INCITS/ISO/IEC 13818-3 : 1998

Section 1: General
  1.1 Scope
  1.2 Normative references
Section 2: Technical elements
  2.1 Definitions
  2.2 Symbols and abbreviations
  2.3 Method of describing bit stream syntax
  2.4 Requirements for Extension of ISO/IEC 11172-3 to
      Lower Sampling Frequencies
  2.5 Requirements for Extension of ISO/IEC 11172-3 to
      Multichannel Audio
  2.6 Registration of Copyright Identifiers
Annexes
Annex A (normative) - Diagrams
Annex B (normative) - Tables
Annex C (informative) - The encoding process
Annex D (informative) - Psychoacoustic models
Annex E (informative) - Ancillary Data Use
Annex F (informative) - List of patent holders
Annex G (informative) - Registration Procedure
Annex H (informative) - Registration Application Form
Annex I (informative) - Registration Authority

Describes the extension of ISO/IEC 11172-3 to lower sampling frequencies, the coded representation of multilingual high quality audio for broadcasting, transmission and storage media, and the method for decoding of multichannel and multilingual high quality audio signals. The input of the encoder and the output of the decoder are compatible with existing PCM standards.