Standards: The MPEG Open Access Application Format
Florian Schreiner, Klaus J. Diepold, Mohamed Abo El-Fotouh, Tae-Hyun Kim · IEEE Multimedia · 2009
Editor's NoteThe lack of a unified format for digital-content metadata and associated license information is impeding the open access to and dissemination of digital content. The MPEG Open Access Application Format is a new standard from MPEG that standardizes the packaging of digital content and associated rights information into an application format to facilitate open access and interoperable exchange. The standard builds on MPEG-21 and MPEG-7 components for file format, package description, metadata, and rights information. This article describes the motivation and composition of the MPEG Open Access Application Format.—John R. Smith