The group has two main working areas:

• Metadata
  Definition of all information pertaining to the location, identification and characterisation of DVB services and programme events. The group also specifies mechanisms and protocols for the conveying of such information.

• Generic Data Broadcast
  Definition of mechanisms and protocols for the broadcast of non-audiovisual content for both streaming and non-streaming modes. This includes the case of tunnelling for other protocols (e.g. IP).

The above is laid out in the restated and amended Terms of Reference of the group which were approved by the TM in January 2003.

The group has been active since the beginning of the DVB Project (see history outline below) and held its 50th meeting in early 2002. It has produced some of the core specifications of today's DVB system (e.g. Service Information, Data Broadcast, Software Update; see below). As the group's working areas are at the foundation of the system, the end of its activities is not foreseen.

Should you have any further questions or comments, please contact the Chairman.

NOTE: Dear colleagues, the below history is largely based on assumptions and guesswork. I would therefore like to ask those of you who are by far more knowledgeable about this to provide the necessary information to help make the history table more accurate. Thank you very much, --Alexander Adolf

 Group History

Remarkable Events

Chairpersons