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

• To Continue studying on the MPEG-4 Audio Conformance FCD
• To Study techniques for Structures audio and composition conformance
• To Collect version 1 conformance bit streams
• To Progress the MPEG-4 Version 2 Audio Conformance working draft
• To discuss evaluation methods for error resilience tools

Torsten Mlasko (Torsten.Mlasko@fr.bosch.de)

• To continue discussion on MPEG-4 Audio Version 2 profiles and levels
• To finalize an MPEG-4 Audio transport format
• To investigate possible interface problems to MPEG-4 Systems
• To consider outstanding issues in N2788

• To address the following issues pertaining to MPEG-7:
• Further develop the MPEG-7 audio core experiment procedure, and edit the audio CE methodology document, and
• Carry out core experiments for audio descriptors / description schemes based on the audio core experiment work plans, and
• Investigate the use of a core set of test material to be used for MPEG-7 audio core experiments, and
• Identify any new potential MPEG-7 audio core experiments, and

• Conduct any other audio-related MPEG-7 business.

• To complete the test specification for the V2 Audio verification test
• To Carry out the first phase of the workplan
• Report Progress at the next meeting

T Miki (miki@spg.yrp.nttdomoco.co.jp)

1. To draft an informative annex to 13818-2 describing proper editing practices, including the expected use of the progressive_frame flag, and issues related to the source frame rate for display on progressive-scan devices,
2. To generate test bitstreams to facilitate experiments on whether the use of additional flags to signal the source frame rate will impact the operation of existing decoders for the purpose of making available those bitstreams to decoder manufacturers,
3. To develop test procedures to evaluate the operation on existing decoders,
4. To review proposals that address the problem of conveying information about the source content through the editing and encoding processes, to assist the display process and
5. .to develop a procedure to establish links with the target industry

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 October 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 October MPEG meeting

or tktan@psl.com.sg

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

1. to study the extensions that could be needed to support HTTP like services in DMIF
2. to define the behaviour that DMIF should expose in case URLs are found in Elementary Stream Descriptors.
3. to consider how and under which conditions data with a null Sync Layer and no Access Unit boundaries can be successfully managed and synchronised in an MPEG-4 receiver, in order to allow raw content to be delivered through HTTP or other similar techniques.
4. to implement and integrate in IM1 the results of the discussion
5. to possibly propose text for DMIF and Systems amendments

1. Update Version 0.5 of the Generic DS document; include a glossary of terms
2. To study and identify generic elements in the MPEG-7 audio and video descriptors (those in the XM and in CE). In particular, to determine if a set of core models /data types would be useful to represent MPEG-7 descriptors.
3. Specifically develop certain generic Description Schemes (such as Time, Space, Objects, etc.) that are a high priority
4. Specifically integrate audio and visual concepts into a unified DS
5. Develop a DDL specification of the DS and specify a list of linking requirements in conjunction with the DDL Group

1. Develop conceptual models of the audio-visual domain
2. Identify principal concepts, entities, relationships of audio-visual domain based on the Generic-DS, MPEG-7 requirements and applications, and MPEG-4 specification
3. Define terminology for the Generic-DS
4. Recommend changes and clarifications to the Generic-DS based on conceptual models
5. Examine processes for mapping audio-visual conceptual models to description schemes for Generic-DS

1. Prepare a plan for validating individual sections of the Generic AV DS; conduct validation tests to advance the Generic AV DS
2. Prepare generic appliction scenarios and test them with the AV DS
3. Prepare a Core Experiment methodology for the AV DS
4. Identify candidates for AV DS CEs
5. Identify any additional content test material needed for CEs

1. Revise the Media and Meta DSs within the Generic DS 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. 1.1 elements to the DSs and determine the suitability of individual common elements for inclusion in the DS.

• To verify and refine the definition of the syntax and semantics of the SNHC terminal rendering QoS data to be transmitted through the back-channel.
• To verify the applicability and usefulness of the SNHC rendering QoS metrics with respect to version 2 SNHC level definition.
• To execute experiments to complete the definition of the complexity metric proposed to limit the complexity of video bit-streams (according to document N2593 "ISG resolutions about the use of VCV and complexity cost function"), with a particular attention to the effects of the integration of the VCV, VBV and VMV models and to SPRITE VO and version 2 tools.
• - To verify the applicability and usefulness of the metrics with respect to version 2 level definition and for the assessment of decoder QoS.

• 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.

Mark J Buxton (Intel)

Stephan Herrmann (TU Munich)

Produce additional FBA data sets and evaluate the FBA system as specified in FPDAM.

Continue software and bitstreams contributions to IM1 and V1 conformance.

• Analyze the existing tools and list their capabilities and limitations for animated 3D model coding.
• Solicit outside opinions for requirements and applications for animated 3D model coding.

1. To collect and refine MPEG-7 Requirements;
2. To update and improve the Overview of MPEG-7 Descriptors and Description Schemes
3. To study the JPEG Requirements document and to extract requirements for the MPEG-7 standard
4. Update relevant MPEG-7 Requirements-related documents
5. To collect MPEG-7 applications and update the MPEG-7 Applications Document.

1. To further the work on the DDL, taking into account the Requirements Document, the recommendations from the MPEG-7 Evaluation, and the findings of the Vancouver meeting:

• to provide a grammar
• to provide a BNF notation of the grammar
• to build a parser for this grammar
• 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 49^th meeting

1. Examine Business Models for the use of MPEG-7 with respect to IPMP issues;
2. Work on Requirements concerning IPMP;
3. Review the MPEG-7 Applications Document with respect to IPMP and to propose improvements;
4. Review the DS document on identification schemes for A/V material, persons and contracts and to propose improvements;
5. Provide input to the IPMP parts of the MPEG-7 Requirements Document

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. Encourage and coordinate bit stream creation and exchange for Version 1 and Version 2 Specification.

1. Agree on meaningfull technical requirements for application texture/web node, discuss the interface of the node and provide a complete solution by next meeting.
2. Develop specification for Version 3 BIFS (New sensors).
3. Provide software for the IM1 Version 2 platform.
4. Conduct the discussions on Advanced BIFS and produce a study of MPEG-4 Version 2 FCD.
5. Contribute to the conformance part for Advanced 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 FCD.
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 normative 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 if and how the mp4 technology matches MPEG-7 requirements on file format.
7. Contribute to the definition of Systems Profiles and Levels.

1. Produce Systems Version 1 part 5 Corrigendum working draft.
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. Improve text of study of FPDAM-7 of 13818-1.
2. Resolve the issues on strictly timed FlexMux streams and propose text for the study of the FPDAM
3. Improve text for Internet Drafts related to the transport of MPEG-4 content over the internet jointly with IETF.
4. Investigate the need of new profiles/levels in MPEG-4.
5. Propose text for channel set up and management for MPEG-4 over IP.

1. To document the back channel set-up, usage and content as discussed in Vancouver.
2. To propose final text to be included in Version 2.
3. To conduct implementations and demonstrations of MPEG-4 back channel.
4. To resolve issues on show/hide, start/stop and open/close, and proposed final text (corrigendum and Version 2).
5. Propose final text for advanced synchronization.

1. Work on IPMP Implementation Studies with ISG and Im1;
2. Provide an example implementation to furtherance the understanding of the IPMP »hooks« and the interaction between IPMP Systems and MPEG-4 A/V coding engines;
3. Find possible candidates for the Registration Authority for IPMP-Systems as described in §8.3.2.5 of the FDIS;
4. Work on »Advanced IPMP Descriptors« and try to decide if such work is needed;
5. Work on possible interface descriptions between IPMP and MPEG-4 A/V coding engines and to try to decide if such an activity is within the scope of WG11.

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.