Glossary

TermDefinition
AAFAdvanced Authoring Format administered by the AAF Association. AAF is a file format that wraps essence data with its associated metadata to encapsulate them in one package.
AFXPAuthoring Format eXchange Profile. An enhanced version of DFXP for authoring subtitle content once and mapping it to many other outlets. Still in development, and expected to support graphics as well as text.
AJAXAsynchronous JavaScript and XML is a technique where transactions are moved between a client web page and a server using XML.
ArrayA collection of objects that is accessible by index number.
ASFAdvanced Systems Format.
AssetAn asset is some content plus its rights-management properties.
AtomAtom Syndication Format.
ATSCThe Advanced ...

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