The MPEG-21 Book

by Burnett, Ian S.; Pereira, Fernando; Van de Walle, Rik; Koenen, Rob

• ISBN13: 9780470010112
• ISBN10: 0470010118
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 4/14/2006
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

Understand the MPEG-21 Multimedia Framework, the standard for the creation, delivery and consumption of multimedia. This text is the comprehensive guide to MPEG-21, the technology that provides an open framework for multimedia applications. Whereas previous MPEG standards defined compression techniques, MPEG-21 offers methods for the search, access, storage and Rights protection of content. The MPEG-21 Book offers a complete introduction to standardisation, before proceeding to discuss the vision behind MPEG-21, what 'Digital Items' are, how they are adapted and how their contents can be protected. The book provides coverage of the individual parts of the standard to an advanced level, with chapters dedicated to each of the core technologies. The authors describe not only the present situation, but also emerging developments and the relation of MPEG-21 to the other MPEG standards, giving essential insights into the future of MPEG and its impact on multimedia. The MPEG-21 Book: Provides an accessible explanation of the MPEG-21 standards and specifications. Presents a comprehensive overview of the technical issues that MPEG-21 covers, including the foundational Digital Item Declaration, Digital Item Identification, Digital Item Adaptation, and Digital Item Processing. Offers in-depth and up-to-date coverage of Rights Expression Language and Rights Data Dictionary. Provides first detailed treatments of Event Reporting and IPMP Components. Reviews the new MPEG technologies Multimedia Middleware, Multimedia Application Formats (MAFs) and Digital Item Streaming. The MPEG-21 Book will provide an essential resource to researchers, engineers, Internet designers, systems designers, and content providers, creators and distributors in the entertainment and broadcasting industries. Students in communications technology, media technology and multimedia signal processing will also find it an invaluable guide to this cutting-edge technology.

Author Biography

Ian S. Burnett, University of Wollongong, Australia, is the editor of The MPEG-21 Book, published by Wiley.

Fernando Pereira, Instituto Telecomunicacoes, Lisbon, Portugal, is the editor of The MPEG-21 Book, published by Wiley.

Rik Van de Walle, Ghent University, Belgium, is the editor of The MPEG-21 Book, published by Wiley.

Rob Koenen, Intertrust Technologies Corp., USA, is the editor of The MPEG-21 Book, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acronyms and Abbreviations

List of Contributors

MPEG: Context, Goals and Working Methodologies

Introduction

MPEG Mission

MPEG Standards Preceding MPEG-21

The MPEG-1 Standard

The MPEG-2 Standard

The MPEG-4 Standard

The MPEG-7 Standard

The MPEG-21 Standard

MPEG's Standardization Process

Membership and Leadership

Meetings

Types of Standardization Documents

Working Principles

Standards Development Process

After an MPEG Standard is Ready

Licensing

The MPEG Industry Forum

Final Remarks

References

An Introduction to MPEG-21

Introduction

Motivation and Objectives

Objectives

Terms - Digital Items, Users and Resources

The MPEG-21 Vision

Digital Items - What is New?

Walkthrough for a Broadcasting Use Case

Digital Item Declaration

Identification

Rights Expressions

Protected Digital Items

Adaptation

Event Reports

MPEG-21 Standard Organization

MPEG-21 Standard Overview

Vision, Technologies and Strategy (Technical Report)

Digital Item Declaration

Digital Item Identification

IPMP Components

Rights Expression Language

Rights Data Dictionary

Digital Item Adaptation

MPEG-21 Reference Software

MPEG-21 File Format

Digital Item Processing

Evaluation Methods for Persistent Association Technologies

Test Bed for MPEG-21 Resource Delivery

Part 13: Unassigned

MPEG-21 Conformance

Event Reporting

MPEG-21 Binary Format

Fragment Identifiers for MPEG Resources

Digital Item Streaming

MPEG-21 Schemas

Motivation

Objective

Conclusion

References

Digital Item Declaration and Identification

Introduction

Digital Item Declaration

The Abstract Model

Digital Item Declaration Language

Validation of MPEG-21 DIDs

The Use of all DIDL Elements in a Real-World Example

First and Second Edition of the Digital Item Declaration

Digital Item Identification

Link Between DII and DID

DII Elements

Summary

References

IPMP Components

Background and Objectives

IPMP DIDL

Elements in the IPMP DIDL

Using the IPMP DIDL

Structure of IPMP DIDL Elements

IPMP Info

Using the IPMPGeneralInfoDescriptor

Positioning the IPMPGeneralInfoDescriptor in a Digital Item

Using the InfoDescriptor

Using IPMP Components in a Digital Item

Relationship Between IPMP Components and the Other Parts of MPEG-21

Relationship Between IPMP Components and MPEG-21 Part 2: Digital Item Declaration

Relationship Between IPMP Components and MPEG-21 Part 3: Digital Item Identification

Relationship Between IPMP Components and ISO/IEC 21000-5 Rights Expression Language

Relationship Between IPMP Components and ISO/IEC 21000-7 Digital Item Adaptation

Future Outlook

Summary

References

Rights Expression Language

About this Chapter

Namespace Conventions

Example Conventions

Rights Expression Language Element and Type Conventions

Element Introduction Conventions

Introduction to Ri

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