Mapping table

Introduction

The following mappings are established between various multimedia metadata formats with core vocabulary of MA WG as pivot.
This list of formats is not closed, nor does it pretends to be exhaustive. The medie Annotations Working Group still looks at rationale for including and excluding formats to be considered in the final mapping table;

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Table 0: Summary

MAWG

Description

XMP

ID3 frames

iTunes

SearchMonkey Media

MediaRDF Vocabulary (Video)

LOM 2.1

METS

EXIF

Cablelabs1.1

Cablelabs2.0

DIG35

MIX

FRBR

Media RSS

TXFeed

Youtube

VRA

IPTC NewsML-G2

TV-Anytime

EBUCore

EBU P-META

MPEG-7 XPath

SMPTE Designator

ma:contributor

A pair identifying the contributor and the nature of the contribution. E.g. actor, cameraman, dirctor,singer, author, artist (Note: subject see addition of contributor type)

ma:creator

The authors of the resource (listed in order of precedence, if significant).

ma:description

A textual description of the content of the resource.

ma:format

MIME type of the entity (wrapper, bucket media types)

ma:identifier

A URI idenfies an entity; which can be either a "Resource" (abstract concept) or a "Representation" (instance/file). See 4.4 Annotating Media Fragments

ma:language

Specify a language used in the entity, Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 4646 [RFC4646].

ma:publisher

Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.

ma:relation

A pair identifying the entity and the nature of the realtionship. E.g. transcript, original_work

ma:keyword

An unordered array of descriptive phrases or keywords that specify the topic of the content of the resource.

ma:title

The title of the document, or the name given to the resource.

ma:genre

Genre of the entity

ma:createDate

The date and time the entity was originally created. (for commercial purpose there might be an annotation of publication date)

ma:rating

A pair identifying the rating person or organization and the rating (real value)

ma:collection

A name of the collection from wich the entities originates

ma:duration

The actual duration of the entity

ma:copyright

The copyright statement. Identification of the copyrights holder (DRM is out of scope for MAWG)

ma:location

A location associated with the entity. Can be the depicted location or shot location.

ma:compression

Compression type used, e.g. H264. Note: possible to use extended mime type, see RFC 4281

ma:frameSize

The frame size. For example: w:720, h: 480

ma:targetAudience

A pair identifying the issuer of the classification (agency) and the classification. E.g. parental guide, targeted geographical region

ma:locator

A URI at which the entity can be accessed (e.g. a URL, or a DVB URI)

Attributes

(These values show up in the property list)

exact

more specific

more general

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Table 1: XMP

MAWG	Description	XMP Attributes

ma:contributor	A pair identifying the contributor and the nature of the contribution. E.g. actor, cameraman, dirctor,singer, author, artist (Note: subject see addition of contributor type)	dc:contributor
ma:creator	The authors of the resource (listed in order of precedence, if significant).	dc:creator
ma:description	A textual description of the content of the resource.	dc:description
ma:format	MIME type of the entity (wrapper, bucket media types)	dc:format
ma:identifier	A URI idenfies an entity; which can be either a "Resource" (abstract concept) or a "Representation" (instance/file). See 4.4 Annotating Media Fragments	dc:identifier
ma:language	Specify a language used in the entity, Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 4646 [RFC4646].	dc:language
ma:publisher	Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.	dc:publisher
ma:relation	A pair identifying the entity and the nature of the realtionship. E.g. transcript, original_work	dc:relation
ma:keyword	An unordered array of descriptive phrases or keywords that specify the topic of the content of the resource.	dc:subject
ma:title	The title of the document, or the name given to the resource.	dc:title
ma:genre	Genre of the entity	dc:type
ma:createDate	The date and time the entity was originally created. (for commercial purpose there might be an annotation of publication date)	xmp:CreateDate
ma:rating	A pair identifying the rating person or organization and the rating (real value)	xmp:Rating
ma:collection	A name of the collection from wich the entities originates	xmpDM:album
ma:duration	The actual duration of the entity	xmpDM:duration
ma:copyright	The copyright statement. Identification of the copyrights holder (DRM is out of scope for MAWG)	xmpDM:copyright
ma:location	A location associated with the entity. Can be the depicted location or shot location.	xmpDM:shotLocation
ma:compression	Compression type used, e.g. H264. Note: possible to use extended mime type, see RFC 4281	xmpDM:videoCompressor
ma:frameSize	The frame size. For example: w:720, h: 480	xmpDM:videoFrameSize
ma:targetAudience	A pair identifying the issuer of the classification (agency) and the classification. E.g. parental guide, targeted geographical region
ma:locator	A URI at which the entity can be accessed (e.g. a URL, or a DVB URI)

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Table 2: ID3

MAWG	Description	Property	ID3 frames

ma:contributor	A pair identifying the contributor and the nature of the contribution. E.g. actor, cameraman, dirctor,singer, author, artist (Note: subject see addition of contributor type)	exact	TOPE, TPE1, TPE2
ma:creator	The authors of the resource (listed in order of precedence, if significant).	exact	see composer
ma:description	A textual description of the content of the resource.
ma:format	MIME type of the entity (wrapper, bucket media types)	exact	TFLT
ma:identifier	A URI idenfies an entity; which can be either a "Resource" (abstract concept) or a "Representation" (instance/file). See 4.4 Annotating Media Fragments
ma:language	Specify a language used in the entity, Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 4646 [RFC4646].	exact	TLAN
ma:publisher	Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.	exact	TPUB
ma:relation	A pair identifying the entity and the nature of the realtionship. E.g. transcript, original_work
ma:keyword	An unordered array of descriptive phrases or keywords that specify the topic of the content of the resource.	exact	see genre
ma:title	The title of the document, or the name given to the resource.	exact	TALB
		related	TIT1
		related	TIT2
ma:genre	Genre of the entity	related	TCON
ma:createDate	The date and time the entity was originally created. (for commercial purpose there might be an annotation of publication date)	exact	TDAT, TRDA, TYER
ma:rating	A pair identifying the rating person or organization and the rating (real value)
ma:collection	A name of the collection from wich the entities originates	exact	TALB
ma:duration	The actual duration of the entity	more specific	TPOS
ma:copyright	The copyright statement. Identification of the copyrights holder (DRM is out of scope for MAWG)	exact	TLEN
ma:location	A location associated with the entity. Can be the depicted location or shot location.	more specific	TCOP
ma:compression	Compression type used, e.g. H264. Note: possible to use extended mime type, see RFC 4281
ma:frameSize	The frame size. For example: w:720, h: 480	exact	TFLT
ma:targetAudience	A pair identifying the issuer of the classification (agency) and the classification. E.g. parental guide, targeted geographical region
ma:locator	A URI at which the entity can be accessed (e.g. a URL, or a DVB URI)

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Table 3: iTunes

MAWG	Description	Property	iTunes

ma:contributor	A pair identifying the contributor and the nature of the contribution. E.g. actor, cameraman, dirctor,singer, author, artist (Note: subject see addition of contributor type)	exact	©ope
ma:creator	The authors of the resource (listed in order of precedence, if significant).		©aut
ma:description	A textual description of the content of the resource.		©des
ma:format	MIME type of the entity (wrapper, bucket media types)
ma:identifier	A URI idenfies an entity; which can be either a "Resource" (abstract concept) or a "Representation" (instance/file). See 4.4 Annotating Media Fragments
ma:language	Specify a language used in the entity, Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 4646 [RFC4646].
ma:publisher	Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.		©pub
ma:relation	A pair identifying the entity and the nature of the realtionship. E.g. transcript, original_work
ma:keyword	An unordered array of descriptive phrases or keywords that specify the topic of the content of the resource.
ma:title	The title of the document, or the name given to the resource.		©nam
ma:genre	Genre of the entity		gnre, ©gen
ma:createDate	The date and time the entity was originally created. (for commercial purpose there might be an annotation of publication date)		©day
ma:rating	A pair identifying the rating person or organization and the rating (real value)
ma:collection	A name of the collection from wich the entities originates		©alb
ma:duration	The actual duration of the entity
ma:copyright	The copyright statement. Identification of the copyrights holder (DRM is out of scope for MAWG)		cprt
ma:location	A location associated with the entity. Can be the depicted location or shot location.
ma:compression	Compression type used, e.g. H264. Note: possible to use extended mime type, see RFC 4281
ma:frameSize	The frame size. For example: w:720, h: 480
ma:targetAudience	A pair identifying the issuer of the classification (agency) and the classification. E.g. parental guide, targeted geographical region
ma:locator	A URI at which the entity can be accessed (e.g. a URL, or a DVB URI)

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Table 4: QT

MAWG	Description	Property	QT	QT UserData

ma:contributor	A pair identifying the contributor and the nature of the contribution. E.g. actor, cameraman, dirctor,singer, author, artist (Note: subject see addition of contributor type)	exact		©ope
ma:creator	The authors of the resource (listed in order of precedence, if significant).		com.apple.quicktime.author	©aut
ma:description	A textual description of the content of the resource.		com.apple.quicktime.description	©des
ma:format	MIME type of the entity (wrapper, bucket media types)			©fmt
ma:identifier	A URI idenfies an entity; which can be either a "Resource" (abstract concept) or a "Representation" (instance/file). See 4.4 Annotating Media Fragments
ma:language	Specify a language used in the entity, Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 4646 [RFC4646].
ma:publisher	Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.		com.apple.quicktime.publisher	©pub
ma:relation	A pair identifying the entity and the nature of the realtionship. E.g. transcript, original_work
ma:keyword	An unordered array of descriptive phrases or keywords that specify the topic of the content of the resource.		com.apple.quicktime.keywords	©key
ma:title	The title of the document, or the name given to the resource.		com.apple.quicktime.displayname	©nam
ma:genre	Genre of the entity		com.apple.quicktime.genre	©gen
ma:createDate	The date and time the entity was originally created. (for commercial purpose there might be an annotation of publication date)		com.apple.quicktime.creationdate	©day
ma:rating	A pair identifying the rating person or organization and the rating (real value)
ma:collection	A name of the collection from wich the entities originates		com.apple.quicktime.album	©alb
ma:duration	The actual duration of the entity
ma:copyright	The copyright statement. Identification of the copyrights holder (DRM is out of scope for MAWG)		com.apple.quicktime.copyright	©cpy
ma:location	A location associated with the entity. Can be the depicted location or shot location.
ma:compression	Compression type used, e.g. H264. Note: possible to use extended mime type, see RFC 4281
ma:frameSize	The frame size. For example: w:720, h: 480
ma:targetAudience	A pair identifying the issuer of the classification (agency) and the classification. E.g. parental guide, targeted geographical region
ma:locator	A URI at which the entity can be accessed (e.g. a URL, or a DVB URI)

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Table 5: SearchMonkey

MAWG	Description	Property	SearchMonkey Media

ma:contributor	A pair identifying the contributor and the nature of the contribution. E.g. actor, cameraman, dirctor,singer, author, artist (Note: subject see addition of contributor type)
ma:creator	The authors of the resource (listed in order of precedence, if significant).
ma:description	A textual description of the content of the resource.
ma:format	MIME type of the entity (wrapper, bucket media types)	exact	type
ma:identifier	A URI idenfies an entity; which can be either a "Resource" (abstract concept) or a "Representation" (instance/file). See 4.4 Annotating Media Fragments
ma:language	Specify a language used in the entity, Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 4646 [RFC4646].
ma:publisher	Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.
ma:relation	A pair identifying the entity and the nature of the realtionship. E.g. transcript, original_work
ma:keyword	An unordered array of descriptive phrases or keywords that specify the topic of the content of the resource.
ma:title	The title of the document, or the name given to the resource.
ma:genre	Genre of the entity	exact	media
ma:createDate	The date and time the entity was originally created. (for commercial purpose there might be an annotation of publication date)
ma:rating	A pair identifying the rating person or organization and the rating (real value)
ma:collection	A name of the collection from wich the entities originates
ma:duration	The actual duration of the entity	exact	duration
ma:copyright	The copyright statement. Identification of the copyrights holder (DRM is out of scope for MAWG)
ma:location	A location associated with the entity. Can be the depicted location or shot location.
ma:compression	Compression type used, e.g. H264. Note: possible to use extended mime type, see RFC 4281
ma:frameSize	The frame size. For example: w:720, h: 480		width / height
ma:targetAudience	A pair identifying the issuer of the classification (agency) and the classification. E.g. parental guide, targeted geographical region
ma:locator	A URI at which the entity can be accessed (e.g. a URL, or a DVB URI)
			filesize
			views

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Table 6: MediaRDF

MAWG	Description	Property	MediaRDF Vocabulary (Video)

ma:contributor	A pair identifying the contributor and the nature of the contribution. E.g. actor, cameraman, dirctor,singer, author, artist (Note: subject see addition of contributor type)		dcterms:contributor
ma:creator	The authors of the resource (listed in order of precedence, if significant).	exact	dcterms:creator
ma:description	A textual description of the content of the resource.	related	dcterms:description
ma:format	MIME type of the entity (wrapper, bucket media types)
ma:identifier	A URI idenfies an entity; which can be either a "Resource" (abstract concept) or a "Representation" (instance/file). See 4.4 Annotating Media Fragments
ma:language	Specify a language used in the entity, Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 4646 [RFC4646].
ma:publisher	Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.
ma:relation	A pair identifying the entity and the nature of the realtionship. E.g. transcript, original_work
ma:keyword	An unordered array of descriptive phrases or keywords that specify the topic of the content of the resource.
ma:title	The title of the document, or the name given to the resource.	exact	dcterms:title
ma:genre	Genre of the entity	related	dcterms:type
ma:createDate	The date and time the entity was originally created. (for commercial purpose there might be an annotation of publication date)
ma:rating	A pair identifying the rating person or organization and the rating (real value)
ma:collection	A name of the collection from wich the entities originates
ma:duration	The actual duration of the entity	exact	duration
ma:copyright	The copyright statement. Identification of the copyrights holder (DRM is out of scope for MAWG)
ma:location	A location associated with the entity. Can be the depicted location or shot location.
ma:compression	Compression type used, e.g. H264. Note: possible to use extended mime type, see RFC 4281	exact
ma:frameSize	The frame size. For example: w:720, h: 480
ma:targetAudience	A pair identifying the issuer of the classification (agency) and the classification. E.g. parental guide, targeted geographical region		xhv:license
ma:locator	A URI at which the entity can be accessed (e.g. a URL, or a DVB URI)		sample

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Table 7: LOM

MAWG	Description	Property	LOM 2.1

ma:contributor	A pair identifying the contributor and the nature of the contribution. E.g. actor, cameraman, dirctor,singer, author, artist (Note: subject see addition of contributor type)	exact	contribute
ma:creator	The authors of the resource (listed in order of precedence, if significant).		contribute
ma:description	A textual description of the content of the resource.		description
ma:format	MIME type of the entity (wrapper, bucket media types)		format
ma:identifier	A URI idenfies an entity; which can be either a "Resource" (abstract concept) or a "Representation" (instance/file). See 4.4 Annotating Media Fragments		identifier
ma:language	Specify a language used in the entity, Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 4646 [RFC4646].		language
ma:publisher	Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.		contribute
ma:relation	A pair identifying the entity and the nature of the realtionship. E.g. transcript, original_work		relation-kind/description
ma:keyword	An unordered array of descriptive phrases or keywords that specify the topic of the content of the resource.		keyword; classification
ma:title	The title of the document, or the name given to the resource.		title
ma:genre	Genre of the entity		learningresourcetype
ma:createDate	The date and time the entity was originally created. (for commercial purpose there might be an annotation of publication date)
ma:rating	A pair identifying the rating person or organization and the rating (real value)
ma:collection	A name of the collection from wich the entities originates
ma:duration	The actual duration of the entity		duration
ma:copyright	The copyright statement. Identification of the copyrights holder (DRM is out of scope for MAWG)
ma:location	A location associated with the entity. Can be the depicted location or shot location.
ma:compression	Compression type used, e.g. H264. Note: possible to use extended mime type, see RFC 4281
ma:frameSize	The frame size. For example: w:720, h: 480		size
ma:targetAudience	A pair identifying the issuer of the classification (agency) and the classification. E.g. parental guide, targeted geographical region
ma:locator	A URI at which the entity can be accessed (e.g. a URL, or a DVB URI)		location

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Table 8: METS

MAWG	Description	Property	METS

ma:contributor	A pair identifying the contributor and the nature of the contribution. E.g. actor, cameraman, dirctor,singer, author, artist (Note: subject see addition of contributor type)	exact	metsHdr/agent
ma:creator	The authors of the resource (listed in order of precedence, if significant).		metsHdr/agent
ma:description	A textual description of the content of the resource.
ma:format	MIME type of the entity (wrapper, bucket media types)		file/MIMETYPE
ma:identifier	A URI idenfies an entity; which can be either a "Resource" (abstract concept) or a "Representation" (instance/file). See 4.4 Annotating Media Fragments		CONTENTIDS
ma:language	Specify a language used in the entity, Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 4646 [RFC4646].
ma:publisher	Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.
ma:relation	A pair identifying the entity and the nature of the realtionship. E.g. transcript, original_work		structMap/div/mptr
ma:keyword	An unordered array of descriptive phrases or keywords that specify the topic of the content of the resource.
ma:title	The title of the document, or the name given to the resource.		LABEL
ma:genre	Genre of the entity		TYPE
ma:createDate	The date and time the entity was originally created. (for commercial purpose there might be an annotation of publication date)		metsHdr/CREATEDATE
ma:rating	A pair identifying the rating person or organization and the rating (real value)
ma:collection	A name of the collection from wich the entities originates
ma:duration	The actual duration of the entity
ma:copyright	The copyright statement. Identification of the copyrights holder (DRM is out of scope for MAWG)
ma:location	A location associated with the entity. Can be the depicted location or shot location.
ma:compression	Compression type used, e.g. H264. Note: possible to use extended mime type, see RFC 4281
ma:frameSize	The frame size. For example: w:720, h: 480
ma:targetAudience	A pair identifying the issuer of the classification (agency) and the classification. E.g. parental guide, targeted geographical region
ma:locator	A URI at which the entity can be accessed (e.g. a URL, or a DVB URI)

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Table 9: EXIF

MAWG	Description	Property	EXIF
Updated 18 May 2009
ma:contributor	A pair identifying the contributor and the nature of the contribution. E.g. actor, cameraman, dirctor,singer, author, artist (Note: subject see addition of contributor type)	exact	IART, IENG, ISRC, ITCH
ma:creator	The authors of the resource (listed in order of precedence, if significant).		IART, ISRC
ma:description	A textual description of the content of the resource.		IKEY, UserComment, Comments
ma:format	MIME type of the entity (wrapper, bucket media types)
ma:identifier	A URI idenfies an entity; which can be either a "Resource" (abstract concept) or a "Representation" (instance/file). See 4.4 Annotating Media Fragments		ImageUniqueID
ma:language	Specify a language used in the entity, Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 4646 [RFC4646].
ma:publisher	Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.
ma:relation	A pair identifying the entity and the nature of the realtionship. E.g. transcript, original_work		RelatedSoundFile
ma:keyword	An unordered array of descriptive phrases or keywords that specify the topic of the content of the resource.		ISBJ
ma:title	The title of the document, or the name given to the resource.		ImageDescription, INAM
ma:genre	Genre of the entity		IGNR
ma:createDate	The date and time the entity was originally created. (for commercial purpose there might be an annotation of publication date)		DateTime, DateTimeOriginal, ICRD
ma:rating	A pair identifying the rating person or organization and the rating (real value)
ma:collection	A name of the collection from wich the entities originates
ma:duration	The actual duration of the entity
ma:copyright	The copyright statement. Identification of the copyrights holder (DRM is out of scope for MAWG)		Copyright
ma:location	A location associated with the entity. Can be the depicted location or shot location.		GPSLatituteREF, GPSLatitute, GPSLongitudeREF, GPSLongitude, GPSAltitude, GPSAltitudeRef
ma:compression	Compression type used, e.g. H264. Note: possible to use extended mime type, see RFC 4281		Compression
ma:frameSize	The frame size. For example: w:720, h: 480		ImageWidth; ImageLength
ma:targetAudience	A pair identifying the issuer of the classification (agency) and the classification. E.g. parental guide, targeted geographical region
ma:locator	A URI at which the entity can be accessed (e.g. a URL, or a DVB URI)

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Table 10: CableLabs 1.1

MAWG	Description	Property	Cablelabs1.1
Updated 8 May 2009			Type	Spec	Metadata Name	Description	Type	Required vs Optional
ma:contributor	A pair identifying the contributor and the nature of the contribution. E.g. actor, cameraman, dirctor,singer, author, artist (Note: subject see addition of contributor type)		Title	MOD or SVOD	Actors	Actors – Last Name,First Name (for searching). ~~~ The separator shall be a “,” between the last name and the first name.	String (max 35 characters per actor), one actor per element. ~~~ Examples: ~~~ ~~~ ~~~	Opt
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Actors_Display	Actors – A human-readable string (for display).	String (max 1024 characters total all Actors). ~~~ Example: ~~~ “Voices of Tom Hanks, Robin Williams”	Opt
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Advisories	One content advisory code (see Annex A, Ratings and Advisories).	String, one advisory per element (max 1024 characters for all advisories). ~~~ Examples: ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ There are at most six occurrences of “Advisories”, with a combined maximum of at most 12 characters.	Opt
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Director	Directors – Last Name,First Name ~~~ The separator shall be a “,” between the last name and the first name.	String (max 35 characters per director), one director per element. ~~~ Examples: ~~~ ~~~ ~~~	Opt
ma:creator	The authors of the resource (listed in order of precedence, if significant).		Title	MOD or SVOD	Writer_Display	Writer(s) – A human-readable string (for display).	String (max 1024 characters total all Writers). ~~~ Example: ~~~ “Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo”	Opt
ma:description	A textual description of the content of the resource.		Title	MOD or SVOD	Summary_Long	Movie summary in full.	String (max 4096 characters). Special characters allowed.	Opt
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Summary_Medium	Movie summary paragraph – for EPG-like description.	String (max 1024 characters). Special characters allowed.	Opt
			Package, Title, Movie, Still-Image, Preview, TrickAsset,Encrypted Asset	AMS	Description	A human-readable string describing the Asset.	String. ~~~ Example: “Wes Craven’s Dracula 2000 asset package”	Req
ma:format	MIME type of the entity (wrapper, bucket media types)		Encrypted Asset	MOD or SVOD	Encrypting_System_Info	Information pertaining to the encrypting system.	String	Opt
			Movie	MOD or SVOD	Encryption	“Y” or “N” flag indicating encryption is required.	String “Y” or “N”. ~~~ Example: ~~~ ~~~	Opt
			Encrypted Asset	MOD or SVOD	Encryption_Algorithm	Further identification of the encryption type.	String. ~~~ Examples: “DES”, “3DES”, “RC5”	Opt
			Encrypted Asset	MOD or SVOD	Encryption_Date	Date	Date	Opt
			Encrypted Asset	MOD or SVOD	Encryption_Key_Block	As needed by the decryption. Generated by the encryption system. (Data from the encryption system.)	String (max 4096 characters)	Opt
			Encrypted Asset	MOD or SVOD	Encryption_Time	Time	Time	Opt
			Encrypted Asset	MOD or SVOD	Encryption_Type	Further identification of the encryption type.	String. ~~~ Examples: “symmetric”, “public key”	Opt
			Movie, Preview	MOD or SVOD	Audio_Type	Audio Types available for this content (Dolby ProLogic, Dolby Digital, Stereo, Mono, Dolby5.1). ~~~ NOTE: Per the Content Encoding Profiles Specification (Normative Reference [3]), all audio shall be encoded Dolby Digital AC-3 not MPEG-2 Audio.	String – one audio type per element. ~~~ Examples: ~~~ ~~~ ~~~	Req
ma:identifier	A URI idenfies an entity; which can be either a "Resource" (abstract concept) or a "Representation" (instance/file). See 4.4 Annotating Media Fragments		Package, Title, Movie, Still-Image, Preview, TrickAsset,Encrypted Asset	AMS	Asset_ID	An identifier for the asset that is unique within a provider’s asset ID space. The unique portable identification of an asset is the combination of its Provider_ID and its Asset_ID.	String (fixed 20 characters, alpha/numeric). 4 alpha characters followed by 16 numbers, no spaces allowed. ~~~ Example: “ABCD1234567890123456”	Req
			Package, Title, Movie, Still-Image, Preview, TrickAsset,Encrypted Asset	AMS	Asset_Name	A string containing the identifying name of the asset. Asset names must be unique within a product.	String (max 50 characters). ~~~ Example: “WesCravensDracula2000encrypted”	Req
			Movie	MOD or SVOD	Avail	A grouping of one, two, three or four SMPTE time codes that indicate insertion points for advertising; followed by an ad identifier. ~~~ ~~~ Usage scenarios are included in Annex D.	String. ~~~ Format of “HH:MM:SS:FF,HH:MM:SS:FF,HH:MM:SS:FF,HH:MM:SS:FF,XX”. ~~~ Examples: ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~	Opt
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Billing_ID	Content provider asset ID to tie into royalty reporting.	Integer (max 5 digits)	Req
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Box_Office	Box office dollars of revenue.	Integer	Opt
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Chapter	Chapter Location and Heading pair, the location formatted in SMPTE format (HH:MM:SS:FF). ~~~ The separator shall be a “,” between the code and heading. ~~~ Note that SMPTE time codes must be monotonically increasing alhtough ordering of elements in SMPTE time code order is not required.	String (max 128 characters per heaing, max 1024 characters total for all headings) containing the two components (SMPTE time code, heading), one per element. ~~~ Examples: ~~~ ~~~ ~~~	Opt
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Closed_Captioning	A “Y” or “N” flag indicating Closed Captioning encoding.	String “Y” or “N”	Opt
			Movie, Still-Image, Preview, TrickAsset,Encrypted Asset	MOD or SVOD	Content_CheckSum	A string containing a hex number representing an MD5 (RFC 1321) message digest value for Quality Assurance.	String – Hex (32 chars)	Req
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Contract_Name	Identifying name of the contract under which this title is licensed.	String	Opt
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Display_As_Last_Chance	Number of days from the Licensing_Window_End date that the application should show this title as “Last Chance” or similar marking.	Integer – number of days	Opt
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Display_As_New	Number of days from the Licensing_Window_Start date that the application should show this title as “New” or similar marking.	Integer – number of days	Opt
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Distributor_Name	The name of the distributor (for reporting).	String (max 128 characters).	Opt

ma:language	Specify a language used in the entity, Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 4646 [RFC4646].		Movie, Preview	MOD or SVOD	Languages	Available languages. ~~~ NOTE: Audio PID(s) shall correspond with Languages. ~~~ Two character language code from ISO 639-1.	String – (max 2 characters per language, 1024 total), one language per element. ~~~ Examples: ~~~ ~~~	Opt
ma:publisher	Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.		Package, Title, Movie, Still-Image, Preview, TrickAsset,Encrypted Asset	AMS	Provider	A unique identifier for the provider of the Asset – represents the business relationship between the MSO and the Asset Provider	String. ~~~ Examples: “iN_DEMAND” or “HBO”	Req
			Package	MOD or SVOD	Provider_Content_Tier	A string representing which provider content tiers are to be identified with the Asset – can be used to propagate Assets to specific servers.	String – one tier per element. ~~~ Examples: ~~~ ~~~	Opt
			Package, Title, Movie, Still-Image, Preview, TrickAsset,Encrypted Asset	AMS	Provider_ID	A unique identifier for the provider of the Asset. The Provider_ID must be set to a registered internet domain name, restricted to at most 20 lower-case characters and belonging to the provider. For example a valid Provider_ID for CableLabs is “cablelabs-films.com” (19 characters).	String (max 20 characters). ~~~ Example: “indemand.com”	Req
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Provider_QA_Contact	A contact identifier in case there are quality issues relating to this movie.	String	Req ~~~ (*Opt for SVOD)
			Encrypted Asset	MOD or SVOD	Receiver_Type	A string identifying the Network or receiving system type for which this encrypted file is targeted.	String. ~~~ Examples: “Moto”, “SA”	Req
			Encrypted Asset	MOD or SVOD	Receiver_Version	Version of the Network or receiving system.	Integer	Opt
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Studio	Studio (for display).	String (max 256 characters). ~~~ Example: “Buena Vista”	Opt
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Studio_Name	The name of the studio (for reporting).	String (max 128 characters).	Opt
ma:relation	A pair identifying the entity and the nature of the realtionship. E.g. transcript, original_work		Movie, Still-Image, Preview, TrickAsset,Encrypted Asset	AMS	Asset_Class	A system-level type for the asset. This is intended to be helpful for the application mapping and routing, and expected to be more general than the Type value for the content.	String - Expected Values are: Move, Box Cover, Poster, Preview, Trickfile,encrypted.	Req
			Encrypted Asset	MOD or SVOD	Asset_Encrypted	Asset_ID of the asset for which content is encrypted. It is assumed that the Provider_ID for that asset is the same as for this asset, or, is within this same Title asset).	String (per Asset_ID element)	Opt
ma:keyword	An unordered array of descriptive phrases or keywords that specify the topic of the content of the resource.		Title	MOD or SVOD	Summary_Short	Movie summary: sentence.	String (max 256 characters). Special characters allowed. ~~~ Example: “Samantha is hired to plan a bat mitzvah; Charlottte tries to improve life with Trey”	Req
ma:title	The title of the document, or the name given to the resource.		Title	MOD or SVOD	Title	Movie title (for display).	String (max 128 characters). Special characters allowed. ~~~ Example: “Wes Craven’s Dracula 2000”	Req
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Title_Brief	A brief version of the movie title (for display).	String (max 19 characters).	Req
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Title_Sort_Name	A string to be used when sorting the title.	String (max 32 characters). ~~~ Example: “Blob, The”	Opt
			Trick Asset	MOD or SVOD	Trick_Mode	Specific trick mode or file type.	String. ~~~ Examples: “FFWD”, “FREV”, “Index”, “All”, “Archive”	Req
			Title, Movie, Still-Image, Preview	MOD or SVOD	Type	The asset type that determines how or where it is stored (for example, in the repository).	Values are expected to be: "title", “movie”, “box cover”, “poster”, and “preview” for the corresponding assets. Other asset types can be specified.	Req
			Encrypted Asset	MOD or SVOD	Vendor_Name	The name of the vendor defining the format under which this asset is recognized.	String	Opt
			Trick Asset	MOD or SVOD	Vendor_Name	The name of the vendor defining the format under which this asset is recognized.	String	Opt
			Trick Asset	MOD or SVOD	Vendor_Product	A string identifying the Video Server product under which this trick file format is used.	String	Req
			Package , title, Movie, Still-Image, Preview, TrickAsset, EncryptedAsset	AMS	Verb	A string containing an action to be performed on the asset. The only valid values for the Verb are the empty string (“”,)and “DELETE”.	String.	Opt
			Package , title, Movie, Still-Image, Preview, TrickAsset, EncryptedAsset	AMS	Version_Major	An integer representing the major version number for the Package.	Integer	Req
			Package , title, Movie, Still-Image, Preview, TrickAsset, EncryptedAsset	AMS	Version_Minor	An integer representing the minor version number for the Package.	Integer	Req
ma:genre	Genre of the entity		Title	MOD or SVOD	Genre	Genres – attributes that describe the asset.	String (max 20 characters per genre), one genre per element. ~~~ Examples: ~~~ ~~~ ~~~	Opt
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Category	A nested list of human readable categories and sub-categories which affect how the UI presents the asset. ~~~ The value will contain an ordered sequence of components, each component separated using a “/”. ~~~ Each line effectively represents a “categorization” for the Title.	String (max 20 characters per category component), one category per element. ~~~ Examples: ~~~ ~~~ ~~~	Opt
ma:createDate	The date and time the entity was originally created. (for commercial purpose there might be an annotation of publication date)		Package, Title, Movie, Still-Image, Preview, TrickAsset,Encrypted Asset	AMS	Creation_Date	A string representing the date on which the Package was created.	String – “yyyy-mm-dd”	Req
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Year	Year of release.	String – “yyyy”	Opt
ma:rating	A pair identifying the rating person or organization and the rating (real value)		title, preview	MOD or SVOD	Rating	MPAA or TV Rating, whichever is appropriate (see Annex A, Ratings and Advisories).	String, one rating per element. ~~~ Examples: ~~~ ~~~ ~~~	Req
			title, preview	MOD or SVOD	MSORating	MSO applied rating for content not otherwise rated (see Annex A for examples).	String, one rating per element. ~~~ Example: ~~~ ~~~	Opt
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Advisories	One content advisory code (see Annex A, Ratings and Advisories).	String, one advisory per element (max 1024 characters for all advisories). ~~~ Examples: ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ There are at most six occurrences of “Advisories”, with a combined maximum of at most 12 characters.	Opt
ma:collection	A name of the collection from wich the entities originates		Title	MOD or SVOD	Episode_ID	A unique identifier given to each individual episode of a series.	String. ~~~ Example: “Episode #45”	Opt
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Episode_Name	The name of an individual episode of a series.	String. ~~~ Example: “Hot Child in the City”	Opt
ma:duration	The actual duration of the entity		Title	MOD or SVOD	Display_Run_Time	Run time (for display).	String – “hh:mm”	Req
			title, preview	MOD or SVOD	Run_Time	Run time.	String – “hh:mm:ss”	Req
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Maximum_Viewing_Length	Duration of time defining the maximum amount of time a title can be made available for viewing once selected for purchase by a customer.	String – “DD:HH:MM”. ~~~ Example: “00:24:00”	Opt
ma:copyright	The copyright statement. Identification of the copyrights holder (DRM is out of scope for MAWG)		Package, Title, Movie, Still-Image, Preview, TrickAsset,Encrypted Asset	AMS	Provider	A unique identifier for the provider of the Asset – represents the business relationship between the MSO and the Asset Provider	String. ~~~ Examples: “iN_DEMAND” or “HBO”	Req
ma:location	A location associated with the entity. Can be the depicted location or shot location.		Title	MOD or SVOD	Studio_Royalty_Flat_Rate	Flat rate royalty in currency that goes to the Studio (for example, Warner Brothers). ~~~ Maximum of 3 digits right of decimal allowed.	Currency. Maximum of 3 digits right of the decimal allowed. ~~~ Example: “1.995”	Opt
ma:compression	Compression type used, e.g. H264. Note: possible to use extended mime type, see RFC 4281
ma:frameSize	The frame size. For example: w:720, h: 480		movie ,preview	MOD or SVOD	Screen_Format	Screen format (Standard, Widescreen, Letterbox, OAR) (for display).	String	Opt
ma:targetAudience	A pair identifying the issuer of the classification (agency) and the classification. E.g. parental guide, targeted geographical region		Preview	MOD or SVOD	Audience	Field to indicate target audience (see Annex A for examples).	String, one rating per element. ~~~ Example: ~~~ ~~~	Opt
			Title	MOD or SVOD	Audience	Field to indicate target audience (see Annex A for examples).	String, one rating per element. ~~~ Example: ~~~ ~~~	Opt
ma:locator	A URI at which the entity can be accessed (e.g. a URL, or a DVB URI)					see Table: Common element Asset fields

Mapping table

Table of contents

Introduction

Table 0: Summary

Table 1: XMP

Table 2: ID3

Table 3: iTunes

Table 4: QT

Table 5: SearchMonkey

Table 6: MediaRDF

Table 7: LOM

Table 8: METS

Table 9: EXIF

Table 10: CableLabs 1.1