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<h1><a name="d3e4" id="d3e4"></a>API for Media Resource 1.0</h1>

<h2><a name="w3c-doctype" id="w3c-doctype"></a><a name="w3c-doctype1"
id="w3c-doctype1"></a>W3C Working Draft 09 March 2010</h2>
<dl>
  <dt>This version:</dt>
    <dd><a
      href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-mediaont-api-1.0-20100309">http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-mediaont-api-1.0-20100309</a></dd>
  <dt>Latest version:</dt>
    <dd><a
      href="http://www.w3.org/TR/mediaont-api-1.0">http://www.w3.org/TR/mediaont-api-1.0</a></dd>
  <dt>Previous version:</dt>
    <dd><a
      href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-mediaont-api-1.0-20091020">http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-mediaont-api-1.0-20091020</a></dd>
  <dt>Editors:</dt>
    <dd>이원석(WonSuk Lee), Electronics and Telecommunications Research
      Institute (ETRI)</dd>
    <dd>Florian Stegmaier, University of Passau</dd>
    <dd>Chris Poppe, Ghent University</dd>
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<h2><a name="abstract" id="abstract"></a>Abstract</h2>

<p>This specification defines a client-side API to access metadata information
related to media resources on the Web. The overall purpose of the API is to
provide developers with a convenient access to metadata information stored in
different metadata formats. The API will be introduced in an abstract manner
using the interface definition language Web IDL. Thereby, the Media Ontology
Core Properties will be used as a pivot vocabulary in the API.</p>
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<h2><a name="status" id="status"></a>Status of this Document</h2>

<p>This section describes the status of this document at the time of its
publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C
publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found in
the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/">W3C technical reports index</a> at
http://www.w3.org/TR/.</p>

<p>This is the <a
href="http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr.html#first-wd">second
Working Draft</a> of the API for Media Resource 1.0 specification. It has been
produced by the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2008/WebVideo/Annotations/">Media
Annotations Working Group</a>, which is part of the <a
href="http://www.w3.org/2008/WebVideo/">W3C Video on the Web Activity</a>.</p>

<p>Please send comments about this document to <a
href="mailto:public-media-annotation@w3.org">public-media-annotation@w3.org</a>
mailing list (<a
href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-media-annotation/">public
archive</a>).</p>

<p>Publication as a Working Draft does not imply endorsement by the W3C
Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted
by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as
other than work in progress. </p>

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href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/">5 February 2004 W3C
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<div class="toc">
<h2><a name="contents" id="contents"></a>Table of Contents</h2>

<p class="toc">1 <a href="#introduction">Introduction</a><br />
    1.1 <a href="#formats-in-scope">Formats in scope</a><br />
    1.2 <a href="#formats-out-of-scope">Formats out of scope</a><br />
    1.3 <a href="#terminology">Terminology</a><br />
2 <a href="#api-description">API Description</a><br />
    2.1 <a href="#design-consideration">Design consideration</a><br />
    2.2 <a href="#api-for-identifying-media-resource">API for identifying
the media resource and metadata</a><br />
    2.3 <a href="#api-for-accessing-properties">API for accessing
properties</a><br />
        2.3.1 <a href="#id-properties">Identification Properties</a><br
/>
            2.3.1.1 <a href="#identifier">Identifier</a><br />
            2.3.1.2 <a href="#title">Title</a><br />
            2.3.1.3 <a href="#language">Language </a><br />
            2.3.1.4 <a href="#locator">Locator</a><br />
        2.3.2 <a href="#creation-properties">Creation Properties</a><br
/>
            2.3.2.1 <a href="#contributors">Contributor</a><br />
            2.3.2.2 <a href="#creator">Creator</a><br />
            2.3.2.3 <a href="#createDate">CreateDate</a><br />
            2.3.2.4 <a href="#location">Location</a><br />
        2.3.3 <a href="#content-properties">Content Properties</a><br />
            2.3.3.1 <a href="#description">Description</a><br />
            2.3.3.2 <a href="#keyword">Keyword</a><br />
            2.3.3.3 <a href="#genre">Genre</a><br />
            2.3.3.4 <a href="#rating">Rating</a><br />
        2.3.4 <a href="#relational-properties">Relational
Properties</a><br />
            2.3.4.1 <a href="#relation">Relation</a><br />
            2.3.4.2 <a href="#collection">Collection</a><br />
        2.3.5 <a href="#rights-properties">Rights Properties</a><br />
            2.3.5.1 <a href="#copyright">Copyright</a><br />
            2.3.5.2 <a href="#policy">Policy</a><br />
        2.3.6 <a href="#distribution-properties">Distribution
Properties</a><br />
            2.3.6.1 <a href="#publisher">Publisher</a><br />
            2.3.6.2 <a href="#targetaudience">TargetAudience</a><br
/>
        2.3.7 <a href="#fragments-properties">Fragments
Properties</a><br />
            2.3.7.1 <a href="#fragments">Fragments</a><br />
            2.3.7.2 <a href="#namedfragments">NamedFragments</a><br
/>
        2.3.8 <a href="#technical-properties">API for Technical
Properties</a><br />
            2.3.8.1 <a href="#framesize">FrameSize</a><br />
            2.3.8.2 <a href="#compression">Compression</a><br />
            2.3.8.3 <a href="#duration">Duration</a><br />
            2.3.8.4 <a href="#format">Format</a><br />
            2.3.8.5 <a href="#samplingrate">Samplingrate</a><br />
            2.3.8.6 <a href="#framerate">Framerate</a><br />
            2.3.8.7 <a href="#bitrate">Bitrate</a><br />
            2.3.8.8 <a href="#numtracks">NumTracks</a><br />
    2.4 <a href="#api-for-diagnosis">API for retrieval of reason of an
error</a><br />
    2.5 <a href="#api-for-iterating-operation">API for iterating</a><br />
        2.5.1 <a
href="#getPropertyNamesWithValues">getPropertyNamesWithValues</a><br />
        2.5.2 <a
href="#getSourceFormatsWithValues">getSourceFormatsWithValues</a><br />
        2.5.3 <a href="#getOriginalData">getOriginalData</a><br />
3 <a href="#examples">Examples of how to use the API</a><br />
4 <a href="#security">Security Considerations</a><br />
</p>

<h3><a name="appendices" id="appendices"></a>Appendices</h3>

<p class="toc">A <a href="#webidl-for-api">Web IDL description for API</a><br />
B <a href="#normative-references">References(Normative)</a><br />
C <a href="#non-normative-references">References(Non-Normative)</a><br />
D <a href="#acknowledgments">Acknowledgements</a> (Non-Normative)<br />
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<div class="div1">
<h2><a name="introduction" id="introduction"></a>1 Introduction</h2>

<p><em>This section is informative.</em></p>

<table border="1" summary="Editorial note">
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%"><b>Editorial note</b></td>
      <td align="right" valign="top" width="50%"> </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">This part will be elaborated in
        the perspectives of reason why we want to provide an API and an
        explanation on who should use/implement it.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

<p>This specification defines a client-side API to access metadata information
related to media resources on the Web. The overall purpose of the API is to
provide developers with a convenient access to metadata information stored in
different metadata formats. Thereby, the <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/mediaont-10/#core-property-definitions">Media
Ontology Core Properties</a> will be used as a pivot vocabulary in the API. The
description of relations between these core properties and the metadata formats
in scope (<a href="#formats-in-scope"><b>1.1 Formats in scope</b></a>) are
stored in the Media Ontology in order to provide cross-community data
integration. The API will be introduced in an abstract manner using the
interface definition language <cite><a href="#webidl">Web IDL</a></cite>. The
decision to use Web IDL, which offers bindings for ECMAScript and Java, can be
based on the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/media-annot-reqs/">Use Cases and
Requirements for Ontology and API for Media Object 1.0</a>. This document
clearly states that the focus for this API lies on multimedia services on the
Web.</p>

<p>The API serves as a mediator between a developer and the underlying <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/mediaont-10/">Ontology for Media Resource 1.0</a>
with the goal to support interoperability between metadata formats. It offers
GET operations to retrieve particular metadata informations represented in a
certain metadata format related to media ressources on the Web.</p>

<p>The initial version of this document contains only a limited description of
API. In addtion, there are many open issues including definitions of return
types. Nevertheless it is being published with the aspiration to gather wide
feedback on the yet available API design.</p>

<div class="div2">
<h3><a name="formats-in-scope" id="formats-in-scope"></a>1.1 Formats in
scope</h3>

<p>Refers to the <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/mediaont-10/#formats-in-scope">formats in scope</a>
of <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/mediaont-10/">Ontology for Media Resource
1.0</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="div2">
<h3><a name="formats-out-of-scope" id="formats-out-of-scope"></a>1.2 Formats
out of scope</h3>

<p>Refers to the <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/mediaont-10/#formats-out-of-scope">Formats out of
scope</a> of <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/mediaont-10/">Ontology for Media
Resource 1.0</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="div2">
<h3><a name="terminology" id="terminology"></a>1.3 Terminology</h3>

<p>In this document the terms "Media Resource", "Property", "Mapping" and
"Property value type" are to be interpreted as defined in <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/mediaont-10/#Terminology">Section 2 of Ontology for
Media Resource 1.0</a>.</p>
</div>
</div>

<div class="div1">
<h2><a name="api-description" id="api-description"></a>2 API Description</h2>

<table border="1" summary="Editorial note">
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%"><b>Editorial note</b></td>
      <td align="right" valign="top" width="50%"> </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">There are many open issues
        about SET interfaces, so these issues will be covered later.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

<div class="div2">
<h3><a name="design-consideration" id="design-consideration"></a>2.1 Design
consideration</h3>

<p>This part defines the interface for accessing the metadata. The API has been
described using <cite><a href="#webidl">Web IDL</a></cite>. All properties can
be accessed through a specific operation, encapsulated in the
<code>MediaResource</code> interface within the <code>mawg</code> module.
Currently, only read access is defined. When an attempt to read a property
fails, diagnostics information can be obtained using a diagnosis operation.
Certain properties have complex structures so the return type consists of one
or more <code>object</code> types. The structure of these objects is still to
be defined, currently these follow different interfaces which have been defined
in the <code>returnValues</code> module.</p>

<p>Note that, some of these interfaces inherit from the <code>MAObject</code>
interface and the <code>Language</code> interface. </p>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Web IDL syntax:</dt>
    <dd>
      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>     	
		interface MAObject {
			attribute DOMString unstructuredValue;
	  		attribute DOMString uri;
			attribute DOMString sourceFormat;
			attribute DOMString fragmentIdentifier;
			attribute DOMString mappingType;
	  	};
		
		interface Language {
			attribute DOMString language;
			};
			
							</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>MAObject</code> interface has an attribute
      <code>unstructeredValue</code> using <code>DOMString</code>. If it is not
      clear how a certain value for a property should be structured, this
      attribute allows to describe the value in plain text. A <code>uri</code>
      attribute is provided which should hold an URI. This can for example be
      used to represent labels as uri's. A <code>language</code> attribute
      allows to specify the language of the returned property. The
      <code>sourceFormat</code> attribute allows to specify the metadata source
      from which the metadata was retrieved. The
      <code>fragmentIdentifier</code> attribute determins the fragment for
      which the metadata is relevant. Lastly, the <code>mappingType</code>
      attribute specifies the kind of mapping as discussed in <a
      href="http://www.w3.org/TR/mediaont-10/#semantic-level-mappings">the
      semantic level mappings</a>. </p>
      <p>The <code>Language</code> interface includes an attribute
      <code>language</code> that holds the language of the metadata.</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>We consider two scenarios where the API could be implemented: either in the
user agent (scenario 1) or as a web service (scenario 2). The two scenarios are
shown in the figure. </p>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Scenario 1: User agent</dt>
    <dd><p>The API is implemented in the user agent (e.g., browser or browser
      plugin) and exposed as a JavaScript API (using the WebIDL JavaScript
      binding). The user agent includes the components for metadata access
      (possibly extraction) and mappings for a supported set of formats. The
      metadata sources (the media resource and/or metadata document(s)) must be
      retrievable and access (establish connection, retrieval) of the metadata
      sources is handled by the user agent.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Scenario 2: Web service</dt>
    <dd><p>The API is implemented as a Web service. Such an implementation
      would be typically used by a non-UI client, such as an agent harvesting
      metadata. However, the API could be also accessed from a user agent, and
      used the same way as described in scenario 1 by the help of a JavaScript
      library for accessing the web service. At the back-end of the web
      service, this scenario also allows supporting a media repository (e.g.
      content provider's archive database, movie store) from which the user
      agent could directly retrieve metadata sources and which might have a
      custom metadata format not supported by a user agent. In contrast to an
      integrated component (see scenario 1), an implementation of the API in a
      web service could do more complex mappings on the fly as a component
      integrated in a user agent, and can be more flexible (e.g., supporting
      additional formats). </p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p><img src="API_options.png" alt="Overview of different API options." /></p>

<p>In both scenarios, the access to the metadata properties needs the following
stack of components:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>An implementation of the API for Media Resource (as defined in this
    document), which providers the actual getter methods for the properties.</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>An implementation of the mappings from a specific source format to the
    properties of the media ontology (as defined in Ontology for Media Resource
    1.0).</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>A format specific API to access the metadata. This is can be an API
    for accessing a metadata document describing a media resource (e.g. an XML
    parser and a set of XPath statements) or an extractor the read metadata
    embedded in the media resource (e.g. a library to read EXIF information
    from JPEG images). In order to define the context on which the API for
    Media Resource is working (cf. Section 2.2), it is assumed that there is at
    least a unidirectional reference from the media resource to the metadata
    document or vice versa. If this is not the case such a reference needs to
    be provided by the web application (scenario 1), web service (scenario 2)
    or media repository (scenario 2).</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div2">
<h3><a name="api-for-identifying-media-resource"
id="api-for-identifying-media-resource"></a>2.2 API for identifying the media
resource and metadata</h3>

<p>This part defines part of the interface for identifying the Media Resource
for which the API will grant access to. One general operation is defined that
allows access to the properties. The specific property is passed as an argument
and a list of objects is returned that hold the values according to the
requested property. Depending on the requested property, the returned objects
follow a different interface. These are listed in the following sections. </p>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Web IDL syntax:</dt>
    <dd>
      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre> boolean setContext(in DOMString mediaResource, in optional Object[] metadataSources );</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>setContext</code> operation allows to set the specific
      Media Resource and metadata sources for which the API applies. The
      <code>mediaResource</code> argument identifies the Media Resource. The
      implementation of the API should try to find relevant metadata sources
      for this Media Resource. Additionally, the <code>metadataSources</code>
      argument allows to identify other metadata sources which should be
      included by the API. This argument is an array of objects, each
      implementing the <code>MetadataSource</code> interface. This interface
      holds an uri identifying the metadata source
      (<code>metadataSource</code>) and the name of the actual metadata format
      (<code>sourceFormat</code>). The return value of the operation is a
      boolean stating whether the Media Resource and metadata sources were
      succesfully loaded. </p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>    						interface MetadataSource {
    						attribute DOMString metadataSource;
    						attribute DOMString sourceFormat;
    						};
    					</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>A boolean stating whether the Media Resource and metadata resources
      could be identified.</p>
    </dd>
</dl>
</div>

<div class="div2">
<h3><a name="api-for-accessing-properties"
id="api-for-accessing-properties"></a>2.3 API for accessing properties</h3>

<p>This part defines part of the interface for accessing the metadata that
describes a Media Resource. One general operation is defined that allows access
to the properties. The specific property is passed as an argument and a list of
objects is returned that hold the values according to the requested property.
Depending on the requested property, the returned objects follow a different
interface. These are listed in the following sections. </p>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Web IDL syntax:</dt>
    <dd>
      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>MAObject[] getProperty(in DOMString propertyName, in optional DOMString sourceFormat, in optional DOMString subtype,
								 in optional DOMString language, in optional DOMString fragment );</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>getProperty</code> operation allows to retrieve the value
      of a certain property. The <code>propertyName</code> argument identifies
      the property for which the values need to be retrieved. Optional
      arguments allow to refine the request. The <code>sourceFormat</code>
      identifies a specific metadata format. If a metadata format is defined,
      only the metadata available in the corresponding metadata format are
      retrieved. The <code>subtype</code> argument identifies a subtype. Some
      properties can be filtered on subtypes. The <code>language</code>
      argument allows to identify the language of the metadata. Only if the
      metadata is available in the specified language, the values are returned.
      Finally, the <code>fragment</code> argument allows to identify the
      specific media fragment for which the metadata is requested.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>MAObjects</code> that hold the values of the
      requested property.Depending on the requested property, these objects
      implement a different interface. The next sections list the different
      properties and the returned objects.</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<div class="div3">
<h4><a name="id-properties" id="id-properties"></a>2.3.1 Identification
Properties</h4>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="identifier" id="identifier"></a>2.3.1.1 Identifier</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>identifier</code> property identifies a resource. </p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>StringObject</code> interface. The <code>value</code> attribute
      should represent a URI identifying the resource, the <code>type</code>
      attribute holds the type of the identifier, which can be filtered on in
      the <code>getProperty</code> operation. Possible values are " UMID" and
      "ISAN". </p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface Identifier: MAObject {
			attribute DOMString value;
        		attribute DOMString type;
	        	};
        					</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["http://www.w3.org/2008/WebVideo/Annotations/wiki/Image:MAWG-Stockholm-20090626.JPG"]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=identifier</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "identifier" :
    ["http://www.w3.org/2008/WebVideo/Annotations/wiki/Image:MAWG-Stockholm-20090626.JPG"]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="title" id="title"></a>2.3.1.2 Title</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>title</code> property defines the title of the document,
      or the name given to the resource.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>Title</code> interface. The <code>value</code> attribute should
      hold the title as a plain string. Additionally, a <code>type</code>
      describes the type of the title, which can be filtered on in the
      <code>getProperty</code> operation. Possibilities for this are "Album
      title" and "Song title".</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface Title: MAObject, Language {
			attribute DOMString value;
			attribute DOMString type;
		};
					</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["MAWG Stockholm 20090626",""]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=title</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "title" : ["MAWG Stockholm 20090626"]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="language" id="language"></a>2.3.1.3 Language </h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>language</code> property specifies a language used in the
      entity, Recommended best practice is to use BCP 47 [<cite><a
      href="#bcp47">BCP 47</a></cite>]. </p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>StringObject</code> interface. The <code>value</code> attribute
      should represent the language as a plain string.</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface StringObject: MAObject {
			attribute DOMString value;
		};
					</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["en-us"]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=language</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "language" : ["en-us"]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="locator" id="locator"></a>2.3.1.4 Locator</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>locator</code> property holds a URI at which the entity
      can be accessed (e.g. a URL, or a DVB URI).</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>StringObject</code> interface. The <code>value</code> attribute
      should hold the URI.</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface StringObject: MAObject {
			attribute DOMString value;
		};
					</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["http://www.w3.org/2008/WebVideo/Annotations/wiki/images/9/93/MAWG-Stockholm-20090626.JPG"]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=locator</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "locator" :
    ["http://www.w3.org/2008/WebVideo/Annotations/wiki/images/9/93/MAWG-Stockholm-20090626.JPG"]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>

<div class="div3">
<h4><a name="creation-properties" id="creation-properties"></a>2.3.2 Creation
Properties</h4>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="contributors" id="contributors"></a>2.3.2.1 Contributor</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>contributor</code> property holds a pair identifying the
      contributors and the nature of the contribution. E.g. actor, cameraman,
      director, singer, author, artist (Note: subject see addition of
      contributors type) identifies a resource.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>Contributor</code> interface. This object has an attribute
      <code>id</code> which identifies the contributor. Additionally, the
      <code>role</code> attribute defines the role, which can be filtered on in
      the <code>getProperty</code> operation. For the latter a number of
      suggested terms are defined: </p>
      <ul>
        <li><p>editor (EBU 11.1)</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>actor (EBU 25.9)</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>composer</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>featured_in</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>cinematographer</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>director</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>musicproducer</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>producer</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>screenplayer</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>writer</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>distributor (company)</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>production company</p>
        </li>
      </ul>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface Contributor: MAObject {
			attribute DOMString id;
			attribute DOMString role;
		};
				  </pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["http://individuals.example.com/Contributor1", "editor"],
      ["http://individuals.example.com/Contributor2", "producer"]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request:
    http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=contributors</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "contributors" : ["editor (EBU 11.1)", "actor
    (EBU 25.9)", "composer", "featured_in", "cinematographer", "director",
    "musicproducer", "producer", "screenplayer", "writer", "distributor
    (company)", "production company"]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="creator" id="creator"></a>2.3.2.2 Creator</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>creator</code> property holds the authors of the resource
      (listed in order of precedence, if significant).</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>StringObject</code> interface. The <code>value</code> attribute
      should hold an identifier for an author.</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface StringObject: MAObject {
			attribute DOMString value;
		};
					</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["http://individuals.example.com/Author1",
      "http://individuals.example.com/Author2"]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=creator</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "creator" :
    ["http://individuals.example.com/Author1",
    "http://individuals.example.com/Author2"]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="createDate" id="createDate"></a>2.3.2.3 CreateDate</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>createDate</code> property holds the date and time the
      entity was originally created. (for commercial purpose there might be an
      annotation of publication date). </p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>Date</code> interface. The exact format of the <code>date</code>
      attribute is currently undefined. It should hold a <code>type</code>
      attribute defining the specific type of creation, which can be filtered
      on in the <code>getProperty</code> operation. Possibilities are "Create
      Date" and "Publish Date".</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface Date: MAObject {
			attribute DOMString date;
			attribute DOMString type;
		};				  
				  </pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>[2009-06-26T15:30:00]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=createDate</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "createDate" : ["2009-06-26T15:30:00"]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="location" id="location"></a>2.3.2.4 Location</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>location</code> property holds the location where the
      resource has been shot/recorded.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>Location</code> interface. The <code>name</code> attribute holds a
      free text name of the location. The <code>longitude</code>,
      <code>latitude</code>, and <code>altitude</code> determin the spatial
      coordinates according to the system defined in <code>system</code>.</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface Location: MAObject, Language {
			attribute DOMString name;
			attribute Float longitude;
			attribute Float latitude;
			attribute Float altitude;
			attribute DOMString system;
		};
				  </pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["San Jose", 37.33986481118008, -121.88507080078125, 0, "GPS"]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=location</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "location" : ["San Jose", 37.33986481118008,
    -121.88507080078125, 0, "GPS"]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>

<div class="div3">
<h4><a name="content-properties" id="content-properties"></a>2.3.3 Content
Properties</h4>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="description" id="description"></a>2.3.3.1 Description</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>description</code> property holds a textual description of
      the content of the resource.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>StringObject</code> interface. The <code>value</code> attribute
      should hold a description of the content of the media resource.</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface StringObject: MAObject, Language {
			attribute DOMString value;
		};
					</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["Group picture of the W3C Media Annotations WG at the face-to-face
      meeting in Stockholm."]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=description</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "description" : ["Group picture of the W3C
    Media Annotations WG at the face-to-face meeting in Stockholm."]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="keyword" id="keyword"></a>2.3.3.2 Keyword</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>keyword</code> property represents a keyword that
      specifies the topic of the content of the resource.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>StringObject</code> interface. The <code>value</code> attribute
      should hold one keyword.</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface StringObject: MAObject, Language {
			attribute DOMString value;
		};
					</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["W3C Media Annotations WG", "meeting", "group picture"]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=keyword</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "keyword" : ["W3C Media Annotations WG",
    "meeting", "group picture"]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="genre" id="genre"></a>2.3.3.3 Genre</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>genre</code> property describes the genre of the
      entity.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>StringObject</code> interface. The <code>value</code> attribute
      should represent the genre of the media resource.</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface StringObject: MAObject, Language {
			attribute DOMString value;
		};
					</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["Work"]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=genre</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "genre" : ["Work"]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="rating" id="rating"></a>2.3.3.4 Rating</h5>

<table border="1" summary="Editorial note">
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%"><b>Editorial note</b></td>
      <td align="right" valign="top" width="50%"> </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">It should be clarified about
        what the 'context' of a rating is</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>rating</code> property holds information to identify the
      rating person or organization and the rating (real value). Additionally,
      a minimum and maximum value can be given. Lastly, information on the
      context of the rating is also included.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>Rating</code> interface. This object holds an attribute
      <code>issuer</code> to identify the rating person or organization. Next,
      the rating <code>value</code> can be represented, together with the
      <code>minimum</code> and <code>maximum</code> rating values. These allow
      to interpret the rating value. Lastly, a textual description of the
      <code>context</code> can be given. A <code>type</code> attribute
      determines the type of the rating, which can be filtered on in the
      <code>getProperty</code> operation. Possibilities are "Review Rating",
      "MPAA", "Personal Rating"</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface Rating: MAObject, Language {
	        		attribute DOMString issuer;
			attribute short value;
			attribute short minimum;
			attribute short maximum;
			attribute DOMString type;
		};
				  </pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["http://individuals.example.com/ChrisPoppe", 10.0, 0, 10.0,
      "Personal Rating"]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=rating</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "rating" :
    ["http://individuals.example.com/ChrisPoppe", 10.0, 0, 10.0, "Personal
    Rating"]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>

<div class="div3">
<h4><a name="relational-properties" id="relational-properties"></a>2.3.4
Relational Properties</h4>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="relation" id="relation"></a>2.3.4.1 Relation</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>relation</code> property holds pairs identifying the
      entities and the nature of the realtionships. E.g. transcript,
      original_work.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>Relation</code> interface. This object holds an attribute
      <code>id</code> to identify the entitiy. A textual description of the
      relationship is represented using the <code>relationship</code>
      attribute, which can be filtered on in the <code>getProperty</code>
      operation. For the latter a number of suggested terms are defined:</p>
      <ul>
        <li><p>version of</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>reference</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>sound tracks</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>influenced by</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>re-edit</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>adapted_work</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>translated</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>interpretation</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>followed by</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>similar theme</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>similar touch</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>is similar to</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>nominated award</p>
        </li>
        <li><p>origin country</p>
        </li>
      </ul>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface Relation: MAObject {
			attribute DOMString id;
			attribute DOMString relationship;
		};				  
				  </pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["http://www.w3.org/2008/WebVideo/Annotations/wiki/Image:MAWG-Stockholm-20090626_thumb.JPG",
      "re-edit"]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=relation</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "relation" :
    ["http://www.w3.org/2008/WebVideo/Annotations/wiki/Image:MAWG-Stockholm-20090626_thumb.JPG",
    "re-edit"]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="collection" id="collection"></a>2.3.4.2 Collection</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>collection</code> property holds a name of the collection
      from wich the entities originates.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>StringObject</code> interface. The <code>value</code> attribute
      should hold the name of the collection from which the media resource
      originates.</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface StringObject: MAObject, Language {
			attribute DOMString value;
		};
					</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["My Work Pictures"]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=collection</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "collection" : ["My Work Pictures"]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>

<div class="div3">
<h4><a name="rights-properties" id="rights-properties"></a>2.3.5 Rights
Properties</h4>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="copyright" id="copyright"></a>2.3.5.1 Copyright</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>copyright</code> property holds the copyright statement
      and an identification of the copyrights holder (DRM is out of scope for
      MAWG).</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of<code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>Copyright</code> interface. This object holds an attribute
      <code>statement</code> that holds the copyright statement. An array of
      <code>DOMString</code> elements is used to denote the copyright holders
      and stored in attribute <code>holder</code>.</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface Copyright: MAObject, Language {
			attribute DOMString statement;
			attribute DOMString[] holder;
		};
				  </pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["All images in the collection are copyrighted by John Doe",
      "http://individuals.example.com/JohnDoe"]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request:
    http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=rights-properties</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "rights-properties" : ["All images in the
    collection are copyrighted by John Doe",
    "http://individuals.example.com/JohnDoe]"</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="policy" id="policy"></a>2.3.5.2 Policy</h5>

<table border="1" summary="Editorial note">
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%"><b>Editorial note</b></td>
      <td align="right" valign="top" width="50%"> </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">license/statement attribute: is
        this really free text? </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>policy</code> property holds a description of the
      rights-related information regarding the media resource.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>Policy</code> interface. This object holds an attribute
      <code>policy</code> that holds the description of the license. Attribute
      <code>organization</code> identifies the organization that issued the
      license. Lastly, the <code>type</code> holds the actual type of the
      policy, which can be filtered on in the <code>getProperty</code>
      operation. Current possibilities are "license", "access", and
      "privacy".</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface Policy: MAObject, Language {
			attribute DOMString policy;
			attribute DOMString organization;
			attribute DOMString type;
		};
				  </pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["Attribution 2.5 ",
      "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5"]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=policy</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "policy" : ["Attribution 2.5 ",
    "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5"]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>

<div class="div3">
<h4><a name="distribution-properties" id="distribution-properties"></a>2.3.6
Distribution Properties</h4>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="publisher" id="publisher"></a>2.3.6.1 Publisher</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>publisher</code> property holds identification of the
      publisher of the entitiy. Examples of a Publisher include a person, an
      organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be
      used to indicate the entity.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>StringObject</code> interface. The <code>value</code> attribute
      should represent the name of the publisher.</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>	interface StringObject: MAObject, Language  {
		attribute DOMString value;
	};
					</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["http://individuals.example.com/JohnDoe"]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=publisher</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "publisher" :
    ["http://individuals.example.com/JohnDoe"]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="targetaudience" id="targetaudience"></a>2.3.6.2 TargetAudience</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>targetAudience</code> property holds a pair identifying
      the issuer of the classification (agency) and the classification. E.g.
      parental guide, targeted geographical region. Lastly, a <code>type</code>
      attribute defines the type of the classification. Possible values are
      "Age group" and "Geographical".</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>TargetAudience</code> interface. This object has an attribute
      <code>issuer</code> which identifies the issuer of the classification.
      Additionally, the <code>classification</code> attribute defines the
      actual classification. Lastly, a <code>type</code> attribute determins
      the type of the classification, which can be filtered on in the
      <code>getProperty</code> operation. Possibilities include "Age group" and
      "Geographical". </p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface TargetAudience: MAObject, Language {
			attribute DOMString issuer;
			attribute DOMString classification;
			attribute DOMString type;
		};
				  </pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["http://www.fosi.org/icra","no nudity", "Age Group"]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request:
    http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=targetaudience</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "targetaudience" :
    ["http://www.fosi.org/icra","no nudity", "Age Group"]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>

<div class="div3">
<h4><a name="fragments-properties" id="fragments-properties"></a>2.3.7
Fragments Properties</h4>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="fragments" id="fragments"></a>2.3.7.1 Fragments</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>fragments</code> property holds a list of pairs of
      fragment role and fragment identifier (e.g. chapters, favourite
      scenes).</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>Fragment</code> interface. This object holds an attribute
      <code>role</code> that holds the role of the fragment. The attribute
      <code>identifier</code> is used to identify the fragment.</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface Fragment: MAObject {
			  attribute DOMString role;
			  attribute DOMString identifier;
		};
				  </pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>[["Person",
      "http://www.example.com/movie.mov#xywh=320,320,40,100"],</p>
      <p>["Person", "http://www.example.com/movie.mov#xywh=300,350,40, 40"]]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=fragments</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "fragments" : [["Person",
    "http://www.example.com/movie.mov#xywh=320,320,40,100"],["Person",
    "http://www.example.com/movie.mov#xywh=300,350,40, 40"]]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="namedfragments" id="namedfragments"></a>2.3.7.2 NamedFragments</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>namedFragments</code> property holds the list of named
      fragments annotated for this resource (pairs of label and fragment
      identifier).</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>NamedFragment</code> interface. This object holds an attribute
      <code>name</code> with the name given to the fragment. The attribute
      <code>identifier</code> is used to identify the fragment.</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface NamedFragment: MAObject {
			  attribute DOMString name;	
			  attribute DOMString identifier;
		};
				  </pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>[["Joakim Söderberg",
      "http://www.w3.org/2008/WebVideo/Annotations/wiki/Image:MAWG-Stockholm-20090626.JPG#xywh=1600,550,80,150]",</p>
      <p>["Chris Poppe",
      "http://www.w3.org/2008/WebVideo/Annotations/wiki/Image:MAWG-Stockholm-20090626.JPG#xywh=1400,600,80,
      80]]"</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request:
    http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=namedFragments</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "namedfragments" : [["Joakim Söderberg",
    "http://www.w3.org/2008/WebVideo/Annotations/wiki/Image:MAWG-Stockholm-20090626.JPG#xywh=1600,550,80,150"],
    ["Chris Poppe",
    "http://www.w3.org/2008/WebVideo/Annotations/wiki/Image:MAWG-Stockholm-20090626.JPG#xywh=1400,600,80,
    80"]]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>

<div class="div3">
<h4><a name="technical-properties" id="technical-properties"></a>2.3.8 API for
Technical Properties</h4>

<p>This part defines the interfaces for accessing the technical metadata that
describe information for dealing with the creation or storage encoding
processes or formats of the resource.</p>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="framesize" id="framesize"></a>2.3.8.1 FrameSize</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>frameSize</code> property determines the frame size.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>FrameSize</code> interface. This object has an attribute
      <code>width</code> and <code>height</code> to represent the width and
      height of the frame, respectively.</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface FrameSize: MAObject {
			  attribute unsigned long width;
			  attribute unsigned long height;
		};
				  </pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>[3.072, 2.304]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request:
    http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=technical-properties</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "technical-properties" : [3.072, 2.304]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="compression" id="compression"></a>2.3.8.2 Compression</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>compression</code> property holds the compression type
      used. Note: it might be possible to use extended mime type, see RFC
      4281.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>StringObject</code> interface. The <code>value</code> attribute
      should hold the compression type as a plain string.</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>	interface StringObject: MAObject, Language  {
		attribute DOMString value;
	};
					</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["H.264/AVC"]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=compression</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "compression" : ["H.264/AVC"]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="duration" id="duration"></a>2.3.8.3 Duration</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>duration</code> property represents the duration of the
      entitiy.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>FloatObject</code> interface. The <code>value</code> attribute
      should represent the duration (in secs).</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface FloatObject: MAObject {
		attribute unsigned long value;
	};
					</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>[3600]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=duration</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "duration" : [3600]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="format" id="format"></a>2.3.8.4 Format</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>format</code> property holds the MIME type of the entity
      (wrapper, bucket media types).</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>StringObject</code> interface. The <code>value</code> attribute
      should hold the MIME type as a plain string.</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>	interface StringObject: MAObject, Language  {
		attribute DOMString value;
	};
					</pre>
      </div>
      <p>A <code>DOMString</code> representing the MIME type.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["image/jpeg"]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=format</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "format" : ["image/jpeg"]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="samplingrate" id="samplingrate"></a>2.3.8.5 Samplingrate</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>samplingrate</code> property holds the samplingrate of an
      audio file. Only applicable for audio.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>UnsignedLongObject</code> interface. The <code>value</code>
      attribute should represent the samplingrate (in Hz).</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface UnsignedLongObject: MAObject {
		attribute unsigned long value;
	};
					</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>[100]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request:
    http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=samplingrate</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "samplingrate" : [100]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="framerate" id="framerate"></a>2.3.8.6 Framerate</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>framerate</code> property holds the frame rate of the
      video. Only applicable for video.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>FloatObject</code> interface. The <code>value</code> attribute
      should represent the framerate (in fps).</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface FloatObject: MAObject {
		attribute float value;
	};
					</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>[30]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=framerate</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "framerate" : [30]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="bitrate" id="bitrate"></a>2.3.8.7 Bitrate</h5>

<table border="1" summary="Editorial note">
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%"><b>Editorial note</b></td>
      <td align="right" valign="top" width="50%"> </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Should bitrate be a number?
        What about Variable Bit Rate? Or would we raise NoValue in that
      case?</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>bitrate</code> property holds the average bitrate. Only
      applicable for audio and video.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>FloatObject</code> interface. The <code>value</code> attribute
      should represent the bitrate (in kbps).</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface FloatObject: MAObject {
		attribute float value;
	};
					</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>[100]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=bitrate</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "bitrate" : [100]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div4">
<h5><a name="numtracks" id="numtracks"></a>2.3.8.8 NumTracks</h5>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>The <code>numTracks</code> property holds the number of tracks.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>object</code> elements implementing the
      <code>UnsignedShortObject</code> interface. The <code>value</code>
      attribute should represent the number of tracks.</p>

      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>interface StringObject: MAObject {
		attribute unsigned short value;
	};
					</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>[2]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=numtracks</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "numtracks" : [2]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>

<div class="div2">
<h3><a name="api-for-diagnosis" id="api-for-diagnosis"></a>2.4 API for
retrieval of reason of an error</h3>

<p>This part defines part of the interface that allows to retrieve the reason
for an error. </p>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Web IDL syntax:</dt>
    <dd>
      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>     DOMString getDiagnosis();
    						</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>This operation allows to retrieve the reason for an error (e.g., the
      <code>getProperty</code> operation returning a null value). </p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>A <code>DOMString</code> representing the reason for the last
      error.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["Property undefined for this media type."]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request:
    http://example.com/my-media-resource/?ma-query=numtracks&amp;getDiagnosis=</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "getDiagnosis" : ["Property undefined for this
    media type."]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div2">
<h3><a name="api-for-iterating-operation"
id="api-for-iterating-operation"></a>2.5 API for iterating</h3>

<p>This part defines part of the interface for iterating over the available
metadata for a Media Resource. </p>

<div class="div3">
<h4><a name="getPropertyNamesWithValues"
id="getPropertyNamesWithValues"></a>2.5.1 getPropertyNamesWithValues</h4>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Web IDL syntax:</dt>
    <dd>
      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>     DOMString[] getPropertyNamesWithValues(in optional DOMString sourceFormat,
 	in optional DOMString language, in optional DOMString fragment);
      					</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>This operation allows to retrieve all property names for which
      metadata is available. If this operation returns a property name, this
      means that a call to the <code>getProperty</code> operation with the
      corresponding property name will return at least one object.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>DOMStrings</code> representing the names of the
      properties that will return values when accessed throug the
      <code>getProperty</code> operation.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["identifier", "title"]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request:
    http://example.com/my-media-resource/?getPropertyNamesWithValues=</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "getPropertyNamesWithValues" : ["identifier",
    "title"]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div3">
<h4><a name="getSourceFormatsWithValues"
id="getSourceFormatsWithValues"></a>2.5.2 getSourceFormatsWithValues</h4>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Web IDL syntax:</dt>
    <dd>
      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>     DOMString[] getSourceFormatsWithValues(in optional DOMString language);
      					</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>This operation allows to retrieve all source formats for which
      metadata is available. If this operation returns a source format, this
      means that a call to the <code>getProperty</code> operation with the
      corresponding source format will return at least one object.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>DOMStrings</code> representing the names of the
      source formats that will return values when accessed throug the
      <code>getProperty</code> operation.</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["MPEG-7", "EXIF"]</p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request:
    http://example.com/my-media-resource/?getSourceFormatsWithValues=</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "getSourceFormatsWithValues" : ["MPEG-7",
    "EXIF"]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="div3">
<h4><a name="getOriginalData" id="getOriginalData"></a>2.5.3
getOriginalData</h4>
<dl>
  <dt class="label">Web IDL syntax:</dt>
    <dd>
      <div class="exampleInner">
      <pre>     DOMString[] getOriginalData(in DOMString sourceFormat);
      					</pre>
      </div>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Description:</dt>
    <dd><p>This operation allows to retrieve the original metadata according to
      the specified source format. </p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Return type:</dt>
    <dd><p>An array of <code>DOMStrings</code> that hold the original metadata.
      Each DOMString corresponds to one metadata source. The type of the
      metadata depends on the source format (e.g., XML for MPEG-7, binary code
      for EXIF).</p>
    </dd>
  <dt class="label">Example:</dt>
    <dd><p>["&lt;?xml version="1.0"?&gt; &lt;metadata
      xmlns="http://example.org/myapp/"
      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
      xsi:schemaLocation="http://example.org/myapp/
      http://example.org/myapp/schema.xsd"
      xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"&gt; &lt;dc:title&gt;DC
      title&lt;/dc:title&gt;&lt;/metadata&gt;"] </p>
    </dd>
</dl>

<p>Usage as a service:</p>
<ul>
  <li><p>Request: http://example.com/my-media-resource/?getOriginalData=</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Response (JSON format): "getOriginalData" : ["&lt;?xml
    version="1.0"?&gt; &lt;metadata xmlns="http://example.org/myapp/"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://example.org/myapp/
    http://example.org/myapp/schema.xsd"
    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"&gt; &lt;dc:title&gt;DC
    title&lt;/dc:title&gt;&lt;/metadata&gt;"]</p>
  </li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>

<div class="div1">
<h2><a name="examples" id="examples"></a>3 Examples of how to use the API</h2>

<table border="1" summary="Editorial note">
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%"><b>Editorial note</b></td>
      <td align="right" valign="top" width="50%"> </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">This part will illustrate how
        to use the API in the actual (working) implementations</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<div class="div1">
<h2><a name="security" id="security"></a>4 Security Considerations</h2>

<p><em>This section is informative.</em></p>

<table border="1" summary="Editorial note">
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%"><b>Editorial note</b></td>
      <td align="right" valign="top" width="50%"> </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">It is required to be considered
        in the perspectives of developer, user and content’s provider. This
        will be revised with more security issues.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

<p>This specification defines a client-side API to access metadata information
related to media resources on the Web. These APIs will provide the methods for
getting and setting metadata information which can be in one of different
formats, either as separate document or embedded in media resources. So far
concerning the setting method, there could be security consideration issues.</p>

<p>There are related activity and technical documents in W3C such as <cite><a
href="#policyReq">Policy Requirements</a></cite> in DAP WG, <cite><a
href="#odrl">ODRL 1.1</a></cite>, <cite><a href="#p3p">P3P 1.1</a></cite> and
<cite><a href="#pling">PLING Wiki</a></cite>.</p>
</div>
</div>

<div class="back">

<div class="div1">
<h2><a name="webidl-for-api" id="webidl-for-api"></a>A Web IDL description for
API</h2>

<div class="exampleInner">
<pre>module mawg {
	interface MediaResource {

	  	//Media Resource context
	  	boolean setContext(in DOMString mediaResource, in optional Object[] metadataSources );
	  	
	  	// Property Access
	  	object[] getProperty(in DOMString propertyName, in optional DOMString sourceFormat, in optional DOMString subtype,
	  			       in optional DOMString language, in optional DOMString fragment );
	  	
	  	//Iterating
	  	DOMString[] getPropertyNamesWithValues(in optional DOMString sourceFormat,
	  						      in optional DOMString language, in optional DOMString fragment);
	  	DOMString[] getSourceFormatsWithValues(in optional DOMString language);
	  	DOMString getOriginalData(in DOMString sourceFormat);
	  	
	  	//Operation for retrieval of the reason of an error
	  	DOMString getDiagnosis();
	  	
	  };
  	
	interface MetadataSource {
  		attribute DOMString metadataSource;
  		attribute DOMString sourceFormat;
  	};
	  	
	module returnValues {
	
		interface MAObject {
			attribute DOMString unstructuredValue;
	  		attribute DOMString uri;
			attribute DOMString sourceFormat;
			attribute DOMString fragmentIdentifier;
	  		attribute DOMString mappingType;
	  	};
		
		interface Language {
			attribute DOMString language;
			};
		
			
		interface StringObject: MAObject, Language {
			attribute DOMString value;
	  	};
	  	
	  	interface UnsignedLongObject: MAObject {
			attribute unsigned long value;
	  	};
	  	
	  	interface UnsignedShortObject: MAObject {
			attribute unsigned short value;
	  	};
	  	
	  	interface FloatObject: MAObject {
			attribute float value;
	  	};
	  	
	  	interface Identifier: MAObject {
	  		attribute DOMString value;
	  		attribute DOMString type;
	  	};
	  	
	  	interface Title: MAObject, Language {
	  		attribute DOMString value;
	  		attribute DOMString type;
	  	};
	  	
	  	interface Contributor: MAObject {
			attribute DOMString id;
			attribute DOMString role;
		};

	  	interface Date: MAObject {
		  	attribute DOMString date;
		  	attribute DOMString type;
	  	};		
	  	
	  	interface Location: MAObject, Language {
		  	attribute DOMString name;
		  	attribute Float longitude;
		  	attribute Float latitude;
		  	attribute Float altitiude;
		  	attribute DOMString system;
	  	};
	  	
	  	interface Rating: MAObject, Language {
	               	 attribute DOMString issuer;
			attribute short value;
			attribute short minimum;
			attribute short maximum;
			attribute DOMString context;
	  		attribute DOMString type;
		};

	  	interface Relation: MAObject, Language {
			attribute DOMString id;
			attribute DOMString relationship;
		};
	  	
	  	interface Copyright: MAObject, Language {
			attribute DOMString statement;
			attribute DOMString[] holder;
		};

		interface Policy: MAObject, Language {
			attribute DOMString statement;
			attribute DOMString organization;
			attribute DOMString type;
		};
	  	
	  	interface TargetAudience: MAObject, Language {
			attribute DOMString issuer;
			attribute DOMString classification;
		};
	  	
	  	interface Fragment: MAObject, Language {
			  attribute DOMString role;
			  attribute DOMString identifier;
		};
		
		interface NamedFragment: MAObject, Language {
			  attribute DOMString name;	
			  attribute DOMString identifier;
		};
		
	  	interface FrameSize: MAObject {
			  attribute unsigned long width;
			  attribute unsigned long height;
		};
	};
};

	  </pre>
</div>
</div>

<div class="div1">
<h2><a name="normative-references" id="normative-references"></a>B
References(Normative)</h2>
<dl>
  <dt class="label"><a name="mediaontology"></a>[Ontology for Media Resource
  1.0] </dt>
    <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/mediaont-10/"><cite>Ontology for Media
      Resource 1.0</cite></a>, WonSuk Lee, Tobias Bürger, Felix Sasaki,
      Véronique Malaisé, Florian Stegmaier and Joakim Söderberg. W3C Working
      Draft, 18 June 2009. Available at http://www.w3.org/TR/mediaont-10/ .
    </dd>
</dl>
</div>

<div class="div1">
<h2><a name="non-normative-references" id="non-normative-references"></a>C
References(Non-Normative)</h2>
<dl>
  <dt class="label"><a name="bcp47"></a>[BCP 47] </dt>
    <dd><a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt"><cite>BCP 47
      (Tags for Identifying Languages)</cite></a>, A. Phillips and M. Davis,
      Editors. Available at http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt. </dd>
  <dt class="label"><a name="policyReq"></a>[Policy Requirements] </dt>
    <dd><a href="http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/policy-reqs/"><cite>Policy
      Requirement in DAP WG</cite></a>. Available at
      http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/policy-reqs/. </dd>
  <dt class="label"><a name="odrl"></a>[ODRL 1.1] </dt>
    <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/odrl/"><cite>Open Digital Rights Language
      (ODRL) Version 1.1</cite></a>, Renato Iannella. W3C Note, 19 September
      2002. Available at http://www.w3.org/TR/odrl/. </dd>
  <dt class="label"><a name="p3p"></a>[P3P 1.1] </dt>
    <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/P3P11/"><cite>The Platform for Privacy
      Preferences 1.1 (P3P1.1) Specification</cite></a>, Rigo Wenning and Rigo
      Wenning. W3C Working Group Note, 13 November 2006. Available at
      http://www.w3.org/TR/P3P11/. </dd>
  <dt class="label"><a name="pling"></a>[PLING Wiki] </dt>
    <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/Policy/pling/"><cite>PLING Wiki</cite></a>.
      Available at http://www.w3.org/Policy/pling/. </dd>
  <dt class="label"><a name="webidl"></a>[Web IDL] </dt>
    <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/WebIDL/"><cite>Web IDL</cite></a>,
      Cameron McCormack, Editor. W3C Working Draft, 19 December 2008. Available
      at http://www.w3.org/TR/WebIDL/ . </dd>
</dl>
</div>

<div class="div1">
<h2><a name="acknowledgments" id="acknowledgments"></a>D Acknowledgements
(Non-Normative)</h2>

<p>This document is the work of the <a
href="http://www.w3.org/2008/WebVideo/Annotations/">W3C Media Annotations
Working Group</a>.</p>

<p>Members of the Working Group are (at the time of writing, and by
alphabetical order): Werner Bailer (K-Space), Tobias Bürger (University of
Innsbruck), Eric Carlson (Apple, Inc.), Pierre-Antoine Champin ((public)
Invited expert), Jaime Delgado (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya),
Jean-Pierre EVAIN ((public) Invited expert), Ralf Klamma ((public) Invited
expert), WonSuk Lee (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
(ETRI)), Véronique Malaisé (Vrije Universiteit), Erik Mannens (IBBT), Hui
Miao (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.), Thierry Michel (W3C/ERCIM), Frank Nack
(University of Amsterdam), Soohong Daniel Park (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.),
Silvia Pfeiffer (W3C Invited Experts), Chris Poppe (IBBT), Víctor Rodríguez
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya), Felix Sasaki (Potsdam University of
Applied Sciences), David Singer (Apple, Inc.), Joakim Söderberg (ERICSSON),
Thai Wey Then (Apple, Inc.), Ruben Tous (Universitat Politècnica de
Catalunya), Raphaël Troncy (CWI), Vassilis Tzouvaras (K-Space), Davy Van
Deursen (IBBT). </p>

<p>The people who have contributed to <a
href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-media-annotation/">discussions
on public-media-annotation@w3.org</a> are also gratefully acknowledged. </p>
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