APPLICATION SPECIFICATIONS | Back to Specifications Overview
AS = Application Specification
(a constrained application of other specifications, suitable for a specific application, e.g. an application of a file format)
AMWA ID | Name | Description | Status |
AS-01
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AAF Edit Protocol | Edit metadata interchange using AAF. Includes base set of effects.
Project Owner: Phil Tudor, phil.tudor@bbc.co.uk |
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AS-02
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MXF Versioning (was MXF Mastering Format) | Storage of MXF program components to enable versions & inventories, for use in a multi-version, multi-lingual, multi-delivery media environment.
Project Owner: Michael Koetter, michael.koetter@turner.com |
Published. |
AS-03
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MXF Program Delivery | MXF optimized for program delivery intended for direct playout via a video server for example. This is based on a PBS profile for MXF program delivery.
Project Owner: Chris Homer, clhomer@pbs.org |
Published. |
AS-05
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AAF Effects Protocol | Extends AS-01 with color, text & opacity effects
Project Owner: James Cain, james.cain@s-a-m.com |
Published. |
AS-07
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MXF Archive & Preservation | A vendor-neutral subset of the MXF file format to use for long-term archiving and preservation of moving image content and associated materials including audio, captions, multiple legacy timecodes, and other metadata. The main users for AS-07 are archives that maintain audiovisual content for the long term.
Project Owner: Kate Murray, kmur@loc.gov |
Published. |
AS-10
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MXF for Production | MXF for end-to-end production workflow
Project Owner: Dan Shockley, dan.shockley@turner.com |
Published. |
AS-11
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Media Contribution File Formats | The AMWA AS-11 family of Specifications define constrained media file formats for the delivery of finished media assets to a broadcaster or publisher. Includes Specifications used by broadcasters in the UK (DPP), Nordic countries, Australia and New Zealand.
Project Owner: Phil Tudor, phil.tudor@bbc.co.uk |
See details of each specification, and the name of the Business Requirements Owner, for each individual AS-11 Specification |
AS-12
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MXF Commercial Delivery | MXF format optimized for the delivery of finished commercials to broadcast stations. AS-12 adds advertising identification metadata to an advertisement contained in an AMWA MXF Application Specification compliant MXF file.
Project Owner: Harold Geller, hgeller@ad-id.org |
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