ISO/IEC 13522-6:1998
(Main)Information technology — Coding of multimedia and hypermedia information — Part 6: Support for enhanced interactive applications
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INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 13522-6
First edition
1998-10-15
Information technology — Coding of
multimedia and hypermedia information —
Part 6:
Support for enhanced interactive applications
Technologies de l'information — Codage de l'information multimédia et
hypermédia —
Partie 6: Support pour les applications interactives améliorées
Reference number
B C
ISO/IEC 13522-6:1998(E)
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Contents
1 Scope .1
1.1 Context of the scope .1
1.2 Scope of this part of ISO/IEC 13522.1
2 Normative references .2
2.1 International standards.2
2.2 Referenced specifications.3
3 Terms and definitions .3
3.1 applet .3
3.2 application class.3
3.3 application programming interface (API).3
3.4 attribute .3
3.5 class.3
3.6 exception.3
3.7 hypermedia, adj.3
3.8 instance.3
3.9 interface .4
3.10 Java™ Virtual Machine (JVM).4
3.11 method .4
3.12 MHEG-5 API .4
3.13 MHEG-5 InterchangedProgram object.4
3.14 MHEG-5 object.4
3.15 MHEG-6, adj. .4
3.16 MHEG-6 Applet object .4
3.17 MHEG-6 application .4
3.18 MHEG-6 engine .4
3.19 MHEG-6 InterchangedProgram object.4
3.20 MHEG-6 object.4
3.21 MHEG-6 profile .4
3.22 MHEG-6 program.4
3.23 multimedia, adj.5
3.24 multimedia and hypermedia application.5
3.25 multimedia application.5
3.26 operation .5
3.27 program.5
3.28 Program content interchange format .5
3.29 scripting language .5
3.30 stack.5
3.31 system class.5
3.32 virtual machine (VM) .5
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4 Symbols and abbreviations .5
5 Conformance requirements.6
5.1 Information object conformance .6
5.1.1 Encoding and syntax .6
5.1.2 Semantics.6
5.1.3 Profiles .6
5.2 Implementation conformance .6
5.2.1 Conformance requirements.6
5.2.2 Conformance documentation.7
5.3 Application conformance .7
6 Structure of this part of ISO/IEC 13522.8
7 MHEG-6 InterchangedProgram class .9
7.1 InterchangedProgram object syntax .9
7.1.1 Syntax of InterchangedProgram class .9
7.1.1.1 Name attribute .9
7.1.1.2 OriginalContent attribute.9
7.1.1.3 ContentHook attribute.9
7.1.1.4 Shared attribute .9
7.1.2 Syntax of elementary actions applicable to InterchangedProgram objects.10
7.2 InterchangedProgram object semantics .10
7.2.1 InitiallyAvailable attribute .10
7.2.2 Scope of InterchangedProgram objects.10
7.2.3 Effect of elementary actions applicable to InterchangedProgram objects .11
7.2.3.1 Preparation behaviour .11
7.2.3.2 Activation behaviour .11
7.2.3.3 Deactivation behaviour .12
7.2.3.4 Destruction behaviour.12
8 Applet class.13
8.1 Attributes.13
8.1.1 Inherited attributes.13
8.1.2 Own exchanged attributes.13
8.1.3 Own internal MHEG-5 attributes .13
8.2 Events.14
8.3 Internal behaviours .14
8.4 Effect of MHEG-5 elementary actions .15
8.5 Formal description .17
9 Virtual machine.18
9.1 VM instruction set .18
9.2 VM interchange format .18
10 Kernel API .19
10.1 Specification of the kernel API.19
10.2 Syntax requirement.19
10.3 Semantics requirement.19
10.4 Pragmatics requirement.19
11 MHEG-5 API.20
11.1 Specification of the MHEG-5 API. 20
11.1.1 Design principles .20
11.1.2 Grades.20
11.2 Syntax requirement.21
11.3 Semantics requirement.21
11.4 Pragmatics requirement.21
11.5 Interworking considerations .21
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12 MHEG-5/JVM interworking provisions.22
12.1 Program content interchange format .22
12.2 Semantics of elementary actions .22
12.2.1 Call.22
12.2.2 Fork .23
12.2.3 Invoke .23
12.2.4 Stop .23
12.2.5 MHEG-5 API operations .23
12.3 Execution semantics .23
12.3.1 Engine bootstrapping.24
12.3.2 ClassMapper initialisation.24
12.3.3 Program preparation.25
12.3.4 Program activation.25
12.3.5 Program deactivation.25
12.3.6 Program destruction .25
12.3.7 ClassMapper for Applet .26
Annex A (normative) ASN.1 notation .27
Annex B (normative) Textual notation .45
Annex C (normative) MHEG-5 API .60
Annex D (informative) Mapping elementary actions to MHEG-5 API operations.77
Annex E (informative) Relationships between MHEG-6 Applets and World Wide Web applets .81
Annex F (informative) Main features .82
Annex G (informative) IPR issues.87
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Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnical
Commission) form the specialised system for worldwide standardisation. National bodies that are members
of ISO or IEC participate in the development of International Standards through technical committees
established by the respective organisation to deal with particular fields of technical activity. ISO and IEC
technical committees collaborate in fields of mutual interest. Other international organisations, governmental
and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO and IEC, also take part in the work.
In the field of Information technology, ISO and IEC have established a joint technical committee, ISO/IEC
JTC 1. Draft International Standards adopted by the joint technical committee are circulated to national
bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the national
bodies casting a vote.
International Standard ISO/IEC 13522-6 was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1,
Information technology, Subcommittee SC 29, Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia
information.
ISO/IEC 13522 consists of the following parts, under the general title Information technology - Coding of
multimedia and hypermedia information:
- Part 1: MHEG object representation - Base notation (ASN.1)
- Part 3: MHEG script interchange representation
- Part 4: MHEG registration procedure
- Part 5: Support for base-level interactive applications
- Part 6: Support for enhanced interactive applications
- Part 7: Interoperability and conformance testing for ISO/IEC 13522-5
Annexes A to C form an integral part of this part of ISO/IEC 13522. Annexes D to G are for information only.
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Information technology – Coding of multimedia and
hypermedia information –
Part 6: Support for enhanced interactive applications
1 Scope
1.1 Context of the scope
ISO/IEC 13522 specifies the coded representation of multimedia/hypermedia information objects (MHEG
objects) for interchange as final form units within or across services and applications, by any means of
interchange including local area networks, wide area telecommunication or broadcast networks, storage
media, etc.
MHEG objects can be produced by computer tools taking as source form multimedia applications designed
using multimedia scripting languages. In this context, the MHEG script (or program) classes are intended to
complement the other MHEG classes in expressing the functionality commonly supported by scripting
languages. Script (or program) objects express more powerful control mechanisms and describe more
complex relationships among MHEG objects than can be expressed by MHEG action and link objects alone.
Furthermore, script (or program) objects express access to and interaction with external services provided by
the run-time environment.
ISO/IEC 13522-5 defines the MHEG object classes for interchange and use in base-level applications
intended to be run on limited resource terminals such as set-top-boxes in such contexts as interactive
broadband services.
ISO/IEC 13522-5 defines the coded representation for program objects in an open manner so that program
objects may encapsulate either standardised or proprietary program code. ISO/IEC 13522-5 allows program
objects to include or reference programs that may be encoded in any encoding format as defined by the
application domain.
1.2 Scope of this part of ISO/IEC 13522
The scope of this part of ISO/IEC 13522 is to define the semantics and final-form coded representation for
the interchange of enhanced interactive multimedia applications.
These applications extend applications covered by ISO/IEC 13522-5 in incorporating functionality such as
computing (data processing) and extended communication with the external environment, including servers,
local devices, etc.
These applications may be exploited in any communication environment including broadcast-only mode,
interactive client-server or peer-to-peer (conversational). However, the main focus is on interactive retrieval
(client-server) applications running on limited resource set-top-units involving asymmetrical data interchange
with real-time audiovisuals on the downstream channel.
The coded representation defined by this part of ISO/IEC 13522 specialises the coded representation defined
by ISO/IEC 13522-5. Especially, this part of ISO/IEC 13522 defines the coded representation for the
OriginalContent attribute of the MHEG-5 InterchangedProgram class. In addition, this part of ISO/IEC 13522
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defines the Applet class; this subclass of InterchangedProgram features the ability to manage its own display
and interaction, by delegation from the engine.
The resulting coded representation is
- compatible with that defined by ISO/IEC 13522-5;
- appropriate for execution on a set-top-unit with the same minimal resource constraints as expressed
by ISO/IEC 13522-5.
This part of ISO/IEC 13522 specifies
- the interchange format for the OriginalContent attribute of the MHEG-5 InterchangedProgram class;
- the semantics of this coded representation;
- the coded representation and semantics of the Applet class;
- the semantic extensions to the MHEG-5 engine behaviour described by ISO/IEC 13522-5;
- the semantic restrictions on the MHEG-5 interchange format described by ISO/IEC 13522-5;
- the MHEG-5 API, which allows the code of an InterchangedProgram object to call upon the MHEG-5
engine's presentation functionality;
- the provisions for interworking between the MHEG-5 engine execution model and the execution model
that underlies the program content interchange format.
MHEG engines are system or application components that handle, interpret and present MHEG objects. This
part of ISO/IEC 13522 specifies the semantics of the MHEG-6 coded representation. These semantics are
defined in terms of minimum requirements on the behaviour of MHEG-6 engines.
This part of ISO/IEC 13522 is applicable to all applications that interchange multimedia and hypermedia
information.
2 Normative references
2.1 International standards
The following standards contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this
part of ISO/IEC 13522. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject
to revision, and parties to agreements based on this part of ISO/IEC 13522 are encouraged to investigate the
possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards indicated below. Members of ISO and IEC
maintain registers of currently valid International Standards.
ISO/IEC 646:1991, Information technology - ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange.
ISO/IEC 8824-1:1995, Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Specification of basic
notation.
ISO/IEC 8825-1:1995, Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules: Specification of Basic Encoding Rules
(BER), Canonical Encoding Rules (CER) and Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER).
ISO/IEC 10646-1:1993, Information technology - Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) -
Part 1: Architecture and Basic Multilingual Plane.
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ISO/IEC 13522-5:1997, Information technology - Coding of multimedia and hypermedia information - Part 5:
Support for base-level interactive applications.
2.2 Referenced specifications
All references in this subclause were correct at the time of approval of this part of ISO/IEC 13522. The
provisions of the referenced specifications, as identified in this subclause, are valid within the context of this
part of ISO/IEC 13522. The reference to a specification within this part of ISO/IEC 13522 does not give it any
further status within ISO/IEC; in particular, it does not give the referenced specification the status of an
International Standard.
Lindholm, Tim and Yellin, Frank (September 1996), The Java™ Virtual machine specification. ISBN: 0-201-
63452-X, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.: Reading, Massachussets.
Gosling, James, Yellin, Frank and the Java team (May 1996), The Java™ Application Programming Interface,
Volume 1: Core Packages. ISBN: 0-201-63453-8, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.: Reading, Massachussets.
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this part of ISO/IEC 13522, the terms and definitions given in ISO/IEC 13522-5 and the
following terms and definitions apply.
3.1 applet
autonomous program that can be run only within a host framework
3.2 application class
JVM class entirely implemented in JVM code and interchanged as part of an MHEG-6 application
3.3 application programming interface (API)
boundary across which a software application uses facilities of programming languages to invoke software
services
3.4 attribute
named, typed association between an object and a value, declared as part of the interface of a class:
a) MHEG-5 attribute (see ISO/IEC 13522-5);
b) attribute of a JVM class (see 2.2)
3.5 class
abstract definition of the data (attributes) and behaviours common to a set of interchanged information
objects:
a) MHEG-5 class (see ISO/IEC 13522-5);
b) JVM class (see 2.2)
3.6 exception
signal that is raised when an exceptional condition occurs during the performance of the request to an
operation; especially, JVM exception (see 2.2)
3.7 hypermedia, adj.
featuring access to monomedia and multimedia information by interaction with explicit links
3.8 instance
object that features the attributes and behaviours of a specified class
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3.9 interface
description of a set of operations that a client may request of an object:
a) application programming interface;
b) JVM interface (see 2.2)
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3.10 Java™ Virtual Machine (JVM)
the virtual machine defined by The Java™ Virtual machine specification (see 2.2), used as the interchange
representation and execution model for the OriginalContent attribute of MHEG-6 InterchangedProgram
objects
3.11 method
operation defined by a class; especially, JVM method (see 2.2)
3.12 MHEG-5 API
the API that defines the byte codes used by the OriginalContent of an MHEG-6 InterchangedProgram to
access the attributes and control the behaviour of MHEG-5 objects
3.13 MHEG-5 InterchangedProgram object
MHEG-5 object that provides means to invoke a processing unit represented as interpreted or executable
code consisting of sequences of instructions
3.14 MHEG-5 object
coded representation of an instance of an MHEG-5 class
3.15 MHEG-6, adj.
conforming to the provisions of this part of ISO/IEC 13522
3.16 MHEG-6 Applet object
instance of the Applet class defined in Clause 8
3.17 MHEG-6 application
application that involves the interchange, within itself or with another application, of MHEG-5 objects and of
programs as the OriginalContent attribute of MHEG-5 InterchangedProgram objects, according to the
representation defined by this part of ISO/IEC 13522
3.18 MHEG-6 engine
process or set of processes that can interpret MHEG-6 objects (including JVM programs) according to the
provisions of this part of ISO/IEC 13522
3.19 MHEG-6 InterchangedProgram object
MHEG-5 InterchangedProgram object that conforms to the provisions of this part of ISO/IEC 13522
3.20 MHEG-6 object
MHEG-5 object that conforms to the semantic extensions defined by Clause 7, or object of the Applet class
defined by Clause 8
3.21 MHEG-6 profile
profile of this part of ISO/IEC 13522
3.22 MHEG-6 program
list of JVM classes that are included or referenced by the OriginalContent attribute of an MHEG-6
InterchangedProgram object
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3.23 multimedia, adj.
that handles several types of representation media
3.24 multimedia and hypermedia application
application that features presentation of multimedia information to the user and interactive navigation across
this information by the user
3.25 multimedia application
application that features presentation of multimedia information to the user
3.26 operation
service that can be requested and is provided by an object; it is defined within an interface by a name, a
signature which defines the type of its parameters and return value, and the list of exceptions that its
invocation may raise
3.27 program
sequence of binary codes that express computing behaviour and that can be run in an appropriate computer
environment to effect this behaviour
3.28 Program content interchange format
the syntax and encoding for the OriginalContent attribute (when of the IncludedContent type) of an MHEG-6
InterchangedProgram, as defined in 12.1
3.29 scripting language
programming language intended for easy and rapid design of applications by non-professional programmers
3.30 stack
collection of elements that are inserted (pushed) and removed (popped) in last-in first-out (LIFO) order
3.31 system class
JVM class whose implementation is (at least partly) system-dependent (so consists of native code) and
therefore must be available within the runtime environment for use by the VM
3.32 virtual machine (VM)
abstract specification of a micro-processor and its behaviour
NOTE A VM may be implemented on different hardware processors. A VM therefore implements the
mechanism for all these processors to execute the same instruction set. It is also possible for a
micro-processor to be designed so that its instruction set is identical to that of a
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