MPEG-7 Overview
Executive Overview
MPEG-7 is an ISO/IEC standard developed by MPEG (Moving Picture Experts
Group), the committee that also developed the Emmy Award winning standards
known as MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, and the MPEG-4 standard. MPEG-1 and MPEG-2
standards made interactive video on CD-ROM and Digital Television possible.
MPEG-4 is the multimedia standard for the fixed and mobile web enabling integration
of multiple paradigms.
MPEG-7, formally named "Multimedia Content Description Interface", is a standard
for describing the multimedia content data that supports some degree of interpretation
of the information meaning, which can be passed onto, or accessed by, a device or a
computer code. MPEG-7 is not aimed at any one application in particular; rather, the
elements that MPEG-7 standardizes support as broad a range of applications as
possible.
More information about MPEG-7 can be found at the MPEG home page
(http://www.chiariglione.org/mpeg) and the MPEG Industry Forum website
(http://www.mpegif.org), which contain links to a wealth of information about
MPEG, including much about MPEG-7, many publicly available documents, several
lists of ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ and links to other MPEG-7 web pages.
This document gives an overview of the MPEG-7 standard, explaining which pieces
of technology it includes and what sort of applications are supported by this
technology. Also the current work towards MPEG-7 version 2 is presented.
Table of Contents
Executive Overview
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Major functionalities in MPEG-7
o 2.1 MPEG-7 Systems
o 2.2 MPEG-7 Description Definition Language
o 2.3 MPEG-7 Visual
o 2.4 MPEG-7 Audio
o 2.5 MPEG-7 Multimedia Description Schemes
o 2.6 MPEG-7 Reference Software: the eXperimentation Model
o 2.7 MPEG-7 Conformance