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ISO/IEC 23000-2 specifies a method to import MPEG-1 Layer III coded media files (i.e. MP3) that may contain ID3V1 meta-data into the framework of MPEG-4 as an MPEG-4 file. Optionally, the media file can have an associated JPEG image (e.g. album cover art). The major components of this part of ISO/IEC 23000 are: a method to convert the Layer III bitstream into a series of MPEG-4 Access Units suitable for storage in an MPEG-4 file; a method for representing the ID3V1 meta-data using a concise set of MPEG-7 constructs, and how to place that MPEG-7 description into the MPEG-4 file; how to encapsulate a JPEG compressed image into the MPEG-4 file. Additional components permit using the MPEG-21 file format, which supports a more precise association of coded audio, meta-data and image information, and also permits the creation of a "music album" via encapsulation of a set of MPEG-4 files (i.e. songs) within a single MPEG-21 file.