MPEG Intellectual Property Rights Ontologies

MPEG is a ISO/IEC working group developing media c oding standards. This includes a set of standardized ontologies for the c odifi ation of intellectual property (IP) rights information related to media. The Media Valu e Chain Ontology (MVCO) facilitates rights tracking for fair, timely and transparent ro yalties payment by capturing user roles and their permissible actions on a particular IP entity . The Audio Value Chain Ontology (AVCO) extends MVCO functionality related to description o f composite IP entities in the audio domain, e.g., multi-track audio and time-segments. The Media Contract Ontology (MCO) facilitates the conversion of narrative contracts t o digital ones. These ontologies provide the elements for the creation of generic deontic statem ents encompassing the concepts of permission, prohibition and obligation. The joint u se of MCO/MVCO/AVCO ontologies enables a number of applications where IP data is r epresented in a standard and structured manner. Furthermore, MCO/MVCO/AVCO ontologies can b e executed in a controlled environment where transparency and interoperability is favoured towards fair trade of music and media.