INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR STANDARDISATION
ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 11
CODING OF MOVING PICTURES AND AUDIO

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 11 N10701

 July 2009

Source

 Leonardo Chiariglione - Convenor

Title

 90th WG11 meeting notice

The 90th MPEG Meeting will take place from 26th to 30th October 2009 at Sheraton Hotel in Xi¡¯an, China.

Please find additional information here

Please note that

  1. Facilities fees will be charged on participants (see Logistic Information)

  2. Some ad hoc groups will meet on the week end before the meeting.


Proposed agenda   

1 Opening

2 Roll call of participants

3 Approval of agenda 

Agenda item # Title

1 Opening

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2 Roll call of participants

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3 Approval of agenda

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4 Allocation of contributions

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5 Communications from Convenor

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6 Report of previous meeting

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7 Processing of NB Position Papers

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8 Work plan management

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8.1    Media coding

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8.1.1        AAC family of Profile

¡¡ ¡¡

8.1.2        960 frame length in MPEG-4 AAC.

¡¡ ¡¡

8.1.3        ALS simple profile

¡¡ ¡¡

8.1.4        Constrained Baseline Profile and Stereo High Profile

¡¡ ¡¡

8.1.5        AFX 3rd edition

¡¡ ¡¡

8.1.6        Multiresolution profile

¡¡ ¡¡

8.1.7        Scalable-complexity 3D mesh compression

¡¡ ¡¡

8.1.8        Open Font Format

10865 Font Format Representation

8.1.9        Media Value Chain Ontology

¡¡ ¡¡

8.1.10          Codec Configuration Representation

10727

Reconfigurable Video Coding

8.1.11          Video Tool Library

10727

Reconfigurable Video Coding

8.1.12          Spatial Audio Object Coding

10852 SAOC, USAC and MetaData

8.1.13          Unified Speech and Audio Coding

10852 SAOC, USAC and MetaData

8.1.14          Media Context and Control ¨C Control Information

10868 MPEG-V

8.1.15          Media Context and Control ¨C Sensory Information

10868 MPEG-V

8.1.16          Media Context and Control ¨C Avatar Information

10868 MPEG-V

8.1.17          3D Video Coding

10729 3D Video Coding

8.1.18          High-Performance Video Coding

10730 High-Performance Video Coding

8.2    Composition coding

¡¡ ¡¡

8.2.1        BIFS for Interactive Digital Radio

10862

Scene Representation

8.2.2        LASeR Adaptation

10862

Scene Representation

8.2.3        Presentation and Modification of Structured Information

10862

Scene Representation

8.2.4        Advanced User Interaction

10862

Scene Representation

8.3    Description coding

¡¡ ¡¡

8.3.1        Video Signature Descriptors

10728 MPEG-7 Visual

8.3.2        Extraction and Matching of Image Signature Tools

¡¡ ¡¡

8.3.3        Enhanced MPEG-7 Query Format

¡¡ ¡¡

8.3.4        Metadata driven post processing of audio signals

10852 SAOC, USAC and MetaData

8.4    Systems support

¡¡ ¡¡

8.4.1        MPEG-4 Systems 4th edition

¡¡ ¡¡

8.4.2        Registration Authority and Systems support

¡¡ ¡¡

8.5    IPMP

¡¡ ¡¡

8.5.1        Protection of Presentation Element

¡¡ ¡¡

8.6    Digital Item.

¡¡ ¡¡

8.6.1        Presentation of Digital Item.

¡¡ ¡¡

8.7    Transport and File formats

¡¡ ¡¡

8.7.1        SAOC transport

¡¡ ¡¡

8.7.2        Carriage of MVC in MPEG-2 Systems

10863 MPEG File Formats

8.7.3        Miscellaneous additions to File Format

10863 MPEG File Formats

8.7.4        Sub-track selection & switching

10863 MPEG File Formats

8.7.5        Handling of MPEG-4 Audio enhancement layers

¡¡ ¡¡

38.7.6        MPEG Media Transport

10872

MPEG Media Transport

8.8    Multimedia architecture

¡¡ ¡¡

8.8.1        Mesh codec for 3DGCM..

¡¡ ¡¡

8.8.2        MXM Architecture and Technologies

10867

MXM

8.8.3        MXM API

10867

MXM

8.8.4        MXM Protocols

10867

MXM

8.8.5        MPEG Rich Media UI

¡¡ ¡¡

8.8.6        Media Context and Control - Architecture

¡¡ ¡¡

8.8.7        Advanced IPTV Terminal

10866 Advanced IPTV Terminal

8.9    Application formats

¡¡ ¡¡

8.9.1        Media Streaming AF

10864 Application Format

8.9.2        DMB AF Harmonization of MPEG-2 TS storage

10864 Application Format

8.9.3        Stereoscopic Video AF composition type

10864 Application Format

8.9.4        Interactive Music Application Format

10864 Application Format

8.10 Reference implementation

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8.10.1          AAC-ELD Reference Software

¡¡ ¡¡

8.10.2          MVC Reference Software

¡¡ ¡¡

8.10.3          Stereo High Profile Reference Software

¡¡ ¡¡

8.10.4          File Format Reference Software

¡¡ ¡¡

8.10.5          Geometry and Shadow Reference Software

¡¡ ¡¡

8.10.6          SC3DMC Reference Software

¡¡ ¡¡

8.10.7          Scene Partitioning Reference Software

¡¡ ¡¡

8.10.8          Synthesized Texture Reference Software

¡¡ ¡¡

8.10.9          Image Signature Tools Reference Software

¡¡ ¡¡

8.10.10       Professional Archival AF Reference Software

¡¡ ¡¡

8.10.11       DMB AF Reference Software

¡¡ ¡¡

8.10.12       Video Surveillance AF Reference Software

¡¡ ¡¡

8.10.13       Stereoscopic video AF Reference Software

¡¡ ¡¡

8.10.14       Interactive Music AF Reference Software

¡¡ ¡¡

8.10.15       Video Tool Library Reference Software

¡¡ ¡¡

8.10.16       MXM Reference Software

¡¡ ¡¡

8.10.17       MPEG Rich Media UI Reference Software

¡¡ ¡¡

8.10.18       Media Context and Control ¨C Reference Software

¡¡ ¡¡

8.11 Conformance

¡¡ ¡¡

8.11.1          MPEG-4 Video bitstreams

¡¡ ¡¡

8.11.2          MPEG-4 Audio Conformance

¡¡ ¡¡

8.11.3          AAC-ELD, OAFI and additional AAC Conformance

¡¡ ¡¡

8.11.4          BSAC Conformance for Broadcasting

¡¡ ¡¡

8.11.5          MVC Conformance

¡¡ ¡¡

8.11.6          File Format Conformance

¡¡ ¡¡

8.11.7          3DG Conformance

¡¡ ¡¡

8.11.8          Scene Partitioning Conformance

¡¡ ¡¡

8.11.9          Scalable Complexity 3DMC Conformance

¡¡ ¡¡

8.11.10       3D Graphics Compression Model Conformance

¡¡ ¡¡

8.11.11       Image Signature Tools Conformance

¡¡ ¡¡

8.11.12       Photo Player AF Conformance

¡¡ ¡¡

8.11.13       Musical Slide Show AF Conformance

¡¡ ¡¡

8.11.14       Professional Archival AF Conformance

¡¡ ¡¡

8.11.15       DMB AF Conformance

¡¡ ¡¡

8.11.16       Video Surveillance AF Conformance

¡¡ ¡¡

8.11.17       Stereoscopic video AF Conformance

¡¡ ¡¡

8.11.18       Interactive Music AF Conformance

¡¡ ¡¡

8.11.19       Video Tool Library Conformance

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8.11.20       MXM Conformance

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8.11.21       MPEG Rich Media UI Conformance

¡¡ ¡¡

8.11.22       Media Context and Control ¨C Conformance

¡¡ ¡¡

8.12 Maintenance

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8.12.1          Systems coding standards

¡¡ ¡¡

8.12.2          Video coding standards

10726 Maintenance of MPEG-4 Visual related Documents, RefSof & Conformance

8.12.3          Audio coding standards

10851 Audio Standards Maintenance

8.12.4          3DG coding standards

10743 3DGC documents, software maintenance and core experiments

8.12.5          Systems description coding standards

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8.12.6          Visual description coding standards

¡¡ ¡¡

8.12.7          Audio description coding standards

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8.12.8          MPEG-21 standards

¡¡ ¡¡

8.12.9          MPEG-A standards

¡¡ ¡¡

8.13 Work plan and time line

¡¡ ¡¡

9 Organisation of this meeting

¡¡ ¡¡

9.1 Tasks for subgroups

¡¡ ¡¡

9.2 Joint meetings

¡¡ ¡¡

10 WG management

¡¡ ¡¡

10.1 Terms of reference

¡¡ ¡¡

10.2 Officers

¡¡ ¡¡

10.3 Editors

¡¡ ¡¡

10.4 Liaisons

¡¡ ¡¡

10.5 Responses to National Bodies

¡¡ ¡¡

10.6 Work item assignment

¡¡ ¡¡

10.7 Ad hoc groups

¡¡ ¡¡

10.8 Asset management

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10.8.1 Reference software

¡¡ ¡¡

10.8.2 Conformance

¡¡ ¡¡

10.8.3 Test material

¡¡ ¡¡

10.8.4 URI

¡¡ ¡¡

10.9 IPR management

¡¡ ¡¡

10.10 Work plan and time line

¡¡ ¡¡

11 Administrative matters

¡¡ ¡¡

11.1 Schedule of future MPEG meetings

¡¡ ¡¡

11.2 Promotional activities

¡¡ ¡¡

12 Resolutions of this meeting

¡¡ ¡¡

13 A.O.B.

¡¡ ¡¡

14 Closing

¡¡ ¡¡

4 Allocation of contributions

5 Communications from Convenor

6 Report of previous meeting

7 Processing of NB Position Papers

8 Work plan management

1          Media coding

1.1         AAC family of Profile 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

3

 

 

xxx

1.2         960 frame length in MPEG-4 AAC 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

3

?

?

The AAC profile and HE-AAC v2 profiles have enjoyed widespread adoption by industry, in part because they were deliberately kept simple in order to meet the industry needs and not burden the implementers with features not useful for their application. However, the profiles included support for the 960 transform in addition to the more commonly used 1024 transform. So far, industry has failed to live up to the exact wording of the original specification by only implementing one of the two transform lengths. In fact several application standards limit the profile to one frame length, and do not require support for both. This may have significant impact on interoperability, and this effort seeks a solutions to this dilemma.

 1.3         ALS simple profile 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

3

 

 

xxx

1.4         Constrained Baseline Profile and Stereo High Profile 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

10

1

 

This amendment will provide

1.      A profile that is a common core of cross-application compatibility among decoders supporting the existing high-volume profiles (Baseline and High), reflects some existing industry practice, and improves alignment with some guidelines adopted in important application specifications

2.      A profile providing an effective solution to adapt the full set of coding tools of the High profile for stereo-view applications.  The number of coded views is limited to two, in order to address the particular class of stereo video applications.  Support for interlaced coding tools is included, as these are supported in the High Profile on which the multiview video coding (MVC) extensions are already otherwise based, and as interlaced camera capture remains a common application scenario.  The interlaced coding tools included in this profile can be supported easily in implementations based on the existing (single view) High profile.

1.5         AFX 3rd edition 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

16

3rd E

 

This standard contains all the 3D Graphics tools developed by MPEG since 2001. They are classified in representation and compression tools. In the first category there are high order surface representation, subdivision surfaces, implicit equation-based volume representation, shape deformation models. The 3D Graphics compression toolbox handles three types of graphics data: geometry (3D Mesh Compression, Wavelet Subdivision Surface, MeshGrid, FootPrint), appearance (Depth-based Image Representation, PointTexture) and animation (Bone-based Animation, Frame-based Animated Mesh Compression). The standard also defines profiles for using MPEG-4 3D Graphics tools in applications.

1.6         Multiresolution profile 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

16

3

 

This standard defines three profiles: one for Graphics dimension (called Basic AFX Graphics), one for Scene Graph dimension (called Basic AFX Scene Graph) and one for compression dimension (called 3D MultiResolution Compression). The combination of the three profiles allows progressive and adaptive transmission over networks of large 3D environments and/or complex 3D shapes.

1.7         Scalable-complexity 3D mesh compression 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

16

 

 

LC-3DMC aims to provide efficient and low-complexity 3D mesh compression and streaming for downloading 3D vertex positions, normals, texture coordinates, other attributes per vertex, and topology. Low complexity is targeted for both, decoder and encoder. This standard aims to enable real-time applications on devices with low computational and memory capacities (PDA, mobile phones¡­).

1.8         Open Font Format 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

22

1

 

 

1.9         Media Value Chain Ontology 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

21

19

1E

?

A standard media value chain ontology focusing on the rights management aspects. The standard specifies a core OWL ontology, extensible for specific domains as well as an API to facilitate access to the ontology.

1.10    Codec Configuration Representation 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

B

4

 

 

CCR provides a description of media decoder configuration, which contains syntax parsing and decoding process. Now, the design of CCR is mainly done in video coding, but may be applicable to audio and other media coding. Using CCR and a toolbox containing functional units (FUs), a decoding solution may be implemented. CCR may support the toolbox with MPEG tools as well as the toolbox with nonMPEG tools.

1.11    Video Tool Library 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

C

4

 

 

1.      A repository of video coding tools used in MPEG Video standards

2.      The series of MPEG video coding standards with indication of which coding tools defined in 1. they use

3.      Combination of tools for existing standards (if applicable)

4.      Possible case: intraframe only profile(s)

1.12    Spatial Audio Object Coding 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

D

1

1

 

Spatial Audio Object Coding represents several audio objects by first combining the object signals into a mono or stereo signal, whilst extracting parameters from the individual object signals based on knowledge of human perception of the sound stage. These parameters are coded as a low bitrate side-channel that the decoder uses to render an audio scene from the stereo or mono down-mix such that the aspects of the output composition can be decided at the time of decoding.

1.13    Unified Speech and Audio Coding 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

D

3

 

 

Unified Speech and Audio Coding is a single, unified coder with performance that equals or surpasses that of dedicated speech coders for speech signals and dedicated music coders for music signals over a broad range of bitrates. It employs time-domain linear prediction and residual coding tools for speech-like signal segments and transform coding tools for music-like signal segments and is able to switch between the tool sets in a dynamic, signal-responsive manner.

1.14    Media Context and Control ¨C Control Information 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

V

2

 

 

xxx

1.15    Media Context and Control ¨C Sensory Information 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

V

3

 

 

xxx

1.16    Media Context and Control ¨C Avatar Information 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

V

4

 

 

xxx

1.17    3D Video Coding 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

 

 

 

 

3D video (3DV) supports new types of audio-visual systems that allow users to view videos of the real 3D space from different user viewpoints.  In an advanced application of 3DV, denoted as Free-viewpoinT Video (FTV), a user can set the viewpoint to an almost arbitrary location and direction, which can be static, change abruptly, or vary continuously, within the limits that are given by the available camera setup. Similarly, the audio listening point is changed accordingly. 

The first phase of 3DV development is expected to support advanced 3D displays, where M dense views must be generated from a sparse set of K transmitted views (typically K£3) with associated depth data. The allowable range of view synthesis will be relatively narrow (20 degrees view angle from leftmost to rightmost view).

1.18    High-Performance Video Coding

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

 

 

 

 

The overall amount of video data rate that is to be transferred over networks will grow at a very fast pace by the increased number of services and users and the increasing resolution of video from SD to HD and beyond. Therefore, next generation of video compression technology is needed that has clearly higher compression capability than the existing AVC standard in its best configuration, the High Profile. A study has been started on the feasibility of HVC, which is mainly intended for high quality applications, in particular expecting

¡¤        Performance improvements at higher resolution,

¡¤        Applicability to entertainment-quality services such as HD mobile, home cinema and UHD TV.

2          Composition coding

2.1         BIFS for Interactive Digital Radio 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

11

 

 

New profile definition for interactive services over digital radio possibly including additional technologies to BIFS and link to LASeR presentation

2.2         LASeR Adaptation 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

20

2

10064

This amendment provides means to for the adaptation of scene representation considering the terminal. It supports the optimized scene composition regarding each device types and the resource status. The purpose is  providing the efficient tool for supporting various sorts of terminals in the network such as IPTV.

2.3         Presentation and Modification of Structured Information 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

20

3

 

This specification specifies means to present any Structured Information (any document conforming a given schema such as MPEG-21 DI or TVAnytime) in a consistent manner using Presentation Information (MPEG-4 LASeR.) It also provides a mechanism to reflect the result of the presentation back into the Structured Information. For example, a feature-rich (such as graphical layout of channel information and predefined user interactions) channel guide can be provided using this specification by accessing incoming EPG structured information and presenting declaratively.

2.4         Advanced User Interaction 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

20

4

 

 

3          Description coding

3.1         Video Signature Descriptors 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

7

3

4

 

Video signature tools support ultra-fast search for and identification of videos and their modified/edited versions or fragments. They are designed to be robust to a range of deformations, such as coding artifacts, blurring, colour-to-monochrome conversion, trans-coding and and frame-rate change. Applications include:

¡¤        Video-based content searching and linking,

¡¤        Database de-duplication and

¡¤        Content Rights Management and Usage Monitoring.

3.2         Extraction and Matching of Image Signature Tools  

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

7

8

5

10160

The standard is amended by the extraction and matching methods related to the Image Signature Tools (15938-3/Amd.3). This includes fast, high precision methods as needed for search in extremely large image databases.

3.3         Enhanced MPEG-7 Query Format 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

1

4

 

 

3.4         Metadata driven post processing of audio signals 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

7

?

?

 

This effort will explore specification of metadata derived from the audio signal. It is envisioned that such metadata may at least consist of information to control the following three factors (the three "classical" D's):

¡¤        dialog normalization

¡¤        dynamic range control

¡¤        downmix

Such Audio metadata permits the receiver to manipulate the received audio signal based on the adjustments performed by the listener.

4          Systems support

4.1         MPEG-4 Systems 4th edition 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

1

4

 

 

4.2         Registration Authority and Systems support 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

1

4

 

 

5          IPMP

5.1         Protection of Presentation Element 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

21

4

1

 

 

6          Digital Item

6.1         Presentation of Digital Item 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

21

2

1

 

This specification standardizes means to present structured information in a MPEG-21 Digital Item by a scene representation language such as MPEG-4 LASeR. An element named as Presentation is added into Digital Item Declaration Model to presents the metadata or other information of its parent Digital Item. Typically the Presentation element is a well-formed XML document (or just a pointer to a remote fragment) which contains the Presentation Information.

7          Transport and File formats

7.1         SAOC transport 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

3

 

 

xxx

7.2         Carriage of MVC in MPEG-2 Systems 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

2

1

4

10241

Specifies the transport format for ISO/IEC 14496-10:200x/AMD? Multiview Video Coding (MVC) video streams in MPEG-2 Systems.

7.3         Miscellaneous additions to File Format 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

12

1

 

This amendment improves various areas, including metadata support, sample groups, and sample groups, and introduces hint tracks to support MPEG-2 Transport, multimedia internet key (MIKEY) streams, and the recording of streams as hint tracks.

7.4         Sub-track selection & switching 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

12

2

 

xxx

7.5         Handling of MPEG-4 Audio enhancement layers 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

14

1

13500

Multiple occurrences of ¡°mp4a¡± tracks in an MP4FF presents problems for many existing implementations, in that it is not clear if such tracks are alternate encodings of a signal (e.g. multiple bitrates) or if one track depends on the other (e.g. one is a ¡°base¡± AAC stream and the other is an SLS ¡°enhancement¡± stream).

This amendment extends the MP4FF specification to implement new box type ¡°mp4ae¡± that will be used to indicate that a track is an ¡°audio enhancement¡± track. Hence, base plus enhancement track structures can be indicated as:

  • box type mp4a is audio base track
  • m4ae is audio enhancement track

7.6         MPEG Media Transport 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

?

?

?

?

In order to overcome current limitations of available standards in the area of media streaming, the development of a media aware client is envisioned in line with the MPEG philosophy of concentrating the work on the media client. Possible topics of work are:

¡¤        Transport- and file format friendly stream format

¡¤        Cross layer optimization between video and transport layer

¡¤        Error resilience for MPEG streams,

¡¤        Conversion between transport mechanisms

¡¤        Content adaptation to different networks.

8          Multimedia architecture

8.1         Mesh codec for 3DGCM 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

25

1

?

xxx

8.2         MXM Architecture and Technologies 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

M

1

 

 

This part of MXM specifies the MXM architecture and references the technologies that are part of an MXM implementation.

8.3         MXM API 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

M

2

 

 

This part of MXM specifies a set of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) so that MXM Applications executing on an MXM Device can access the standard multimedia technologies contained in its Middleware as MXM Engines, as specified by part 1 of MXM.

The APIs belong to two classes

¡ª         The MXM Engine APIs, i.e. the collection of the individual MXM Engine APIs providing access to a single MPEG technology (e.g. video coding) or to a group of MPEG technologies where this is convenient

¡ª         The MXM Orchestrator API, i.e. the API of the special MXM Engine that is capable of creating chains of MXM engines to execute a high-level application call such as Play, as opposed to the typically low-level MXM Engine API calls

8.4         MXM Protocols 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

X

1

2E

 

 

8.5         MPEG Rich Media UI 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

U

1

 

 

The Rich Media UI Framework specification standardizes a Widget Representation Format and Widget Packaging Formats to enable operators and manufacturers to consistently deliver a rich experience across consumer electronics and mobile devices, and beyond. The key features of the MPEG Rich Media UI Framework are the following:

¡¤        a broad range of possible exploitation domains such as home network, broadcast, web and mobile domains;

¡¤        the possibility to update the User Interface in a continuous manner;

¡¤        the integration of a wide variety of media type (audio, video, text, 2D and 3D graphics).

8.6         Media Context and Control - Architecture 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

V

1

 

 

This project will provide a standardized framework that enables the interoperability between virtual worlds (as for example IMVU, Google Earth and many others) and the real world (sensors, actuators, social and welfare systems, banking, insurance, travel, real estate and many others). Virtual Worlds are 3D space where people can work, interact, play, travel, learn and augment real life. The broad acceptance of virtual words (social networks, serious games, ¡­) and the relation to the real world (devices and real world networks) brings emerging (business) opportunities and challenges; the resulting interoperability will enable a new and sustainable industry. It is foreseen that this project will enable the start of the next revolution of the internet and related technologies, which will become a major source of information, services, education and entertainment and associated business in the ¡®digital society¡¯.

Standardization of Sensory Effects information to improve presentation of audiovisual contents. Sensory Effects may include special effects such as opening/closing window curtains for mood changes, turning on a flashbulb for lightning flash effects as well as fragrance, flame, fog, and scare effects made by scent devices, flame-throwers, fog generators, and shaking chairs respectively. This work will lead to the application of new media for enhanced experiences of users in a more realistic sense.

8.7         Advanced IPTV Terminal 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

 

 

 

 

Standard on IPTV terminal providing enhanced features as follows:

¡¤        User can run downloadable applications that are continuously made available by developers for multiple HW platforms without the need of separate developments to enhance user experience

¡¤        Pervasive content generation, processing, distribution, search and retrieval etc.

¡¤        P2P content generation, sharing and social networking

9          Application formats

9.1         Media Streaming AF 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

A

5

2 Ed

 

This International Standard specifies a digital item structure, a file format, and references set of protocols used in a media streaming environment for applications where governed audio and video information is streamed to an end-user device by means of existing protocols such as MPEG-2 Transport Stream or Real Time Protocol over Internet Protocol (RTP/IP), and provides a set informative implementations corresponding to specific applications.

9.2         DMB AF Harmonization of MPEG-2 TS storage 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

A

9

2

10461

The purpose of the Amendment 2 is to update the MPEG-2 TS storage method of the standard so that it also complies to the Amendment 1 of ISO/IEC 14496-12 3rd Ed. (ISO base media file format).

9.3         Stereoscopic Video AF composition type 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

A

11

2

 

xxx

9.4         Interactive Music Application Format 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

A

12

 

 

This defines a file format designed for interactive music service. It specifies how to combine the multiple audio tracks with associated information for a presentation in a well-defined format that facilitates storage, interchange, management, editing, and presentation of interactive music contents in interoperable ways.

10     Reference implementation

10.1    AAC-ELD Reference Software 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

5

24

 

This amendment extends BSAC reference software to support coding of multichannel signals and use of the SBR coding tool.

10.2    MVC Reference Software 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

5

15

9973

Reference software related to AVC Multiview Video Coding (ISO/IEC 14496-10:2008/Amd.1)

10.3    Stereo High Profile Reference Software 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

5

 

 

 

10.4    File Format Reference Software 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

5

12

 

This standard provides the reference software for the MPEG-4 File Format specification as described in ISO/IEC 14496-12 and ISO/IEC 14496-14.

10.5    Geometry and Shadow Reference Software 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

5

13

 

Provides a reference implementation of 3DMC Extension, Foot Print and Shadow tools as defined in ISO/IEC 14496-16.

10.6    SC3DMC Reference Software 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

5

27

10326

Provides a reference implementation of Scalable Compression 3D Mesh Coding as defined in ISO/IEC 14496-16 AMD4.

10.7    Scene Partitioning Reference Software 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

5

25

10016

This standard provides the Reference Software Implementation for Scene Partitioning tool as described in ISO/IEC 14496-1

10.8    Synthesized Texture Reference Software 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

5

23

 

 

10.9    Image Signature Tools Reference Software  

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

7

6

3

10156

Reference software related to Image Signature Tools (15938-3/Amd.3).

10.10                       Professional Archival AF Reference Software 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

A

6

 

 

Reference Software for Professional Archival MAF (ISO/IEC 23000-6).

10.11                       DMB AF Reference Software  

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

A

6

 

 

Reference Software of DMB MAF (ISO/IEC 23000-9).

10.12                       Video Surveillance AF Reference Software 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

A

10

1

 

Reference Software for Video Surveillance MAF (ISO/IEC 23000-10).

10.13                       Stereoscopic video AF Reference Software  

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

A

11

 

 

Reference Software for Stereoscopic Video AF (ISO/IEC 23000-11).

10.14                       Interactive Music AF Reference Software  

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

A

12

 

 

Reference Software for Interactive Music AF (ISO/IEC 23000-12).

10.15                       Video Tool Library Reference Software  

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

B

3

1

 

 

10.16                       MXM Reference Software 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

M

3

 

 

Reference Software for MXM

10.17                       MPEG Rich Media UI Reference Software 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

U

2

 

 

xxx

10.18                       Media Context and Control ¨C Reference Software 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

V

5

 

 

xxx

11     Conformance

11.1    MPEG-4 Video bitstreams 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

4

 

 

 

11.2    MPEG-4 Audio Conformance 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

26

 

 

This work collects all MPEG-4 Audio Conformance information into a single document. The result will make it much easier to find desired conformance information as it merges all audio-related clauses in

14496-4 and all audio-related amendments to 14496-4 into a single document, MPEG-4 Part 26.

11.3    AAC-ELD, OAFI and additional AAC Conformance  

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

4

1

 

This amendment contains conformance descriptions and informations for

MPEG-4 AAC, MPEG-4 AAC-ELD and also MEPG-4 Audio AMD 8, "MP4FF Box for Original Audio File Information."

11.4    BSAC Conformance for Broadcasting 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

26

1

 

 

11.5    MVC Conformance 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

4

38

10144

Conformance testing related to AVC Multiview Video Coding (ISO/IEC 14496-10:2008/Amd.1)

11.6    File Format Conformance  

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

4

37

 

This amendment provides the conformance for the MPEG-4 File Format specification as described in ISO/IEC 14496-12 and ISO/IEC 14496-14.

11.7    3DG Conformance 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

27

 

 

xxx

11.8    Scene Partitioning Conformance 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

27

1

10014

This standard provides the conformance for the Scene Partitioning as specified in ISO/IEC 14496-16.

11.9    Scalable Complexity 3DMC Conformance 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

27

2

 

This standard provides the conformance for the Scalable Complexity 3D Mesh Compression specification as described in ISO/IEC 14496-16 AMD4.

11.10                       3D Graphics Compression Model Conformance 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

4

4

34

 

This standard provides the conformance for the 3DGCM specification as described in ISO/IEC 14496-25

11.11                       Image Signature Tools Conformance 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

7

7

5

10158

Conformance testing related to Image Signature Tools (15938-3/Amd.3).

11.12                       Photo Player AF Conformance  

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

A

3

2

 

Conformance testing related to Photo Player MAF (ISO/IEC 23000-3).

11.13                       Musical Slide Show AF Conformance 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

A

4

 

 

Conformance Musical Slide Show MAF (ISO/IEC 23000-4).

11.14                       Professional Archival AF Conformance 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

A

6

 

 

Conformance Professional Archival MAF (ISO/IEC 23000-4).

11.15                       DMB AF Conformance 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

A

6

 

 

Conformance of DMB MAF (ISO/IEC 23000-9).

11.16                       Video Surveillance AF Conformance 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

A

6

 

 

Conformance for Video Surveillance MAF (ISO/IEC 23000-10).

11.17                       Stereoscopic video AF Conformance  

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

A

11

 

 

Conformance for Stereoscopic video AF (ISO/IEC 23000-11).

11.18                       Interactive Music AF Conformance 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

A

12

 

 

Conformance for Interactive Music AF AF (ISO/IEC 23000-12).

11.19                       Video Tool Library Conformance 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

C

4

1

 

VTL Conformance Provides tools for testing FUs and conformance measurement procedures which support testing of MPEG RVC bitstreams and decoders.

11.20                       MXM Conformance 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

M

3

 

 

This part of MXM specifies the conformance tests for MXM applications, devices, and components.

11.21                       MPEG Rich Media UI Conformance 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

U

2

 

 

xxx

11.22                       Media Context and Control ¨C Conformance 

Std

Pt

Amd

Req

Short description

V

4

 

 

xxx

12     Maintenance

12.1    Systems coding standards

Std

Pt

Cor

Req

Short description

2

2

3

 

Correction for field pictures

12.2    Video coding standards

Std

Pt

Cor

Req

Short description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

2

3

 

Correction of two small bugs in studio profiles

4

10

1

 

Correction of a set of small bugs and typos in the 200x edition (including SVC)

12.3    Audio coding standards 

Std

Pt

Cor

Req

Short description

1

3

 

 

 

2

3

 

 

 

4

3

5

 

DST and MP3on4

4

3

3/1

 

SLS

12.4    3DG coding standards 

Std

Pt

Cor

Req

Short description

4

16

 

 

 

12.5    Systems description coding standards 

Std

Pt

Cor

Req

Short description

7

12

 

 

xxx

12.6    Visual description coding standards 

Std

Pt

Cor

Req

Short description

7

3

 

 

xxx

12.7    Audio description coding standards 

Std

Pt

Cor

Req

Short description

7

4

 

 

xxx

12.8    MPEG-21 standards 

Std

Pt

Cor

Req

Short description

21

 

 

 

xxx

12.9    MPEG-A standards 

Std

Pt

Cor

Req

Short description

21

 

 

 

MPEG-A provides the framework such as a file format for integration of elements from several MPEG standards into a single specification that is suitable for specific but widely usable applications. Typically, MPEG-A specifies how to combine metadata with timed media information for a presentation in a well-defined format that facilitates interchange, management, editing, and presentation of the media.

13     Work plan and time line

Std

Pt

Edit.

Project

Description

CfP

WD

CD

FCD

FDIS

Gr.

2

1

2007

Cor.3

 

 

 

09/07

 

09/10

S

2

1

2007

Amd.4

Transport of MVC over 13818-1

 

 

08/10

09/02

09/07

S

2

1

2007

Amd.5

Carriage of J2000 over 13818-1

 

09/07

09/10

10/04

10/09

S

4

1

2004

Amd.4

RA and systems extensions

 

 

09/07

09/10

10/04

S

4

3

200x

Cor.1

 

 

 

09/04

 

09/10

A

4

3

200x

Amd.1

HD-AAC profile

 

 

08/10

09/02

09/07

A

4

4

200x

Cor.7

(Audio & 3DG)

 

 

09/02

 

09/07

3

4

4

2004

Amd.37

File format conformance

 

08/04

08/10

09/02

09/07

S

4

4

2004

Amd.38

MVC conformance

 

08/07

08/10

09/02

09/10

V

4

5

2001

Amd.14/Cor.1

 

 

 

09/04

 

09/10

S

4

5

2001

Amd 15

Reference software for MVC

 

 

08/07

09/02

09/10

V

4

5

2001

Amd.23

Synthetised Texture RefSof

 

 

08/04

09/04

09/10

S

4

5

2001

Amd.25

Scene partitioning RefSof

 

 

08/10

09/02

09/07

3

4

5

200x

Amd.27

Scalable compl. 3DMC RS

 

 

09/02

09/10

10/04

3

4

10

200x

Amd.1

Constrained BL profile & suppl. enhancem. info. + Stereo High Profile

 

 

08/10

09/02

09/07

V

4

10

200x

Cor.1

(AVC, SVC, MVC)

 

 

09/07

 

09/10

V

4

11

2005

Amd.7

DR BIFS profile

09/04

 

09/07

09/10

10/04

S

4

12

2008

Cor.3

 

 

 

09/02

 

09/07

S

4

12

2008

Amd.2

Subtract selection & adaptive progressive download

 

09/07

10/01

10/07

11/01

S

4

14

2003

Amd.1

Handling of MPEG-4 audio enhancement layers

 

 

09/02

09/07

10/01

S

4

15

2004

Amd.3

File format support for MVC

 

 

08/10

09/02

09/07

S

4

16

200x

Amd.1

Scalable complexity 3D mesh coding

08/01

08/10

09/02

09/07

10/01

3

4

20

2008

Amd.2

Technology for scene adaptation

 

 

08/07

09/02

09/07

S

4

20

2008

Amd.3

PMSI

 

08/07

08/10

09/04

09/10

S

4

22

200x

Amd.1

Support for many-to-one range mappings

 

 

09/04

09/10

10/04

S

4

25

200x

Amd.1

Codec for 3DG compression model

 

09/07

09/10

10/04

10/09

3

4

26

2004

Cor.1

ALS & SLS update

 

 

09/02

 

09/07

A

4

26

2004

Amd.1

AAC-ELD conformance

 

 

08/04

09/02

09/07

A

4

26

2004

Amd.2

BSAC conformance for broadcasting

 

 

09/04

09/10

10/04

A

4

27

200x

Amd.1

Scene partitioning conformance

 

 

08/10

09/02

09/07

 

4

27

200x

Amd.2

Scalable compl. 3DMC conformance

 

 

09/02

09/10

10/04

3

7

3

2002

Amd.4

Video Signature

 

09/04

09/07

09/10

10/04

V

7

6

2003

Amd.3

RefSof for image signature tools

 

 

08/10

09/04

09/10

V

7

7

2003

Amd.5

Conformance testing for image signature tools

 

 

08/10

09/04

09/10

V

7

8

2002

Amd.4

Extraction of audio features from compressed formats

 

 

08/05

 

09/07

V

7

8

2002

Amd.5

Extraction and matching of image signature tools

 

 

08/10

 

09/10

V

7

11

200x

Cor.2

(missing semantics)

 

09/07

09/10

 

10/04

V

21

2

2005

Amd.1

Presentation of digital item

 

08/10

09/04

09/10

10/04

S

21

4

2006

Amd.2

Protection of presentation element

 

 

09/04

09/10

10/04

S

21

19

200x

1st Ed.

Media Value Chain Ontology

 

08/07

08/10

09/07

10/01

S

A

3

2007

Amd.2

Photo player AF Conformance

 

08/07

09/02

09/07

10/01

V

A

5

200x

2nd Ed.

MS AF

 

08/01

09/04

09/10

10/04

S

A

6

200x

Amd.1

PAAF RS & C

 

 

08/10

09/02

09/07

S

A

9

2008

Amd.1

DMB AF RS & C

 

08/04

08/07

09/02

09/10

S

A

9

2008

Amd.2

DMB FF

 

08/10

09/02

09/07

10/01

S

A

10

200x

Amd.1

VS AF RS & C

 

08/04

08/07

09/04

09/10

S

A

11

200x

Cor.1

(SVAF codec signalling)

 

 

09/02

 

09/07

S

A

11

200x

Amd.1

SVAF RS & C

 

 

09/04

09/10

10/04

S

A

12

200x

1st Ed.

Interactive music AF

 

08/01

09/02

09/07

10/01

S

C

4

200x

Amd.1

RVC Conformance and RF

 

08/04

09/02

09/07

10/01

V

C

4

200x

Amd.2

RVC Tools for MP4 ASP, AVC HP and SVC

 

 

09/10

10/04

10/10

V

D

1

200x

Cor.2

 

 

 

09/02

 

09/07

A

D

1

200x

Amd.2/Cor.1

 

 

 

09/02

 

09/07

A

D

2

200x

1st Ed.

SAOC

 

07/10

08/04

09/07

10/01

A

D

3

200x

1st Ed.

USAC

 

08/10

09/10

10/01

10/07

A

M

1

200x

1st Ed

Architecture and technologies

08/04

08/07

09/02

09/07

10/01

S

M

2

200x

1st Ed.

API

08/04

08/07

09/02

09/07

10/01

S

M

3

200x

1st Ed.

RS & C

08/04

08/10

09/02

09/07

10/01

S

M

4

200x

2nd Ed.

MXM protocols

 

 

09/02

09/07

10/01

S

V

1

200x

1st Ed.

Architecture

08/10

09/02

09/07

09/10

10/04

S

V

2

200x

1st Ed.

Control information

08/10

09/02

09/07

09/10

10/04

S

V

3

200x

1st Ed

Sensor information

08/10

09/02

09/07

09/10

10/04

S

V

4

200x

1st Ed.

Avatar characteristics

08/10

09/02

09/07

09/10

10/04

S

U

1

200x

1st Ed.

Package, delivery and presentation of widgets

09/02

09/04

09/07

09/10

10/04

S

U

2

200x

1st Ed.

Widget communication

09/02

09/04

09/07

09/10

10/04

S

U

3

200x

1st Ed.

Conformance and Reference Software

09/02

09/04

09/07

09/10

10/04

S

9 Organisation of this meeting

9.1 Tasks for subgroups

9.2 Joint meetings

10 WG management

10.1 Terms of reference

10.2 Officers

10.3 Editors

10.4 Liaisons

10.5 Responses to National Bodies

10.6 Work item assignment

10.7 Ad hoc groups

10.8 Asset management

10.8.1 Reference software

10.8.2 Conformance

10.8.3 Test material

10.8.4 URI

10.9 IPR management

10.10 Work plan and time line

11 Administrative matters

11.1 Schedule of future MPEG meetings

11.2 Promotional activities

12 Resolutions of this meeting

13 A.O.B.

14 Closing

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Logistic Information

Overview and Dates

The 90th MPEG meeting will take place from Monday 26th to Friday 30th October 2009 at Sheraton Hotel, in Xi¡¯an China.

The MPEG Workshop will be held at Xidian University on 31st October 2009, in Xi¡¯an China.

The meetings will start at 9:00 on Monday, October 26th and end on Friday, October 30th in the evening. Ad hoc Groups will meet on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October 2009.

All the meetings will be held at: Sheraton Hotel,

No.262B Feng Hao East Road,

Xi¡¯an, China

Contact person: Prof. Guangming Shi

General information

The 90th MPEG meeting is hosted by the School of Electronic Engineering of Xidian University.

All meetings will be held at Sheraton Hotel, at No.262B Feng Hao East Road, Xi¡¯an, China, on

26-30 October,2009.

If you require meeting space for Ad Hoc groups, please notify the meeting organizer, Guangming Shi, no later than 30th Sept. 2009.

Meeting web site:  http://see.xidian.edu.cn/conference/mpegjpeg   or http://see.xidian.sn.cn/conference/mpegjpeg

Hotel information and reservations:  http://see.xidian.edu.cn/conference/mpegjpeg/hotel.html

Meeting registration:  http://see.xidian.edu.cn/conference/mpegjpeg/registration.html

Meeting organizer

Prof. Guangming Shi

School of Electronic Engineering

Xidian University

Tel: +86 029 8820 1402

Fax: +44 029 8820 2251

Email: gmshi@xidian.edu.cn

Address of the meeting

Sheraton Hotel

No. 262B Feng Hao East Road

Xi¡¯an, China

Postal address of the host

90th MPEG Meeting

Prof. Guangming Shi

School of Electronic Engineering

Xidian University

No.2 Tai Bai South Road

Xi¡¯an, China 710071

Visa information

For any foreign participant to the conference who needs an invitation letter for applying Chinese visa, please complete the Request for an Invitation Letter and email it to qifei@xidian.edu.cn, together with a scanned copy of your passport before September 1st 2009

Detailed information please visit http://see.xidian.edu.cn/conference/mpegjpeg/visa.html

Registration

To register the meeting, please visit http://see.xidian.edu.cn/conference/mpegjpeg/registration.html

Please register by 2009 September 30th to get favorable registration fee, in any case by 2009 October 25th.

Facilities

For the MPEG Meeting, the rooms will be equipped with:

Other facilities:

Registration fees per participant

Registration includes:

Registration fees:

Registration fees cancellation policy:

Please note: To exchange your currency for Chinese Yuan (CNY) according to intraday exchange rate before remitting. For example, if registration fee is 3800CNY and intraday exchange rate of USD to CNY is 6.83, please remit 556.4 US dollar.

Accommodation

To reserve a room at Sheraton Hotel,  download and fill Hotel Reservation Form, then fax it to +86-029-84262986 or +86-029-84262983 or email to xiling.wang@sheraton.com

Kindly remind for participants to the meeting: Please reserve the hotel as early as possible. Both September and October are high season for tourists to Xi¡¯an, and then the hotel rooms will have high prices and there is a situation of demand exceeding supply.

Closing date for the submission of accommodation orders at Sheraton Hotel is Sept. 1st 2009. Applications received after this date will be handled on a request basis and bookings will be made subject to contingent availability.
More details can be read on
http://www.sheraton.com.cn/xian

Hotel Room Information

The rates in the following form are the preferential price we consult with Sheraton Xi'an Hotel. If you register this meeting after Sept. 1st 2009, you will not enjoy this preferential rate.

Room Type

Rack Rate

Web Reservation

Meeting Rate

Bed

Free services

Basic Facilities


1725 CNY

850 CNY

690 CNY

Single/double

 Gymnasium, sauna, steam room, indoor heated swimming pool, table tennis etc.

  net inclusive one breakfast

Remarks: Extra breakfast is at £¤120CNY per person

bathroom, central air conditioner, Internet access£¨free£©, wired and satellite TV, newspaper, etc. free charge for  breakfasts


1955 CNY

950 CNY

790 CNY

Single/double

 Gymnasium, sauna, steam room, indoor heated swimming pool, table tennis etc.

  net inclusive one breakfast

Remarks: Extra breakfast is at £¤120CNY per person


2300 CNY

1150 CNY

1000 CNY

Single

  Gymnasium, sauna, steam room, indoor heated swimming pool, table tennis etc.

  American breakfast


4025 CNY

2500 CNY

2400 CNY

Single

  gymnasium, sauna, steam room, indoor heated swimming pool, table tennis etc.

  American breakfast

  Flowers

  Fruits

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5175 CNY

3200 CNY

2600 CNY

Single

  gymnasium, sauna, steam room, indoor heated swimming pool, table tennis etc.

  American breakfast

  Flowers

  Fruits

Address and Transportation

Address: No. 262B Feng Hao East Road
Telephone: (+86) 029-84261888
Homepage:
http://www.sheraton.com.cn/xian

35-minute drive from Xian Xianyang International Airport (About 120 CNY by taxi);
12.5 kilometers away from railway station (About 25 CNY by taxi);
about 4 kilometers away from Xidian University. Public Traffic : (1) take bus No.210 to the Tao Yuan Road, then change bus No.308  to the stop of Xi'dian university, total seven stops. (2) take bus No.503, about 9 stops from the hotel to the stop of Xu Jia Zhuang.

Currency

The currency of the People's Republic of China is the Chinese Yuan (symbol: £¤; ISO code: CNY). Please refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renminbi for details.

Xian Attractions

Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses

The well-known Terra-cotta Museum is located east of Emperor Qin's Mausoleum, which covers a total area of 20 hectares. The museum is decorated with verdant trees£¬blooming flowers and carpets of green grass. The scenery in the museum looks quite elegant and delightful. Three main buildings of the museum, which were named Pit 1,Pit 2, Pit 3, were constructed on their original sites in different periods of time.

Emperor Qin's Terra-cotta Museum is not only a treasure house where the tourists can learn history, culture and human civilization, but also a main scenic spot of Xi'an city. It can receive about 1.5 million tourists annually. Approximately 40 million visitors from home and abroad have visited the Museum within the last 20 years. Today "the eighth Wonder of the world" has almost become synonym of the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses In 1987, the Emperor Qin's Mausoleum was put on the list of the UNESCO as a world-class cultural heritage site. Now the Museum is well-known widely as a huge modern on-site museum and it is going to be one of the best in the world.

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Bell Tower (Zhong Lou)

The Bell Tower, is a stately traditional building, that marks the geographical center of the ancient capital. From this important landmark extend East, South, West and North Streets, connecting the Tower to the East, South, West and North Gates of the City Wall of the Ming Dynasty.

The wooden tower, which is the largest and best-preserved of its kind in China, is 36 meters (118 feet) high. It stands on a brick base 35.5 meters (116.4 feet) long and 8.6 meters (28.2 feet) high on each side. During the Ming Dynasty, Xian was an important military town in Northwest China, a fact that is reflected in the size and historic significance of its tower.

City Wall

When Zhu Yuanzhang, the first Emperor of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), captured Huizhou, a hermit named Zhu Sheng admonished him that he should "built high walls, store abundant food supplies and take time to be an Emperor," so that he could fortify the city and unify the other states. After the establishment of the Ming dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang followed his advice and began to enlarge the wall built initially during the old Tang dynasty (618 -907), creating the modern Xian City Wall. It's the most complete city wall that has survived in China, as well being one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world.

After the extension, the wall now stands 12 meters (40 feet) tall, 12-14 meters (40-46 feet) wide at the top and 15-18 meters (50-60 feet) thick at the bottom. It covers 13.7 kilometers (8.5 miles) in length with a deep moat surrounding it.

Every 120 meters, there is a rampart which extends out from the main wall. All together, there are 98 ramparts on the wall, which were built to defend against the enemy climbing up the wall. Each rampart has a sentry building, in which the soldiers could protect the entire wall without exposing themselves to the enemy. Besides, the distance between every two ramparts is just within the range of an arrow shot from either side, so that they could shoot the enemy, who wanted to attack the city, from the side. On the outer side of the city wall, there are 5948 crenellations, namely battlements. The soldiers can outlook and shoot at the enemy. On the inner side, parapets were built to protect the soldiers from falling off.

Big Wild Goose Pagoda

As the symbol of the old-line Xian, Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a well-preserved ancient building and a holy place for Buddhists. It is located in the southern suburb of Xian City, about 4 kilometers (2.49 miles) from the downtown of the city. Standing in the Da Ci'en Temple complex, it attracts numerous visitors for its fame in the Buddhist religion, its simple but appealing style of construction, and its new square in front of the temple. It is rated as a National Key Cultural Relic Preserve as well as an AAAA Tourist Attraction.This attraction can be divided into three parts: the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the Da Ci'en Temple, and the North Square of Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

Famen Temple

In China, many temples house treasures and artifacts, but the sheer quantity and quality of treasures in the Famen Temple is rare. Situated in Famen Town of Fufeng County, about 120 kilometers (about 74.57 miles) west of Xian, Famen Temple is renowned for storing the veritable four slivers of the finger bone of the Sakyamuni Buddha. Famen Temple was established in the Eastern Han Dynasty (25--220), for carrying forward Buddhism. The most representative structures in the temple are the Famen Temple Pagoda and Famen Temple Museum.

Huaqing Hot Springs

Situated at the northern foot of Mt. Lishan in Lintong County, 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) from Xian City, Huaqing Hot Spring is famed for both its dainty spring scenery and the romantic love story of Emperor Xuanzong (685-762) and his concubine Yang Guifei in the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Its long history and location among the wonderful landscapes of Xian should entice any visitor to visit and bathe in this hot spring.It is said that King You built a palace here during the Western Zhou Dynasty (11th century BC-711 BC). Additions were subsequently made by the First Emperor Qing (259 BC-210BC) and Emperor Wu during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-24).

During his reign, the Emperor Xuanzong spent dizzying amounts of his funds to build a luxurious palace, changing its name to Huaqing Hot Spring or Huaqing Palace. Over the course of 41 years in his days, he visited the palace as many as 36 times. The palace thus has a history of 3,000 years and the hotspring a history of 6,000 years! Ranked among the Hundred Famous Garden in China, it is also has the status as a National Cultural Relic Protection Unit and a National Key Scenic Area.


Tang Paradise

Near the Big Wild Goose Pagoda , Tang Paradise is located in the Qujiang Resort, southeast of the Xian City, Shaanxi Province. It is a newly opened tourist attraction in April, 2005. Tang Paradise covers a total area of 1000 mu (about 165 acres) and of which 300 mu (about 49 acres) is water. This tourist attraction not only claims to be the biggest cultural theme park in the northwest region of China but also the first royal-garden-like park to give a full display of the Tang Dynasty's (618-907) culture.Altogether, twelve scenic regions are distributed throughout Tang Paradise to provide visitors with the enjoyment of twelve cultural themes and a perfect exhibition of the grandness, prosperity and brilliance of the culture of the Tang Dynasty.

What makes Tang Paradise incredible is that it is no longer the garden mode of only water and mountains in the Chinese traditional sense. The outstanding designers of the magnificent Tang Paradise have integrated almost everything representative of the Tang Dynasty, such as the poetry, the songs and dance, the marketplaces, the food, the women's lifestyles, and science into every site using cultural themes, thus endowing every place with its own story and its own place in the tapestry of Tang Dynasty culture.

Dining of Xian

Xian is legendary as "the capital of table delicacies." The ancient city is famous for the delicious Shaanxi snack, the delicate Guangdong cuisine, various kinds of fashionable foreign delicacies, and the popular Sichuan cuisine, such as hot pot.

Local food

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Visitors to Xian must do two things: one is to see the clay figures of terra cotta warriors and horses. The other is to taste Yang Rou Pao Mo (a soup dish that involves breaking wheat flour flat bread into a bowl and adding a delicious mutton stock). Before dinner, you will be served one or two pieces of wheat flour flat bread which you into tiny chunks, the smaller the better. The waiter or the waitress will then hand your bowl to the cook who mixes the bread and mutton soup with an appropriate relish. When the steaming hot meal is brought in, the waiter will also offer you sweet crisp pickled garlic, coriander, and hot pepper sauce. The most famous, the Tong Sheng Xiang (Prosperity and Fortune) Beef and Lamb Paomo Restaurant done in Tang Dynasty style, is a time-honored establishment in the Xian Bell and Drum Tower Square.

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Next to Tong Sheng Xiang is a great restaurant, De Fa Chang Dumpling Restaurant, with its own version of the Dumpling Banquet. Ingredients for the dumpling fillings include various meats, vegetables, and seasonings. Cooking methods include steaming, boiling, pan-frying, deep frying, and roasting. Many flavors, including salty, sweet, hot, and sour are offered. Other house specialties include Peking dumplings, steamed sweet bean paste buns, steamed shrimp paste buns, and various uniquely spiced dishes. While guests sample various delicacies, traditionally waiters will explain the cuisine culture of each dumpling.

Please visit ChinaTravelGide£¨http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/xian.htm£© to get more information about Xi'an.

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MPEG workshop

2009 Xian Multimedia Standards Workshop

Purpose

Mutlimedia technologies have played an essential role in the deployment of many consumer and professional products and services around the world. Multimedia technologies have entered the common people¡¯s life now. All indications show that, as in the past, they will continue to play an important role in the deployment of future products and services. This workshop will present some of the new multimedia technologies and their achievements and their applications, especially in audio, video standardizations and technologies as defined and studied by ISO/IEC JTC1 SC29 WG11, ITU-T SG16 Q.6 and AVS Working Group of Ministry of Information Industry of China.

Host

Workshop on Multimedia New Technologies and Applications is hosted by Xidian University, Xian, China.

Date

Workshop will be held on Saturday 31 Oct. 2009 (a full-day meeting).

Venue

Conference room in Library of Xidian University

Open to all MPEG and JPEG members.

 

Organization Committee

Chairman

Xin Wang

University of Southern California, USA

Members

Touradj Ebrahimi

EPFL, Switzerland

Wen Gao

Beijing University, China

Tiejun Huang

Beijing University, China

Joern Ostermann

Leibniz Universtaet Hannover, Germany

Guangming Shi

XianDian University, China

Huifang Sun

MERL Technology Lab, USA

Feng Wu

Microsoft, China

 

Program

Time

Topic

Speaker

Title

09:30

Welcome

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09:40

Video

Lu Yu

 

10:10

3DV

Karsten Mueller

3D Video Formats and Coding Standards

10:40

MPEG-U

JAEYEON SONG

Widget Technologies in the Convergence Environment

11:10

Coffee break

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11:20

RVC

Euee S. Jang

Introduction to MPEG Reconfigurable Video Coding

11:50

Audio

Minjie Xie

MPEG Unified Speech and Audio Coding (USAC)

 12:20

BIF, LASeR

YoungKwon Lim

Rich Media standards in MPEG

11:50

Lunch

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14:00

AVS

Wen Gao

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14:30

MPEG-7

Miroslaw Bober

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15:00

MAF

KyuHeon Kim

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15:30

Coffee break

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15:45

MPEG-21

Xin Wang

MPEG-21: Multimedia Framework Standards

16:15

MPEG-V

Sanghyun Joo

Introduction to MPEG-V activities

16:45

MXM

Christian Timmerer

MPEG-M: MPEG Extensible Middleware - Accelerating Media Business Developments

17:15

Q&A Session

Speakers, Audience

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18:00

Adjourn

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