Term: Metadata, supplemental
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Term: Metadata, supplemental
- Definition:
Metadata that augments the information required for system integration or specification compliance. Supplementary metadata is often represented by organization specific descriptive (�cataloging�) or administrative metadata, or by specialized forms of process metadata that documents the general facts about the system, settings, facility, and operator when a video signal is transferred, e.g., in a reformatting (tape to file) activity. Some of this data may be essential to proper playback, for example, some cameras create packages of files with files that can inform how the files should be read and played back, containing either/both technical information about the video files themselves and information about how the file components or tracks relate to each other, such as disk, clip, or playlist information, or video stream frame rate, frames per second, and aspect ratio. Depending on the camera original format, sometimes these files must be retained in order to guarantee accurate playback of the files.
Supplementary metadata can be embedded within the file or carried as a separate sidecar file, sometimes as XML or other structured data.
- Category:
- Audio and Moving Image
- See also:
- Metadata