EBU SKOS Classification Scheme for Container Formats

Description: An RDF vocabulary defining Container Formats

Namespace: #

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7.0 Proprietary For use where proprietary extensions are required, or the use of keywords that do not fit in any classification below
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7.1 Audio Radio programme
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7.1.1 mp3 Moving Pictures type 3 files Audio
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7.1.2 mp4 Moving Pictures type 4 audio files Audio
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7.1.3 Real Audio Real Networks Inc Audio files. Audio
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7.1.4 wav Microsoft and Creative Labs waveform audio files Audio
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7.1.5 wma Windows Media audio files. Audio
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7.1.6 Quicktime Apple Computer Inc. audio files. Audio
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7.1.7 aiff Apple Computer Inc Audio Interchange Files. Audio
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7.1.8 aiff-c Apple Computer Inc Compressed Audio Interchange Files. Audio
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7.2 Video
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7.2.1 mjpeg Video
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7.2.2 mpeg Motion picture Expert Group video files Video
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7.2.2.1 mpg Motion picture Expert Group video files mpeg
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7.2.2.2 mp4 mpeg
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7.2.3 dv Digital Video format Video
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7.2.4 avi Audio Video Interweaved Video
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7.2.5 quicktime Apple Computer Inc. video files. Video
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7.2.6 Real Networks Real Networks Inc. video files. Video
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7.2.7 wmv Windows Media Video files. Video
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7.2.8 asf Advanced Streaming Format Video
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7.2.9 ogg Video
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7.2.10 raw Video
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7.2.11 mov Video
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7.2.12 3GP Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) file format Video
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7.2.13 3GP2 Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP2) file format Video
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7.2.14 DIVX Video
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7.2.15 FLV Video
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7.2.16 HCT Video
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7.2.17 M4V Video
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7.2.18 MJ2 Video
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7.2.19 MKV Matroska multimedia container Video
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7.2.20 RIFF Resource Interchange File Format Video
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7.2.21 VOB DVD Video object file Video
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7.2.22 MXF The MXF file (defined by SMPTE ST 377) structure provides a means of exchanging metadata using a formal data structure that permits interoperability together with an essence container that can accommodate many different essence formats both compressed and uncompressed and including video streams, individual pictures, sound and essence data (such as sub-titles, VBI data etc.). Video
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7.2.22.1 OP1a MXF Operational Pattern 1a: Single Item, Single Package. MXF
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7.2.22.2 OP1b MXF Operational Pattern 1b: Single Item, Ganged Packages. MXF
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7.2.22.3 OP1c MXF Operational Pattern 1c: Single Item, Alternate Packages. MXF
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7.2.22.4 OP2a MXF Operational Pattern 2a: Play-list Items, Single Package. MXF
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7.2.22.5 OP2b MXF Operational Pattern 2b: Play-list Items, Ganged Packages. MXF
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7.2.22.6 OP2c MXF Operational Pattern 2c: Play-list Items, Alternate Packages. MXF
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7.2.22.7 OP3a MXF Operational Pattern 3a: Edit Items, Single Package. MXF
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7.2.22.8 OP3b MXF Operational Pattern 3b: Edit Items, Ganged Packages. MXF
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7.2.22.9 OP3c MXF Operational Pattern 3c: Edit Items, Alternate Packages. MXF
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7.2.22.10 OP Atom Specialized Operational Pattern OP-Atom is a simplified operational pattern for the storage and interchange of a single item of essence. Each OP-Atom MXF file contains a single essence stream in a single partition. MXF
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7.2.23 MXF AS MXF Application Specifications. Video
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7.2.23.1 AS-01 AMWA AMWA Application Specification 01: Edit metadata interchange using AAF. Includes base set of effects. MXF AS
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7.2.23.2 AS-02 AMWA AMWA Application Specification 02: Storage of MXF program components to enable versions & inventories, for use in a multi-version, multi-lingual, multi-delivery media environment. MXF AS
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7.2.23.3 AS-03 AMWA AMWA Application Specification 03: 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. MXF AS
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7.2.23.5 AS-05 AMWA AMWA Application Specification 05: Extends AS-01 with color, text & opacity effects. MXF AS
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7.2.23.7 AS-07 AMWA AMWA Application Specification 07: 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 and metadata. Archive and Preservation files may contain a single item, or an entire series of items. MXF AS
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7.2.23.10 AS-10 AMWA AMWA Application Specification 10: MXF for end-to-end production workflow. MXF AS
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7.2.23.11 AS-11 AMWA AMWA Application Specification 11: 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. MXF AS
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7.2.23.12 AS-12 AMWA AMWA Application Specification 12: 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. MXF AS
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7.3 Image
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7.3.1 jpeg Image
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7.3.1.1 jpeg baseline jpeg
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7.3.1.2 jpeg progressive jpeg
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7.3.1.3 jpg jpeg
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7.3.1.4 jpeg2000 jpeg
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7.3.2 jfif Image
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7.3.3 bdf bitmap Image
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7.3.4 bmp Microsoft Windows bitmap format Image
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7.3.5 gif Graphics Interchange Format Image
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7.3.5.1 gif87 Graphics Interchange Format gif
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7.3.5.2 gif89 Graphics Interchange Format gif
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7.3.6 Photocd/ImagePac Eastman Kodak PhotoCD Image-Pac file format. gif
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7.3.7 ppm Portable Pixmap format gif
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7.3.8 png Portable Network Graphic format gif
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7.3.9 spiff Still Picture Interchange File Format gif
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7.3.10 tiff Adobe/Aldus Tagged Image File format files gif
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7.3.11 pcx ZSoft Paint BMP format files gif
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7.4 Text Digital text Image
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7.4.1 IPTC 7901 IPTC Text Message Format 7901. Text
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7.4.2 NITF IPTC News Industry Text Format. Text
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7.4.3 CSV Comma Separated Values data format. Text
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7.4.4 css Cascading style sheet. Text
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7.4.5 xml eXtended Markup Language. Text
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7.4.6 html hypertext Markup Language. Text
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7.5 Graphics Graphics Image
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7.5.1 svg Scalable Vector Graphic files Graphics
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7.5.2 cdr Corel Draw files. Graphics
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7.6 Application A software application that controls the consumer experience Image
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7.6.1 pdf Adobe Portable Document Files. Application
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7.6.2 msword/doc Microsoft Word file format Application
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7.6.3 ms-excel/xls Microsoft Excel file format Application
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7.6.4 ms-powerpoint/ppt Microsoft Powerpoint file format Application
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7.6.5 postscript/eps Encapsulated Postscript Adobe Illustrator compatible files format. Application
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7.6.6 rtf Rich Text File format. Application
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7.7 Data E.g. a weather data service Image
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7.7.1 atj A type of archive as created by the homonimous Robert Jung compression utility Data
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7.7.2 bzip2 A type of archive as created by the homonimous compression utility found in Unix distributions Data
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7.7.3 compress A type of archive as created by the homonimous compression utility found in Unix distributions Data
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7.7.4 gzip Data file compressed acording to IETF RFC 1952: GZIP file format specification version 4.3 Data
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7.7.5 jar type of archive consisting of a Zip archive, as defined by PKWARE, containing a manifest file and potentially signature files, as defined in the Manifest and Signature specification Data
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7.7.6 tar A type of archive as created by the homonimous Unix command without compression option applied. So this is not a compression format, but rather an archive format, as the files in a tar archive are not compressed, just gathered together in one file.The archive file is often called "Tarball", which is a jargon term for a tar archive, suggesting "a bunch of files stuck together in a ball of tar." Data
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7.7.7 tar.bzip2 A type of archive as created by tar Unix command with bzip2 compression applied. In this case files are first gathered together in one file, which is than compressed by bzip2. Data
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7.7.8 tar.compress Data
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7.7.9 tar.gzip A type of archive as created by tar Unix command with gzip compression applied. In this case files are first gathered together in one file, which is than compressed by gzip Data
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7.7.10 zip A type of archive used for distributing and storing files. Zip files contain one or more files. Usually the files "archived" in a Zip are compressed to save space. Zip files make it easy to group files and make transporting and copying these files faster Data
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7.7.11 BiM A compression format for xml Data
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7.7.12 XHTML W3C XHTML marked up files. Data
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7.7.13 iff Interchange File Format Data
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7.7.14 miff Machine Independent File Format Data
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7.8 Animation
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7.8.1 fla Macromedia Flash Animation files. Animation
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7.8.2 swf Macromedia Shockwave presentation files. Animation
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7.9 Other