2013 [Active, Reaffirmed]
SMPTE ST 298:2009 [Active, Stabilized]
SMPTE ST 336:2007 [Superseded]
SMPTE ST 377-1:2011 [Superseded]
SMPTE ST 377-1:2011 Am1:2012 [Superseded]
SMPTE ST 377-1:2011 Am2:2012 [Superseded]
SMPTE ST 400:2012 [Active]

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The SMPTE Data Coding Protocol and Dictionaries [Active]
UML Distilled: Applying the Standard Object Modelling Language [Active]
The Unified Modelling Language User Guide [Active]
SMPTE RP 210:2007 [Withdrawn]
SMPTE RP 224:2012 [Withdrawn]
SMPTE ST 326:2000 [Active, Stabilized]
SMPTE ST 331:2011 [Active, Amended]
SMPTE ST 380:2004 [Active]

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