scope:

This International Standard specifies a common output file format that can be extracted from the video-surveillance contents collection systems (stand alone machines or large scale systems) by an exchangeable data storage media or through a network to allow end-users to access digital video-surveillance contents and perform their necessary processing. The means of exchange are not part of this standard. This common output file format relies on a combination of several technical standards that individually do not provide the requested interoperability. These standards are formally called to avoid duplications or divergence. When appropriate to improve the interoperability, subsets or a limited number only of these standards are called. Since video-surveillance recording will often include taking records of members of the general public, requirements relating to privacy, use of the records and their disposal are also considered Based on the above mentioned standards, the following format components are covered: . Video; . Audio; . Metadata: . Descriptive (location, camera identifier, etc.) . Dynamic (date, time, pan, tilt, zoom, identification results, etc.) . Encapsulation/packaging for the output file; . Data/access security and integrity; . Provisions for privacy; . Presentation to users.