I INTRODUCTION TO THE TECHNICAL GUIDE
Background
Purpose
Summary and roadmap
II MHEG-5: AN OVERVIEW
Digression on the various parts of MHEG
The Relationship of MHEG Parts-1 and 5
Applications and industry requirements
What is MHEG-5?
Key features of MHEG-5
Organisation and structure of the Standard
MHEG-5 Classes
The Class structure and hierarchy
Application domain definition
Potential Users of MHEG-5
III THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN MHEG APPLICATION
The formal notation
A simple example of an MHEG-5 application
Summary
IV MHEG SYSTEM DESIGN
The architecture of the system
List of engine classes
List of MHEG classes
Class relations
The classes - the MHEG engine
List of classes - the MHEG-5 compliant classes
V IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES
Implementation Languages
MHEG Objects - Internal and external forms
Conformance
Rigorous and non-rigorous implementation
Referencing MHEG objects
Rendering MHEG objects
Events liks and actions
MHEG objects and the external environment
Name spaces and remote calls
MHEG objects - buffering and storage
The application domain
VI CONFORMANCE ISSUES
Conformance and interoperability
The class implementation
The application domain definition
The MHEG-5 engine functionality
VII SUMMARY, FUTURE MHEG WORK AND REFERENCES
Summary
Future MHEG work
References
ANNEX 1 GLOSSARY OF TERMS