CS4624 MHEG

MHEG (Multimedia and Hypermedia Experts Group)
(ISO/IEC JTC1 / SC 29 / WG 12), approval in 1994 as IS

• Defines:
  
  
  • representation and encoding of multimedia and hypermedia
    
  • objects for interchange
    
    
    • within or across applications or services
      
    • by storage devices, telecommunications or broadcast networks
  
  
• Object-oriented:
  
  
  • based on object-oriented analysis
    
  • encoded with ASN.1 or SGML
  
  
• Main object classes:
  
  
  • content
    
  • selection, modification
    
  • action
    
  • link
    
  • script
    
  • composite
    
  • descriptor