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Public CDs Overview

Public CDs are open documents that are distributed for review and comment by the professional community for a limited time. Distribution of public CDs does not constitute publication, as the material remains work under development. Therefore, public CDs shall not be referred to as a SMPTE Standard, Recommended Practice, or Engineering Guideline. 

The process is designed to satisfy, among others, the following industry needs:

  • Orient public CDs towards published business-driven requirements
  • Lightweight and nimble process
  • Allow public comment (not just the SMPTE Standards Community) to encourage wide review (and trial implementation)
  • Make it easy to follow the rules, provide a checklist of actions because no-one reads the manual
  • Make it easier for trade bodies to work with SMPTE
  • Validate that documents meet the published requirements
  • Validate that the development of the public CD has followed an agreed process
  • Limit the time that a public CD exists before it becomes a stable document type

You can read more about public CDs, their purpose and process in an updated SMPTE AG-22 available at https://www.smpte.org/about/policies-and-governance very soon.

Public CDs are managed in GitHub. Github is used as a store of repositories for SMPTE software projects, as a tool for iterative document development and maintenance, and is used for SMPTE code development as well as issue tracking and resolution.

Feedback on any of the public CDs can be submitted through the GitHub Issue Tracking feature. 

Current public CDs:

Public CD Public Review Period
SMPTE ST 2067-72: Interoperable Master Format — Application VC-5
Public review period ending no earlier than September 18th, 2024 and no later than May 19th, 2025
SMPTE ST 12-4: UTC Aligned Timecode
The review period has ended
SMPTE EG 428-23: Mastering Guideline for Japanese Timed Text DCDMs
Public review period ending no earlier than April 1st, 2024, and no later than October 10th, 2024
SMPTE ST 2067-204: Interoperable Master Format – Audio with ADM Metadata Plug-in
The review period has ended
SMPTE ST 2131 - Mapping Audio Definition Model (ADM) and other audio metadata RIFF Chunks to MXF
The review period has ended
SMPTE ST 2067-71 - Interoperable Master Format – Mapping VC-6 into IMF
The review period has ended
SMPTE ST 2067-70 - Interoperable Master Format – Application ST 2019-1 (VC-3)
The review period has ended
SMPTE ST 2117-10:20xx Mapping VC-6 into the MXF Generic Container
The review period has ended
SMPTE ST 2120-1:20xx Extensible Time Label — Structure
The review period has ended
SMPTE ST 2120-2 Extensible Time Label — Items
The review period has ended
SMPTE ST 2120-3 Extensible Time Label — Profiles
The review period has ended
SMPTE RP 268-3:20xx Reference Materials for DPX V2.0HDR Implementations
The review period has ended
SMPTE RP 2129:20xx Inter Entity Trust Boundary
The review period has ended
SMPTE RP 428-22:20xx D-Cinema Distribution Master – Minimal Timed Text XML Requirements
The review period has ended
SMPTE ST 429-20:20xx D-Cinema Packaging – MXF Constraints
The review period has ended
SMPTE RDD 59-1:20xx Interoperable Master Format — Application DPP (ProRes)
The review period has ended
SMPTE RDD 59-2:20xx Interoperable Master Format — Application Constraint DPP (JPEG2000) At the request of its proponents, this Registered Disclosure Document project was terminated prior to publication.
SMPTE ST 2067-60:202x Interoperable Master Format — Application #6 UHDTV program workflow" The review period has ended
SMPTE ST 377-4:2012 MXF Multichannel Audio Labeling Framework and companion SMPTE ST 377-41 Multichannel Audio Controlled Vocabulary The review period has ended
SMPTE ST 377-41 Multichannel Audio Controlled Vocabulary The review period has ended
SMPTE ST 2067-40 Interoperable Master Format - Application #4 Cinema Mezzanine The review period has ended
SMPTE ST 2125 IMF Registration Service API Public review period ending no earlier than September 1st, 2024, and no later than December 31st, 2024
SMPTE ST 2126 Microservice Status Reporting and Logging The review period has ended
SMPTE RP 2059-15 The review period has ended