Report of the meeting of the SC-03-07 Working group on Audio Metadata held online, 2021-10-05.
The meeting was convened by Co-Chair Tormod Værvågen.
Attendees were Kaylie Ackerman, Richard Cabot, Anthony P Kuzub, Brad McCoy, Cesar Lamschtein, David Julian Gray, Dennis Walsh, Gordon Reid, Matt Leatherman, Scott Norcross, Paul Treleaven, Ultan Henry and Tormod Værvågen.
Minutes of previous meeting, held online 2021-05-18 were approved.
AES31-4-R Review of AES31-4-2015, AES standard for network and file transport of audio - XML Implementation of Audio Decision Lists
Status: Needs to synchronize with SC-02-08 changes to AES31-3.
AES-X098C Administrative metadata for audio objects - Process history schema
Scope: To collect information on all metadata issues pertaining to digital audio objects and all aspects of the digital documentation of digital audio objects.
Status: Tormod extended the RDF model of EBU CCDM and has a draft OWL prepared. Test data are written as an RDF graph for testing and proof of concept. Kaylie will call the chairs into a series of working meetings.
More information on https://github.com/tormodv/audioProcess
AES-X155 AES standard for audio metadata - Production recording metadata set (iXML)
Scope: This document specifies a format for communicating file- and project-based production metadata between various stages of production and post production workflow.
Status: Tormod asked for iXML example files. He is working on a mapping between iXML and AES60.
AES-X224 Best Practices for the Management of Embedded Metadata in Audio Files
Scope: To create a guide for manufacturers of audio hardware, software and computer platforms describing best practices for the management of metadata embedded in audio files.
Status: The project is idle. No one has the resources to work on it.
Liaisons:
No input to discuss.
New Projects:
No new projects.
New business:
No new business.
The next meeting will be held online in October of 2021, in conjunction with the AES 151st convention.
