INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR STANDARDISATION
ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11

CODING OF MOVING PICTURES AND AUDIO

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11N5901
Brisbane, October 2003

Title: List of Ad-Hoc Groups Established at the 66th Meeting in Brisbane

Source: Convenor

 

N5924

AHG on MPEG-4 Part 9: Reference Hardware Description Phase 1 and 2

Mandate:

  • To collect and coordinate contributions of MPEG-4 video modules described in HDL from Part 2 and Part 10.
  • To continue the analysis of HDL modules for HW acceleration of MPEG-4 part 10 (AVC), to select relevant modules and coordinate development and submission of such selected modules.
  • To continue verifying the conformance of submitted HDL source code and associated documentation with the requirements stated in the updated "Call for Submission" document N4966.
  • To evaluate the interfaces of each module so that the specification of common interfaces might enable modules submitted in phase 1 to be directly reused for phase 2.
  • To complete the evaluation of tools suitable to support implementation of phase 2.
  • To proceed with the definition of the MPEG-4 Virtual H/W-S/W Socket that interfaces the HDL modules to the MPEG-4 generically optimized reference S/W part 7.
  • To specify the demonstrator architecture showing the usage of MPEG-4 Part 9 Reference hardware description in an example application.

Chairman:

Robert Turney (Xilinx), Marco Mattavelli (EPFL)

Duration:

Until 67th Meeting

Meetings

Phone conferences on 6th Nov., 20th Nov., 4th Dec. at 3 p.m. GMT. Tel: (from US 1-877-582-3182, from outside US 1-706-679-1128, participant code 9202060193)

Reflector:

isgMPEG4rhd@ltslinux4.epfl.ch

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N5944

AHG on MPEG-21 REL and RDD Reference Software

Mandate:

  1. To continue development of conformance licenses and test cases
  2. To develop interpretation conformance software
  3. To develop the REL license interpretation using RDD term genealogy
  4. To coordinate work on other software in the REL/RDD reference software plan

Chairman:

Xin Wang, xin.wang@contentguard.com

Co-Chair:

Jaime Delgado, jaime.delgado@upf.edu

Chris Barlas, chris.barlas@rightscom.com

Duration:

Until 67th Meeting

Meetings

Business will also be conducted by E-mail or Telephone.

Reflector:

mpeg-21-list@imec.be

Message titles prefixed [REL/RDD-RS]


 

N5945

AHG on Editing MPEG-21 DIA Study of FCD & AM

Mandate:

  1. Produce the Study of FCD and AM by 2003/11/12.
  2. Maintain the schema and description examples for the Study of FCD and AM7.0 at http://www.midgardmedia.net.
  3. Investigate open issues with schema design included in the Study of FCD.
  4. Study terminal capabilities and network characteristics description tools.
  5. Discuss the issue of namespaces in the DIA specification.
  6. Follow up on unresolved issues from the Study of Draft Comments.
  7. Produce Editors Input on FDIS and AM7.1.

Chairman

Anthony Vetro (avetro@merl.com)

Co-chairman

Christian Timmerer (christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at)

Sylvain Devillers (Sylvain.Devillers@imec.be)

Duration:

Until the 67th Meeting.

Meetings:

AHG Meeting to be held on the Saturday and Sunday prior to 67th meeting.

Reflector:

mpeg21-uma@merl.com


 

N5946

AHG on Integration of DIA with REL and RDD

Mandate:

Study the proposed solution for DIA/REL/RDD Integration as adopted to the Study of FCD [N5933] and recommend improvements to the individual tools being standardized and the integration approach.

Chairman

Thomas DeMartini (Thomas.DeMartini@CONTENTGUARD.COM)

Co-chairman

Chris Barlas (chris.barlas@rightscom.com)

Sylvain Devillers (Sylvain.Devillers@imec.be)

Anthony Vetro (avetro@merl.com)

Duration:

Until the 67th Meeting.

Meetings:

AHG Meeting to be held on the weekend prior to 67th meeting.

Reflector:

mpeg-21-list@imec.be message titles prefixed [DIA-REL-RDD]



5947

AHG on Virtual Resources in DIA

Mandate:

  1. Explore the notion of Virtual Resources, i.e. resources defined as a transformation of another, actual resource.
  2. Integrate Transmoding into the Virtual Resources model.
  3. Study other kinds of adaptations within the Virtual Resources model.
  4. Investigate complexity issues in relationship with Virtual Resources
  5. Investigate the integration of the Virtual Resources with REL/RDD and DID governance.

Co-Chairs

JC Dufourd (ENST), Thomas DeMartini (ContentGuard), Riccardo Leonardi (UoBrescia)

Duration:

Until 67th Meeting

Meetings:

Saturday or Sunday before next meeting

Reflector:

mpeg-21-list@imec.be with the prefix "[VR]" in front of the subject

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N5948

AHG on MPEG-21 Media Locators

Mandates

  1. Investigate usage of MPEG-7 Media Locators in MPEG-21
    1. For referencing a location within the MPEG-21 File Format.
    2. For referencing locations within a media resource using the syntax and semantics of the MPEG-21 parts.
  2. If MPEG-7 Media Locators are not sufficient in all cases:
    1. Discuss a harmonized framework for media location scheme
    2. Define relevant media-dependent location schemes
    3. Recommend proposed text.

Chairman

Gerrard Drury (gerrardx@xenikos.com)

Co Chair

Myriam Amielh (myriam.amielhx@xcisra.canon.com.au)

Sylvain Devillers (sylvain.devillersx@imec.be)

Yongju Cho (yongjuchox@xetri.re.kr)

Duration

Until the 67th Meeting

Meetings

None scheduled.

Bussiness will be conducted by email or telephone.

Reflector

mpeg-21-listx@ximec.be

Plese use the prefix [medialoc]



N5949

AHG on Core Experiments for MPEG-21 DIA

Mandate:

  1. Maintaining the MPEG-21 MDS CE Development process document.
  2. Carry out Core Experiments on DIA and make recommendations to modify and improve the Study of FCD and Adaptation Model (AM v7.0).
  3. Encourage delivery (according to software implementation plan v.5 N5935) of implementation software from participants.

Chairman:

Jeho Nam (namjehox@xetri.re.kr)

Co-Chair:

Debargha Mukherjee (debarghax@xhpl.hp.com)

Duration:

Until 67th MPEG meeting

Meetings:

A meeting will be held on the weekend before the Hawaii meeting. Other business will be conducted by E-mail or Telephone.

Reflector:

mpeg21-uma@merl.com


 

N5950

AHG on Editing MPEG-21 DID/DIP and Core Experiments for DIP

Mandates

  1. Edit MPEG-21 DIP WD v.3
  2. Edit MPEG-21 DID 2nd Edition WD v.1S.
  3. Produce study on MPEG-21 DIP WD v.3 and recommendations on improving this document
  4. Produce study on MPEG-21 DID 2nd Edition WD v.1 and recommendations on improving this document
  5. Encourage discussion on usage of DIMs and DIBOs by other parts of MPEG-21 and development of new proposals for evaluation according to the Procedure for accepting DIBOs in MPEG-21 DIP document
  6. Carry out Core Experiments on DIP.
  7. Encourage delivery (according to the MPEG-21 software implementation plan) of implementation software from CE participants.

Chairman

Gerrard Drury (gerrardx@xenikos.com)

Co Chair

Rik Van de Walle (rik.vandewallex@xugent.be)

Munchurl Kim (mkimx@xicu.ac.kr)

Duration

Until the 67th Meeting

Meetings

AHG Meeting to be held on the Sunday prior to 67th meeting.

Other business to be conducted by email or phone.

Reflector

mpeg-21-dip@uow.edu.au

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5960

AHG on Maintenance of MPEG-4 Visual Draft Corrigendum, Reference Software and Conformance

Mandate:

  1. To harmonize and integrate ISO/IEC 14496-4, ISO/IEC 14496-5, ISO/IEC 14496-7 including their amendments
  2. To test combination of tools and cross-decoding between MS and MoMusys encoder/decoder
  3. To enable an optimised reference encoder and decoder within the framework of ISO/IEC 14496-5 and ISO/IEC 14496-7
  4. Maintenance of the MPEG-4 software Web site
  5. To collect bug reports related to MPEG-4 Visual text, VM, software and conformance

Chairman:

T. Chiang, Yi-Shin Tung, Chung-Neng Wang

Duration:

Until 67th Meeting

Meetings

No

Reflector:

sw_int@commlab18.ee.nctu.edu.tw

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N5961

AHG on Visual Descriptors and Visual-only Description Schemes in MPEG-7

Mandate:

  1. To collect descriptions of core experiments, evaluation criteria and common conditions, edit the document and distribute it to the video group.
  2. To carry out the Core Experiments
  3. To perform an evaluation and comment on the results of Core Experiments
  4. To explore technical areas of work for phase 3 (Amd2)
  5. To explore what steps the group should take to facilitate the adoption of the MPEG-7 visual (e.g. issues of technical reports on use scenarios)
  6. To continue to maintain the Visual reference software.

Chairman:

Miroslaw Bober, Sang-Kyun Kim

Duration:

Until 67th Meeting

Meetings

Yes (Sunday before 67th Meeting)

Reflector:

mpeg7-visual@lists.lancs.ac.uk

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N5962

AHG on Editing MPEG-7 Visual related Documents

Mandate:

To maintain consistent documents for the MPEG-7 Visual FPDAM1, DCOR1 and 15938-8 PDAM1

Chairman:

L. Cieplinski, A. Yamada

Duration:

Until 67th Meeting

Meetings

No

Reflector:

mpeg7-visual@lists.lancs.ac.uk

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N5963

AHG on 3DAV Coding

Mandate:

  1. To further refine the "Applications and Requirements for 3DAV" document
  2. To coordinate the Exploration Experiments on 3DAV
  3. To coordinate integration of 3DAV applications into MPEG reference software

Chairman:

Aljoscha Smolic, Hideaki Kimata

Duration:

Until 67th Meeting

Meetings

Yes (Sunday before 67th Meeting)

Reflector:

mpeg-3dvideo@mlc.nifty.com

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N5964

AHG on Scalable Video Coding

Mandate:

  1. To discuss and refine the document on "Applications and Requirements for Scalable Video Coding"
  2. To assist the Video and Test subgroup chairs in preparing and coordinating the logistics related to the "Call for Proposals on Scalable Video Coding"
  3. To discuss evaluation criteria related to the "Call for Proposals on Scalable Video Coding"
  4. To review technical progress in Scalable Video Coding

Chairman:

Mihaela van der Schaar (chair), A. Becker, J. Ridge, C.J. Tsai (co-chairs)

Duration:

Until 67th Meeting

Meetings

Yes (Sunday before 67th Meeting)

Reflector:

svc@ient.rwth-aachen.de

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N5968

Ad Hoc Group on AFX documents editing and Core Experiments

Mandate:

  1. Maintain and edit WD document
  2. Maintain and edit VM document.
  3. Maintain and edit CE descriptions.

Chairman:

Marius Preda (INT)

Co-Chairs

Mahnjin Han (Samsung AIT)

Mikaël Bourges-Sévenier (Mindego)

Duration:

Until 67th Meeting

Meetings

Sunday before 67th meeting

Reflector:

mpeg-snhc@gti.ssr.upm.es

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N5969

Ad Hoc Group on AFX SW Implementation

Mandate:

  1. Coordinate the SW implementation process.
  2. Study and develop the guidelines for SW development process.
  3. Coordinate software integration of existing SNHC tools in IM1 Core.

Chairman:

Patrick Gioia (France Telecom R&D)

Co-Chairs

James D. K. Kim (Samsung AIT)

Duration:

Until 67th Meeting

Meetings

Sunday before 67th meeting

Reflector:

mpeg-snhc@gti.ssr.upm.es

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N5970

Ad Hoc Group on AFX Conformance

Mandate:

  1. Maintain and edit the AFX conformance document
  2. Coordinate bitstream exchange

Chairman:

Mahnjin Han (Samsung AIT)

Co-Chairs

Alain Mignot (SGDL Systems)

Mikael Bourges-Sevenier (Mindego)

Duration:

Until 67th Meeting

Meetings

Sunday before 67th meeting

Reflector:

mpeg-snhc@gti.ssr.upm.es

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N5971

Ad Hoc Group on SNHC Profiles

Mandate:

  1. Identify potential applications of SNHC tools
  2. Suggest candidate profiles
  3. Coordinate definition of graphics and scene graph profiles

Chairman:

Marius Preda (INT)

Co-Chairs

Mahnjin Han (Samsung AIT)

Duration:

Until 67th Meeting

Meetings

Sunday before 67th meeting

Reflector:

mpeg-snhc@gti.ssr.upm.es

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N5993

Ad Hoc Group on MPEG-7 Systems

Mandate:

  1. Integrate tools in MPEG-7 Extensions in MPEG-7 reference software
  2. Performs the Core experiments on MPEG-7 Extensions.
  3. Produce studies of MPEG-7 Extensions FPDAM.
  4. MPEG-7 Produce WD of MPEG-7 Conformance
  5. Solicit contributions on MPEG-21 binarization and assess impact of the binarization on the MPEG-21 architecture.
  6. Update Systems FAQ.

Chairman:

Claude Seyrat (Expway), Ali Tabatabai (Sony)

Duration:

Until next meeting

Meetings

No Meeting

Reflector:

Mpeg7-sys@advent.ee.columbia.edu

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N5994

Ad Hoc Group on MPEG-4 Scene Representation

Mandate:

  1. Finalize requirements on Simple Scene Description and Simple Aggregation Format. Attracts attention and support from the industry on that activity.
  2. Continue review of WD 3.0 of ISO/IEC 14496-11:2003/AMD 3 (Audio BIFS Extensions).
  3. Continue the verification and the validation tests to investigate the two proposed solutions for implementing Consumer Effects.
  4. Conduct the discussions on MPEG-4 Scene representation along with W3C and 3GPP in the area of streaming text.
  5. Review and improve XMT Extensions (on Bitwrapper, extensions to support AFX specific XMT description, ...).
  6. Document and implement solution on externProto Coding raised in M10015.
  7. Investigate consequences of the creation of the new dimension for text profile both at the Systems level and at the Scene Description Level.
  8. Further clarify how to append a scene to a closed stream.

Chairman:

Jean-Claude Dufourd (ENST), Yuval Fisher (Envivio), Juergen Schmidt (Thomson)

Duration:

Until next meeting

Meetings

No Meeting

Reflector:

Bifs-sys@advent.ee.columbia.edu

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N5995

Ad Hoc Group on IM1

Mandate:

  1. Apply the IM1 Software Implementation Workplan with the help of the committed partners and produce Systems reference software.
  2. Provide for software and test streams for demonstrating MPEG-4 capabilities.

Chairman:

Zvi Lifshitz (Optibase)

Duration:

Until next meeting

Meetings

No Meeting

Reflector:

Im1-sys@advent.ee.columbia.edu

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N5996

AHG on MPEG File format

Mandate:

  1. Produce WD 4.0 of ISO/IEC 14496-12/Amd.1. Investigate simple joint MPEG/JPEG standardization process for that amendment.
  2. Study generalized addressing scheme for ISO File Format and propose specific solutions for MPEG-21 File Format.
  3. Further study WD 4.0 on MPEG-21 File Format and provide extensions if needed to meet all MPEG-21 requirements and solicit contributions on the topic and produce WD5.0 of MPEG-21 File Format.
  4. Further study contribution m10119 on signalling of error resilence information
  5. Define workplan for the development of file format reference software and conformance for the new file format standards.

Chairman:

Dave Singer (Apple)

Duration:

Until next meeting

Meetings:

No Meeting

Reflector:

mp4-sys@advent.ee.columbia.edu

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N5997

AHG on MPEG-J Extensions

Mandate:

  1. Study and Improve WD1.0 of MPEG-J Extensions.
  2. Study and complete requirements on Scene Renderer APIs by the next MPEG meeting.
  3. Draw attention from the industry on these new MPEG-J extensions.
  4. Assess if/how such API can be designed in a platform independent way.

Chairman:

Mikael Bourges-Sevenier (Mindego), Vishy Swaminathan (Sun)

Duration:

Until next meeting

Meetings:

No Meeting

Reflector:

mpgj-sys@advent.ee.columbia.edu

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N6024

AHG on MPEG-2 Audio Reference Software and Issues in MP3 on MP4

Mandate:

To address the following issues:

  1. Review and discuss the Text of ISO/IEC 14496-3:2001/PDAM 3 (MP3onMP4).
  2. Review MPEG-2 Audio Layer-3 reference software code related to WD of TR ISO/IEC 13818-5:1997/Amd.1:1999/Cor.2 (replace dist10 with dist11, N5634)
  3. Finalize the conformance bitstreams for MPEG-2 Audio Layer-3 related to WD 1.1 of ISO/IEC ISO/IEC 13818-4:1998/Amd.4
  4. Identify an FTP site for MPEG-2 Audio Layer-3 reference software and conformance bitstreams
  5. Discuss process to generate reference software and conformance bitstreams for MP3onMP4.


Chairman:

Jens Spille

Duration:

Until 67th meeting

Meetings

No

Reflector:

Mp3refsw@uow.edu.au

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6025

AHG on MPEG-4 Audio Conformance

Mandate:

1. Continue the collection and verification of conformance test sequences.

Chairman:

Ralph Sperschneider

Duration:

Until 67th Meeting

Meetings

No

Reflector:

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6026

AHG on MPEG-2 AAC and MPEG-4 Audio Text and Software

Mandate:

To

  1. Finalize ISO/IEC 13818-7:2003/DCOR 1 and ISO/IEC 14496-3:2001/DCOR 2 and submit to SC29 by 03/11/30.
  2. Review proposed third edition on ISO/IEC 13818-7
  3. Review proposed third edition on ISO/IEC 14496-3
  4. Collect material for proposed Draft Corrigendum.
  5. Continue to maintain the reference software.

Chairman:

R. Sperschneider, H. Purnhagen

Duration:

Until 67th meeting

Meetings

No

Reflector:

mpeg4_vm@tnt.uni-hannover.de

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6027

AHG on MPEG-4 Audio Extensions 1 and 2

Mandate:

To:

  1. Review and progress Study on ISO/IEC 14496-3:2001/FPDAM 2.
  2. Review and progress WD of Audio Contribution to MPEG-4 Conformance (Bandwidth Extension)
  3. Carry out workplan for MPEG-4 Extension 1 Conformance.
  4. Carry out workplan for MPEG-4 Extension 2.

Chairman:

T. Nomura

Duration:

Until 67th meeting

Meetings

Sunday before 67th MPEG meeting

Reflector:

Mpeg-audio-call@uow.edu.au

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6028

AHG on MPEG-4 Audio Lossless Coding

Mandate:

To

  1. Carry out Workplan for Audio Lossless Coding (ALS)
  2. Carry out Workplan for Scalable to Lossless Coding (SLS)
  3. Support respondents to CfP on 1-bit lossless coding
  4. Continue to gather information on industry practice, audio formats and file formats in use and additional application scenarios.
  5. Collect additional test sequences representing e.g. legacy "analog" archival sequences, 5.1 channel sequences, and sequences in IEEE floating point format.

Chairman:

Tilman Liebchen

Duration:

Until 67th Meeting

Meetings

Sunday before 67th MPEG meeting

Reflector:

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6029

AHG on MPEG-7 Audio

Mandate:

  1. Support integration of proposed quantizers in BiM
  2. Carry out Workplan for MPEG-7 Audio
  3. Promote collection of new tools for AMD 2
  4. Finalize XM for all versions
  5. Continue generation and verification of conformance descriptions and conformance description generation methods (including BiM conformance)

Chairman:

Markus Cremer

Duration:

Until 67th MPEG Meeting

Meetings

No

Reflector:

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6030

AHG on Music Notation Requirements

Mandate:

  1. Describe technical requirements for Music Notation format (i.e. coded representation) and decoder.
  2. Assess how these requirements can be met with existing MPEG technology and identify missing technology
  3. Describe the system architecture that supports integration of the Music Notation decoder with existing MPEG technology.
  4. Verify that proposed requirements and system architecture satisfy the commonly used formats for and usage of Music Notation.
  5. Solicit industry input to the ongoing activity

Chairman:

Paolo Nesi (University of Firenze), Giorgio Zoia (EPFL)

Duration:

Until next meeting

Meetings

Meeting on 2003/12/06 in Florence

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6031

AHG on Timestamps and Audio Codec Behavior

Mandate:

  1. To define candidate solutions to the problem of indeterminate Systems and Audio behavior of
    1. Input waveform file, audio encode, MP4 file, audio decode, output waveform file processing chain
    2. Break-in to a series of Audio Access Units (either as stored sequence or transmitted stream)

Chairman:

Alexandre Cotarmanac’h (France Telecom R&D),

Schuyler Quackenbush (Audio Research Labs)

Duration:

Until next meeting

Meetings

No

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6032

AHG on Audio Explorations

Mandate:

1. To discuss requirements for coding of multi-channel signals using spatial audio technology

Chairman:

Schuyler Quackenbush (Audio Research Labs)

Duration:

Until next meeting

Meetings

No

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N6036

AHG on AVC Verification Tests

Mandate:

  • Final collection and processing of the test material.
  • Perform the formal tests
  • Prepare the test report.

Chairmen:

Tobias Oelbaum (TUM), TK Tan (NTT DoCoMo), Vittorio Baroncini (FUB)

Duration:

Until 67th MPEG-Meeting

Meetings

9 am to 5pm on the Sunday before the 67th Meeting

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N6053

AHG on MPEG Multimedia Middleware

Mandate:

  1. Review the M3W Context and Objectives document and produce an updated version for the next MPEG meeting.
  2. Study standardization bodies and for a doing related activities and assess how they related to M3W.
  3. Assess what APIs shall be covered by M3W, and what APIs are already covered by other standardization bodies.
  4. Complete the FAQ on M3W.

Chairman:

Olivier Avaro (France Telecom), Jean Gelissen (Philips), Young Kwon Lim (Net&TV), Yuval Noimark (IBM), Ian Burnett (U. Wollongong)

Duration:

Until next meeting

Meetings:

No Meeting

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N6054

AHG on MPEG-21 Profiles and Extensions

Mandate:

  1. Analyze requirements attached to the OMA liaison statement.
  2. Collect requirements from other industries for possible WG11 standardized profiles and extensions
  3. Create requirements document for submission to the Hawaii MPEG meeting.
  4. Liaise with OeBF and EDItEUR about development of a publishing extension to the MPEG-21 REL
  5. Create working draft of Mobile Profile of the MPEG-21 REL
  6. Study the interoperability implications of extensions
  7. Explore mechanisms for publicizing the existence of extensions and profiles of the MPEG-21 REL.
  8. Examine the process of creating a profile of the MPEG-21 REL how it can be applied to the creation of Profiles of other MPEG-21 parts or profiles that apply across multiple MPEG-21 parts

Chairs:

Brad Gandee, Chris Barlas

Duration:

Until the 67th Meeting

Meetings:

A co-located meeting with the OMA has been requested via liaison. Date TBD
Other business will be conducted by E-mail or telephone conference.

Reflector:

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N6055

AHG on study of MPEG-21 and broadcasting

Mandate:

  • Development of Use-Cases that explore the use of MPEG-21 technology in broadcasting applications
  • Select a few key use cases to define in detail
  • Make a preliminary mapping of MPEG-21 tools to the detailed use cases
  • Start developing promotional material that explains the use of MPEG-21 tools in broadcasting applicaitons

Chairs:

Artur Lugmayr (lartur@acm.org)

Abdellatif Benjelloun Touimi (abdellatif.benjellountouimi@francetelecom.com)

Jong-Nam Kim (jnkim@kbs.co.kr)

Itaru Kaneko (itaru-k@acm.org)

Duration:

Until the 67th Meeting

Meetings:

A meeting will be held in the weekend before the Hawaii meeting.
Other business will be conducted by E-mail or telephone conference.

Reflector:

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N6056

AHG on MPEG-7 Interoperability and Profiling

Mandate:

  • To review and revise MPEG-7 part 9 Committee Draft
  • To further collect profiles into "MPEG-7 Profiles under Consideration"
  • Analyze interoperability of MPEG-7 with external metadata systems, e.g. MXF, 3GPP, ID3 V2, and EXIF.
  • To collect interoperability test bed requirements.
  • To explore the concept of multiple profiling and to propose text for the MPEG-7 Requirements Document

Chair:

Wo Chang (wchang@nist.gov)

CoChair:

Masanori Sano sano.m-fo@nhk.or.jp

Duration:

Until 67th meeting

Meetings:

Business will be conducted by E-mail or telephone conference.

Reflector:

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N6057

AhG on MPEG-21 Event Reporting

Mandate:

  • Clean up requirements document
  • Work with the Architecture AhG on the integration of ER into the Architecture

Chairs:

FX Nuttall

Andrew Tokmakoff

Duration:

Until the 67th Meeting

Meetings:

A meeting will be held on the weekend before the Hawaii meeting.
Other business will be conducted by E-mail or telephone conference.

Reflector:

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6058

AHG for Requirements for MPEG-21 Architecture and MPEG-21 IPMP

Mandate:
  • Study requirements for the architecture of the MPEG-21 framework.
  • Study requirements for the MPEG-21 IPMP.
  • Disseminate the Call for Requirements.
  • Review the responses to the call for requirements.
  • Study relevant previously submitted use case walkthroughs.
  • Have in-depth discussions with representatives of the different parts in MPEG-21 on requirements for MPEG-21 architecture and IPMP.
  • Prepare the requirements documents for completion at the 67th meeting.
  • Define the evaluation process for contributions based on the previously mentioned requirements.
Chairman:

Simon Watt, Bas van den Heuvel

Duration:

Until 67th meeting

Meetings:

A meeting will be held on the Saturday and Sunday before the next MPEG meeting.

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N6059

AhG on Editing the Persistent Association WD

Mandate:
  • Distribute WD V4.0 and invite relevant experts inside and outside MPEG to comment on V4.0
  • Develop appropriate text for enabling WG11 to issue a PDTR at the 67th meeting;
  • Edit the WD in accordance with the discussions
  • Keep reaching out to experts working on persistent association in video
Chairs:

Niels Rump (niels.rump (at) rightscom.com)

Richard Gooch (richard.gooch (at) ifpi.org)

Duration:

Until 67th meeting

Meetings

No meeting. All business will be conducted by E-mail and/or telephone/web conference

Reflector:

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N6060

AHG on Intra-only Coding in MPEG

Mandate:
  • To look at intra-only performances of AVC, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 in comparison with still picture coding schemes
  • To study on complexity savings of intra-only profiles in AVC, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 versus respectively AVC Main, MPEG-2 Simple Profile, MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile
  • To look at industry needs for intra-only MPEG
  • To consider promotional activities that do not require standardization, or just a Technical Report
Chairman:

Kohtaro Asai

Duration:

Until 67th Meeting

Meetings

No

Reflector:

mpeg-intra@mlc.nifty.com

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6071

AHG on MPEG-21 DIA Reference Software

Mandate:

  • Follow the integration plan for the MDS DIA reference software outlined in N5935.
  • Collect results and feedback of the DID validations
  • Maintain the MDS DIA reference software implementation document, including tracking of the proposed deliveries of software to http://www.titr.uow.edu.au/mpeg/mpeg21/ref-sw

Chairman:

Christian Timmerer (University Klagenfurt – christian.timmererX@Xitec.uni-klu.ac.at)
Gerrard Drury (UoW - gerrardX@Xtitr.uow.edu.au)
Jeho Nam (ETRI - namjehoX@Xetri.re.kr)

Duration:

Until 67th Meeting

Meetings

A meeting will be held on the weekend before the 67th meeting. Other business will be conducted by E-mail or telephone conference.

Reflector:

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6072

AHG on MPEG Multimedia Test Bed

Mandate:

  • Create working drafts of test bed APIs
  • Design test environment for MPEG-21 DIA and MPEG IPMP Technologies
  • Work with Scalable Video Coding AHG for testing of SVC technologies
  • Design test environment for 14496-8
  • Investigate issues in interoperability between the MPEG standards and the QoS related Internet protocols of session, transport, and network layers

Chairman:

Chun-Jen Tsai (NCTU), Mihaela van der Schaar (Philips), Young-Kwon Lim (net&tv), Doug Young Suh (KHU)

Duration:

Until 67th Meeting

Meetings

None

Reflector:

testbed@commlab18.ee.nctu.edu.tw

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