Wrappers and Metadata Sub Group [digital video standards]

This paper reviews the deliberations of the Task Force's Sub-Group on Wrappers and Metadata up to the present time. The initial discussions of the Sub-Group from September 1996 led to the preparation of the Wrappers and Metadata chapter of the First Report on User Requirements in April 1997. This chapter included some tutorial information defining the terminology and structure of Content within a Wrapper. It also contained a list of Requirements for Wrapper formats with explanations and descriptions, some tutorial annexes, and several specific recommendations for standardization. Ongoing work for the Wrappers Sub-Group is to prepare a final report recommending the development of standards in line with the original recommendations, based upon technologies extracted from the Request for Technology (RFT) responses, showing those areas where particular attention is required for achieving interoperation, and those areas where new specifications must be written to cover requirements not yet answered.