TS 102 523 : 1.1.1

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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 References
3 Definitions and abbreviations
   3.1 Definitions
   3.2 Abbreviations
4 Conventions
5 Service author guide (informative)
   5.1 Introduction
   5.2 An overview of a PCF service description
   5.3 Components
   5.4 Content
   5.5 Behaviour
   5.6 Structuring a PCF service description
   5.7 Managing differences between target platforms
   5.8 Transport and packaging
6 Architecture
   6.1 Introduction
   6.2 Data types
   6.3 Service description structure
   6.4 Reference and navigation
   6.5 Uniform Resource Identifiers
   6.6 Marked up text representation
7 General component specification
   7.1 Overview
   7.2 Component specification model
   7.3 Component instantiation model
   7.4 Component behaviour
   7.5 Defined PCF component classes
   7.6 Custom components
   7.7 Schema components
8 Layout specification
   8.1 Introduction
   8.2 Explicit layout
   8.3 Flow layout
   8.4 TextFlow
   8.5 Table layout
   8.6 Flow layout container components
   8.7 Reference screen model
   8.8 Registration of video and graphics
   8.9 Display stack model
   8.10 Font selection
9 Behaviour specification
   9.1 Introduction
   9.2 Events
   9.3 Event propagation model
   9.4 Action language
   9.5 Action language shortcuts
   9.6 Statemachines
   9.7 OnEvent - statemachine shortcut
   9.8 User-defined behaviour
10 Return path
   10.1 Introduction
   10.2 Return path components
   10.3 Return path transfer process
   10.4 Return path object model
   10.5 Security of return path data
   10.6 Return Path Transaction Format (RPTF)
   10.7 Connection usage display to viewer
11 Profiles
   11.1 Introduction
   11.2 Profile definition
   11.3 Profile association
12 Service digest
   12.1 Introduction
   12.2 Digest definition
   12.3 Profile alias definition
   12.4 Example PCF service digests
13 Mechanism for transport and packaging (optional)
   13.1 PCF data exchange model
   13.2 Detailed model specification
   13.3 PCF data exchange sequence for transcoder input
Annex A (normative): Component specifications
      A.1 Container components
      A.2 Visual components
      A.3 Non-visual components
Annex B (normative): Events and errors
      B.1 System events
      B.2 User events
      B.3 Component events
      B.4 Errors
Annex C (normative): Property Groups
      C.1 Intrinsic properties
      C.2 Background properties
      C.3 Color properties
      C.4 Border properties
      C.5 CornerRadius properties
      C.6 LineStyle properties
      C.7 Positioning and layout properties
      C.8 Padding and margin properties
      C.9 Font properties
      C.10 The LabelProperties property group
      C.11 The ImageProperties property group
      C.12 The AnimationProperties property group
Annex D (normative): Profile specifications
      D.1 DVB profiles
Annex E (normative): Portable hints for PCF data exchange
Annex F (normative): Marked up text format
      F.1 Block elements
      F.2 Font style elements
      F.3 Phrase elements
      F.4 Special elements
      F.5 Table structures
      F.6 Table rows
Annex G (normative): XML resources
      G.1 PCF syntax
      G.2 Component definition syntax
      G.3 Transport and packaging
Annex H (normative): Action language expression function library
      H.1 Type conversion functions
      H.2 Arithmetic functions
      H.3 Array functions
      H.4 String functions
Annex I (normative): Action language notation syntax
      I.1 Grammar introduction
      I.2 Literals
      I.3 Structure and statements
      I.4 Expressions
      I.5 Ternary operator
Annex J (normative): System action library
      J.1 Transitions
      J.2 Exit
      J.3 Presentation
      J.4 Environment
      J.5 XML Shortcuts
Annex K (normative): User keys
      K.1 Virtual key codes
      K.2 Key code descriptions
Annex L (informative): Scalability techniques
Annex M (normative): Service announcement and boot
Annex N (informative): Independent authoring of elements of
        a service description
Annex O (informative): StreamEvent bindings
      O.1 XML document binding
      O.2 MXF document binding
      O.3 AAF document binding
Annex P (informative): Receiver handling of aspect ratio
Annex Q (normative): Standard PCF URNs
Annex R (informative): Example PCF service descriptions
      R.1 "Hello World!"
      R.2 Templated authoring
      R.3 Presenting streamed content
      R.4 Miscellaneous examples
Annex S (informative): Bibliography
History

Describes the DVB Portable Content Format (PCF) which provides an interactive television (iTV) service description format. This has been designed in response to the commercial requirements given in DVB CM-MHP-0651 v2.0.