1. Research existing cross-industry standards and practices for widely useful production process information that can be carried in the video bitstream to improve quality and extend its use,
2. To make the working draft of the proposed amendment available on the ahg reflector and to MPEG liaisons,
3. To gather comments for refining the working draft on the ahg reflector,
4. To make the working draft (N2930) publicly available.

A meeting will be held on the weekend before the December MPEG meeting

1. Coordination of integration for the visual V.1 FDIS and V.2 CD software
2. Coordination of bit-stream exchange and verification
3. To identify the combination of tools that are to be supported in version 2

A meeting will be held on the weekend before the December MPEG meeting

or tktan@psl.com.sg

1. Identify and integrate the necessary changes to the reference software for performing the conformance.
2. To coordinate the creation of Conformance Bitstreams.
3. Review and revise the Video part of the Conformance CD.
4. Review and revise the video part of the conformance WD for version 2

A meeting will be held on the weekend before the December MPEG meeting

or tktan@psl.com.sg

A meeting will be held on the weekend before the December MPEG meeting

1. To collect descriptions of core experiments, evaluation criteria and common conditions, editing a document and distribute it to the video group for FGS
2. Coordination of core experiments
3. Coordination of bit-stream exchange

A meeting will be held on the weekend before the December MPEG meeting

1. To collect descriptions of core experiments, evaluation criteria and common conditions, editing a document and distribute it to the video group for the Studio Profile
2. Coordinate bitstream exchanges
3. Prepare draft PDAM for the October meeting

A meeting will be held on the weekend before the December MPEG meeting

1. To collect descriptions of core experiments, evaluation criteria and common conditions, editing a document and distribute it to the video group.

b) Coordination of core experiments

A meeting will be held on the weekend before the December MPEG meeting

• To collect descriptions of core experiments, evaluation criteria and common conditions, editing a document and distribute it to the video group.

b) Coordination of core experiments

A meeting will be held on the weekend before the December MPEG meeting

AHG on editing the documents of the MPEG-4 video verification model, the MPEG-4 visual PDAM and MPEG-4 video conformance.

A meeting will be held on the weekend before the December MPEG meeting

A meeting will be held on the weekend before the October MPEG meeting

To coordinate the software integration of MPEG-7 Visual XM tools

A meeting will be held on the weekend before the December MPEG meeting

ftp Site: ftp.krdl.org.sg (user: anonymous, pwd: e-mail ID) - The ftp site contains the XM source-code and XM software architecture.

1. To develop and evaluate algorithms to improve the MPEG-4 video quality and functionality
2. Complete an algorithm for rate control of multiple VO using B-VOPs
3. Prepare subjective tests for Jul 99 meeting

A meeting will be held on the weekend before the December MPEG meeting

Bodo Teichmann (email: tmn@iis.fhg.de)

To collect and verify version 1 conformance bit streams

To progress the MPEG-4 Version 2 Audio Conformance working draft

Takehiro Moriya (moriya@splab.hil.ntt.co.jp)

1. Further develop the MPEG-7 audio core experiment procedure, unify with the universal MPEG-7 CE procedure, and identify applications as bases for evaluation;
2. Carry out core experiments for audio descriptors / description schemes based on the audio core experiment work plans N2950, N2951, N2952;
3. Further pursue obtaining additional test material to be used for MPEG-7 audio core experiments;
4. Identify generic, "obvious" audio descriptors, and form a work plan for further development;
5. Identify any new potential MPEG-7 audio core experiments; and
6. Conduct any other audio-related MPEG-7 business.

• To complete the test workplan for the V2 Audio verification tests
• To give guidance to the test sites
• To complete sections for the final test report
• To give advice with respect to drafting the final test report

• To continue discussion on MPEG-4 Audio Version 2 levels for proposed profiles
• To verify an MPEG-4 Audio transport format
• To investigate possible interface problems to MPEG-4 Systems

AHG on MPEG-7 XM Development

• To discuss XM development,
• To identify mechanisms and supply additional examples for integrating software tools into the XM,
• To identify complexity features which should be measured for special XM-components,
• To identify the means of measuring complexity features,
• To identify the possibility of integrating computational complexity measures and evaluation tools into the MPEG-7 XM.

Stephan Herrmann (TU Munich)

Mark J Buxton (Intel)

1. Update Version 0.7 of the Generic AV DS document
2. Update the supporting information for the Generic AV DS
3. Integrate in the DS structure the descriptors included in the XM
4. To study and identify generic elements in the MPEG-7 audio and video descriptors and DSs.

Other business will be conducted by E-mail or Telephone.

1. Revise the appropriate Media and Meta DS sections within the Generic AV DS document and provide changes to the next version of the Generic DS document.
2. Examine other practices (P/Meta; Dublin Core; SMPTE; DiVAN; Regelwerk Musik; etc.) and use those features that contribute improvements to the Media and Meta DSs.
3. Specifically, map the proposed Extended Dublin Core and SMPTE Metadata Dictionary V. 1.0 elements to the DSs and determine the suitability of individual common elements for inclusion in the DS.
4. Provide concepts and definition to the MPEG-7 DS principle concept list through the AHG on Conceptual model for MPEG-7

Other business will be conducted by E-mail or Telephone.

1. Further develop the AV DS core experiment procedure and edit the DS CE methodology document
2. Conduct validation experiments for AV DSs based on the experiment work plans
3. Carry out core experiments for AV DSs based on the experiment work plans
4. Prepare generic application scenarios and test them with the AV DS
5. Identify potential candidates for AV DS CEs
6. Identify and collect any additional content test material needed for the experiments
7. Prepare guidelines for the use of XML parsers in the experiments

Other business will be conducted by E-mail or Telephone.

1. Identify and define principle concepts of the audio-visual domain relevant to MPEG-7
2. Update MPEG-7 Description Schemes Principle Concept List (V0.3)
3. Develop audio-visual conceptual models based on principle concepts
4. Recommend changes and clarifications to the MPEG-7 Generic AV DS based on conceptual modeling
5. Study suitability of different conceptual modeling methodologies
6. Study terminology of the MPEG-7 Generic AV DS including names of Description Schemes

Other business will be conducted by E-mail or Telephone.

1. To draw examples of applications for which a semantic based approach is adequate for descriptions of the content, outlining the design process of the different semantic components and interactions
2. Investigate ways to organize semantic information.
3. To extend the current event/object DS and event/object relation graph.
4. To propose a revised syntax for the current semantic DS,
5. To review with Generic AV DS AHG N2976 the type of semantic information to be included in the syntactic DS of the Generic AV DS

Other business will be conducted by E-mail or Telephone.

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1. To further develop and specify the User DS proposed in M5222
2. Prepare and submit an updated document to the Maui meeting
3. Develop a validation plan, and provide validation results if possible, towards integration with the Generic DS
4. Consider the content and status of other related activities (W3C, OPS)

1. Analyze the existing tools, list their capabilities and limitations for animated 3D model coding, and compare their efficiency with tools available outside of MPEG-4.
2. Solicit outside opinions for requirements and applications for animated 3D model coding.

1. Identify and integrate the necessary changes to the reference software for performing the conformance.
2. To coordinate the definition and creation of Conformance Bitstreams.
3. Review and revise the SNHC part of the Version 2 Conformance WD.

Frank Bossen

1. Continue verification of FBA specifications for version 2.
2. Produce additional FBA data sets and evaluate the FBA system as specified in FPDAM.
3. Continue software and bitstreams contributions to IM1 and V1 conformance.

1. Study requirements for new Levels and Profiles in MPEG-2 to enable high quality display of progressive sequences on both interlaced and progressive displays.
2. Study requirements for Systems to enable synchronous decoding of multiple video streams and I-frame stills, multiplexed at pixel rates equal to or below the maximum pixel clocks for the new level and profiles
3. Study requirements for receiver-based normative 2D composition of video streams and objects that conform with the new MPEG-2 profile. Study the use of MPEG-4 composition tools in such an environment.
4. Study the suitability of MPEG-4 tools to fulfil the collected requirements

1. To further the work on the DDL:

• to continue working on a parser
• to continue tracking XML Schema developments and to investigate MPEG-7 extensions for XML Schema

1. To be in touch with W3C’s relevant working groups
2. To contribute a proposal for a new version of the DDL to the 50^th meeting

1. Use the MPEG-7 IPMP Document v0.1 (N3001) as starting point to define IPMP Requirements
2. Produce or examine business models and define rights information flow by drawing upon related activities (CIS, INDECS, SMPTE, EPICS, ISO TC46 SC9, SDMI, …)
3. Provide input to the MPEG-7 Requirements Document
4. Provide input to the Generic AV DS document by modifying existing and developing new Ds and DSs to describe IPMP-related metadata
5. Provide input to the DS Principle Concept List document with respect to IPMP issues

1. To complete the list of issues found in document N3002 (First ideas on Multimedia Framework)
2. To draw up conceptual business models, drawing from prior work
3. To draw up reference models that represent

• the security infrastructure
• the delivery infrastructure
• the agent infrastructure
• the financial infrastructure

Co- Chair

Rob Koenen

1. Conduct the discussions on MPEG-4 Version 1 Conformance and comments the conformance FCD.
2. Conduct the discussions on MPEG-4 Version 2 Conformance and produce a new version of the Version 2 Conformance WD.
3. Execute the work plan for bit stream creation and exchange for Version 1 and Version 2 Specification.

1. Develop specification for Version 3 BIFS (New sensors).
2. Provide software for the IM1 Version 2 platform.
3. Conduct the discussions on Advanced BIFS and produce a study of MPEG-4 Version 2 FCD.
4. Contribute to the conformance part for Advanced BIFS.
5. Provide for clarifying corrigendum text for timing issue in BIFS.
6. Contribute to the definition of Systems Profiles and Levels.

1. Conduct the discussions on MPEG-J and produce a study of MPEG-4 Version 2 FPDAM-1.
2. Provide software for the IM1 Version 2 platform.
3. Contribute to the conformance part for MPEG-J.
4. Contribute to the definition of Systems Profiles and Levels.

1. Proposed text for hint tracks for UDP, RTP, MPEG-2 TS and possibly local playback.
2. Work is EBU to map Broadcast Wave into MP4.
3. Conduct the discussions on MP4 and produce a study of MPEG-4 Version 2 FCD.
4. Provide software for the IM1 Version 2 platform.
5. Support the audio/video/systems group conformance activity in their use of mp4 as the format for bitstream exchange (specification, software and examples).
6. Evaluate the performance of progressive download and display of MP4 file and improve the current specification if appropriate.
7. Contribute to the conformance part for MP4.

1. Produce Systems Version 1 part 5 Corrigendum.
2. Support the creation of the MPEG-4 version 2 reference code.
3. Demonstrate Systems Version 1 and 2 Software
4. Apply the IM1 Software Implementation Workplan with the help of the committed partners,
5. Provide for software and test streams for demonstrating MPEG-4 capabilities.

1. Produce final text for FDAM-7 of 13818-1 by the 31^st of october.
2. Produce text for 14496-1 Amd. 1 on strictly time FlexMux syntax.
3. Improve text for Internet Drafts related to the transport of MPEG-4 content over the internet jointly with IETF.
4. Propose text for channel set up and management for MPEG-4 over IP.
5. Study integration of MPEG-4 over IP specification in the DMIF architecture.

1. Complete the walkthrough for back channel set-up, usage and content as discussed in Melbourne.
2. Propose final text to be included in Version 2.
3. Propose final text and software for advanced synchronization.
4. Clarify usage for URLs in ESDs and proposed text if appropriate.
5. Provide solution for profile and level signaling enabling scalable content.

1. Work on IPMP Implementation Studies with ISG and Im1;
2. Continue the effort to find possible candidates for the Registration Authority for IPMP Systems as described in §8.3.2.5 of the FDIS;
3. Work on the "Advanced IPMP Descriptors" proposal (m4972) by MPEG-PF:

• Evaluate the functionality added by the proposal.
• Evaluate if such functionality is needed to be included within the normative part of the MPEG-4 standard in order to improve interoperability between different IPMP systems.

1. Evaluate if provision of informative text or standards for digital rights management technologies (such as digital watermarking) is of benefit for MPEG-4 (e.g. for quality assessment) and make a recommendation on this.

Yen-Kuang "Y.-K." Chen (yen-kuang.chen@intel.com)

1. To collect and refine Requirements for multi-user applications, using m4263 as a starting point.
2. To map these application-specific requirements on MPEG-4 Requirements
3. To assess whether pieces of necessary technology are missing from MPEG-4 to meet these requirements, and if so, which pieces.

1. Refine the MPEG-7 Architecture
2. Study requirements for an MPEG-7 file format, and evaluate MPEG-4 solution and determine the eventual need for a CfP.
3. Use MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 Systems as a test case for MPEG-7 applications.
4. Study requirements and potential solutions for compression of MPEG-7 description and DDL compression.
5. Study requirement and potential solutions for progressive and prioritised streaming of DS structures.
6. Refine definition of an MPEG-7 "stream."
7. Study requirements and potential solutions for MPEG-7 stream multiplexing.

1. Study possible addressing mechanisms for links.
2. Explore link consistency/validation mechanisms.
3. Provide solution for instantiating the links using concepts of the DDL.
4. Apply the solutions to link MPEG-7 data to multimedia streams and files such as those used in MPEG-2 and-4.

1. To find a solution for the carriage of multiple DownloadInfoIndication messages in a download scenario
2. Prepare and submit text for new amendment to ISO/IEC 13818-6