ISO/IEC 19566-5:2019

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 19566-5
First edition
2019-07
Information technologies — JPEG
systems —
Part 5:
JPEG universal metadata box format
(JUMBF)
Technologies de l'information — Systèmes JPEG —
Partie 5: Format universel de fichier de métadonnées pour JPEG
(JUMBF)
Reference number
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 1
3.1 Terms and definitions . 1
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 2
4 Conventions . 2
4.1 Conformance language . 2
4.2 Naming conventions for numerical values . 2
4.3 Boxes and superboxes. 3
4.4 Graphical descriptions . 3
5 Organization of the document . 4
Annex A (normative) JUMBF box file format . 5
Annex B (normative) JUMBF content types . 8
Annex C (normative) JUMBF references and requests .12
Annex D (informative) JUMBF backwards compatibility and integration .14
Bibliography .18
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Foreword
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Introduction
The JPEG universal metadata box format (JUMBF) provides a mechanism to embed and refer generic
metadata in JPEG files. Specific content types can be assigned to identify the specific type of the
embedded metadata. In addition to the content types defined in this document, other types can be
defined by other standards or by third parties. ISO/IEC 19566-4 and ISO/IEC 19566-6 both use JUMBF
to embed additional metadata in JPEG images. The JPEG XT file format (see ISO/IEC 18477-3) is used to
embed JUMBF boxes in JPEG-1 images (see ITU-T.81 | ISO/IEC 10918-1).
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO/IEC 19566-5:2019(E)
Information technologies — JPEG systems —
Part 5:
JPEG universal metadata box format (JUMBF)
1 Scope
This document describes the JPEG universal metadata box format (JUMBF), which provides a universal
format to embed any type of metadata in any box-based JPEG file format. This document defines
the syntax of the JUMBF box and the mechanism to assign specific content types. In particular, this
document specifies XML, JSON, codestream and UUID types. In addition, this document defines the
syntax to reference or request the embedded metadata content within or outside the image.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO/IEC 10646, Information technology — Universal Coded Character Set (UCS)
ISO/IEC 11578, Information technology — Open Systems Interconnection — Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
ISO/IEC 21778, Information technology — The JSON data interchange syntax
1)
FIPS PUB 180-4 , Secure Hash Standard (SHS)
W3C, Extensible Markup Language (XML 1.0), 5th edition,
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms
3.1 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https: //www .iso .org/obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at http: //www .electropedia .org/
3.1.1
box
binary structure that encapsulates an object embedded in a file
3.1.2
codestream
sequence of bits representing a compressed image and associated metadata
1) http: //dx .doi .org/10 .6028/NIST.FIPS .180 -4
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3.1.3
JUMBF content box
content box
box (3.1.1) of any type embedded in a JUMBF superbox (3.1.8) except the JUMBF description box
3.1.4
JUMBF content
content
set of all content boxes (3.1.3) embedded in a JUMBF superbox (3.1.8)
3.1.5
JUMBF content type
content type
specific type of content (3.1.4) embedded in a JUMBF box with an associated JUMBF type (3.1.6)
3.1.6
JUMBF type
UUID that implies the type of content (3.1.4) embedded in a JUMBF box
3.1.7
parent image
main image content (3.1.4) of the image file in which the JUMBF box is embedded
3.1.8
superbox
box (3.1.1) that only contains other boxes
3.2 Abbreviated terms
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
JPEG-1 image complying to ISO/IEC 10918-1
JSON JavaScript object notation
JUMBF JPEG universal metadata box format
URI uniform resource identifier
XML extensible markup language
4 Conventions
4.1 Conformance language
The keyword "reserved" indicates a provision that is not specified at this time, shall not be used, and
may be specified in the future. The keyword "forbidden" indicates "reserved" and in addition indicates
that the provision will never be specified in the future.
4.2 Naming conventions for numerical values
Integer numbers are expressed as bit patterns, hexadecimal values, or decimal numbers. Bit patterns
and hexadecimal values have both a numerical value and an associated particular length in bits.
Hexadecimal notation, indicated by prefixing the hexadecimal number by "0x", may be used instead of
binary notation to denote a bit pattern having a length that is an integer multiple of 4. For example, 0x41
represents an eight-bit pattern having only its second most significant bit and its least significant bit
equal to 1. Numerical values that are indicated as "binary" are bit pattern values (specified as a string
of digits equal to 0, 1 or x in which the left-most bit is considered the most-significant bit and 'x' means
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either 0 or 1). Other numerical values not prefixed by "0x" are decimal values. When used in expressions,
a hexadecimal value is interpreted as having a value equal to the value of the corresponding bit pattern
evaluated as a binary representation of an unsigned integer (i.e., as the value of the number formed by
prefixing the bit pattern with a sign bit equal to 0 and interpreting the result as a two's complement
representation of an integer value). For example, the hexadecimal value 0xF is equivalent to the 4-bit
pattern '1111' and is interpreted in expressions as being equal to the decimal number 15.
4.3 Boxes and superboxes
The annexes of this document focus on the definition of boxes. The details for embedding boxes in
specific file formats are defined in the particular documents, for example ISO/IEC 15444-1 for JPEG
2000, ISO/IEC 18477-3 for JPEG-1 / JPEG XT or the more generic ISO/IEC 14496-12 ISO base media file
format (ISOBMFF).
In general, each object in the file is encapsulated within a binary structure called a box. A box that only
contains other boxes is called a superbox. The binary structure is given in Figure 1.
Figure 1 — Binary structure of a box
— LBox: box length. This field specifies the length of the box, stored as a 4-byte big-endian unsigned
integer. This value includes all of the fields of the box, including the length and type. If the value of
this field is 1, then the XLBox field shall exist and the value of that field shall be the actual length of
the box. If the value of this field is 0, then the length of the box was not known when the LBox field
was written. In this case, this box contains all bytes up to the end of the file. If a box of length 0 is
contained within another box (its superbox), then the length of that superbox shall also be 0. This
means that this box is the last box in the file. The values 2-7 are reserved for ITU-T | ISO/IEC use.
— TBox: box type. This field specifies the type of information found in the Payload Data field. The
value of this field is encoded as a 4-byte big-endian unsigned integer. However, boxes are generally
referred to by an ISO/IEC 646 character string translation of the integer value. For all box types
defined within this document, box types will be indicated as both character string (normative) and
as 4-byte hexadecimal integers (informative). Also, a space character is shown in the character
string translation of the box type as "\040". All values of TBox not defined within this document are
reserved for ITU-T | ISO/IEC use.
— XLBox: box extended length. This field specifies the actual length of the box if the value of the LBox
field is 1. This field is stored as an 8-byte big-endian unsigned integer. The value inclu
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