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Part 5-1: Declarative application environment

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IEC 62766-5-1 ®
Edition 1.0 2017-07
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
colour
inside
Consumer terminal function for access to IPTV and open internet multimedia

services –
Part 5-1: Declarative application environment

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ISBN 978-2-8322-4573-6
ICS 33.170 35.240.95
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 12
INTRODUCTION . 14
1 Scope . 15
2 Normative references . 15
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 17
3.1 Terms and definitions . 17
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 19
4 DAE overview . 19
4.1 General . 19
4.2 Architecture of the DAE . 20
4.3 Gateway discovery and control . 21
4.4 Application definition . 22
4.4.1 General . 22
4.4.2 Similarities between applications and traditional web pages . 22
4.4.3 Differences between applications and traditional web pages . 22
4.4.4 The application tree . 23
4.4.5 The application display model . 23
4.4.6 The security model . 23
4.4.7 Inheritance of permissions . 24
4.4.8 Privileged application APIs . 24
4.4.9 Active applications list . 24
4.4.10 Widgets . 24
4.4.11 Origin for broadcast-delivered documents . 25
4.5 Resource management . 25
4.5.1 General . 25
4.5.2 Application lifecycle issues . 25
4.5.3 Caching of application files . 26
4.5.4 Memory usage . 26
4.5.5 Instantiating embedded objects and claiming scarce system resources . 26
4.5.6 Media control . 26
4.5.7 Use of the display . 27
4.5.8 Cross-application event handling . 28
4.5.9 Tuner resources . 29
4.6 Parental access control . 30
4.7 Content download . 31
4.7.1 General . 31
4.7.2 Download manager . 31
4.7.3 Content access download descriptor . 31
4.7.4 Triggering a download . 31
4.7.5 Download protocol(s) . 32
4.8 Streaming CoD . 33
4.8.1 General . 33
4.8.2 Unicast streaming . 33
4.9 Scheduled content . 34
4.9.1 General . 34
4.9.2 Conveyance of channel list . 34
4.9.3 Conveyance of channel list and list of scheduled recordings . 35

4.10 DLNA RUI remote control function . 36
4.10.1 General . 36
4.10.2 Interfaces used by the DLNA RUI remote control function . 37
4.11 Power consumption . 38
4.11.1 General . 38
4.11.2 DAE application wake-up support . 39
4.11.3 OITF hibernate support . 40
4.11.4 State diagram for the power state . 41
4.12 Display model . 41
5 DAE application model . 41
5.1 Application lifecycle . 41
5.1.1 General . 41
5.1.2 Creating a new application. 41
5.1.3 Stopping an application . 43
5.1.4 Application boundaries . 43
5.2 Application announcement and signalling . 43
5.2.1 Overview . 43
5.2.2 General . 44
5.2.3 Broadcast-related applications . 45
5.2.4 Service provider related applications . 50
5.2.5 Broadcast-indepe ndent applications . 51
5.2.6 Switching between applications . 51
5.2.7 Signalling format . 51
5.2.8 Widgets lifecycle . 55
5.3 Event notifications . 56
5.3.1 General . 56
5.3.2 Event notification framework based on CEA 2014 . 57
5.3.3 IMS event notification framework . 59
6 Formats . 66
6.1 Web standards TV profile . 66
6.1.1 General . 66
6.1.2 Additional restrictions and requirements . 67
6.2 Still image formats . 67
6.3 Media formats . 67
6.3.1 General . 67
6.3.2 Media format of A/V media except for audio from memory . 67
6.3.3 Media format of A/V media for audio from memory . 68
6.3.4 Media transport . 68
6.4 SVG . 68
7 APIs . 68
7.1 Object factory API . 68
7.1.1 General . 68
7.1.2 Methods . 69
7.1.3 Examples. 71
7.2 Application management APIs. 72
7.2.1 General . 72
7.2.2 The application/oipfApplicationManager embedded object . 72
7.2.3 Application class . 76
7.2.4 The ApplicationCollection class . 79

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7.2.5 The ApplicationPrivateData class . 79
7.2.6 The Keyset class . 80
7.2.7 New DOM events for application support . 82
7.2.8 Examples. 83
7.2.9 Widget APIs . 84
7.3 Configuration and setting APIs . 85
7.3.1 General . 85
7.3.2 The application/oipfConfiguration embedded object . 85
7.3.3 The Configuration class . 86
7.3.4 The LocalSystem class . 88
7.3.5 The NetworkInterface class . 94
7.3.6 The AVOutput class . 94
7.3.7 The NetworkInterfaceCollection class . 98
7.3.8 The AVOutputCollection class . 98
7.3.9 The TunerCollection class . 98
7.3.10 The Tuner class . 98
7.3.11 The SignalInfo class . 99
7.3.12 The LNBInfo class . 100
7.3.13 The StartupInformation class . 101
7.4 Content download APIs . 101
7.4.1 General . 101
7.4.2 The application/oipfDownloadTrigger embedded object . 101
7.4.3 Extensions to application/oipfDownloadTrigger . 104
7.4.4 The application/oipfDownloadManager embedded object . 104
7.4.5 The Download class . 110
7.4.6 The DownloadCollection class . 113
7.4.7 The DRMControlInformation class . 113
7.4.8 The DRMControlInfoCollection class . 114
7.5 Content on demand metadata APIs . 114
7.5.1 General . 114
7.5.2 The application/oipfCodManager embedded object . 114
7.5.3 The ContentCatalogueCollection class. 116
7.5.4 The ContentCatalogue class . 116
7.5.5 The ContentCatalogueEvent class . 117
7.5.6 The CODFolder class . 117
7.5.7 The CODAsset class . 118
7.5.8 The CODService class . 121
7.6 Content service protection API . 123
7.6.1 General . 123
7.6.2 The application/oipfDrmAgent embedded object . 123
7.7 Gateway discovery and control APIs . 125
7.7.1 General . 125
7.7.2 The application/oipfGatewayInfo embedded object . 126
7.8 Communication services APIs . 128
7.8.1 General . 128
7.8.2 The application/oipfCommunicationServices embedded object. 129
7.8.3 Extensions to application/oipfCommunicationServices for presence and
messaging services . 132
7.8.4 The UserData class – Properties . 135

7.8.5 The UserDataCollection class . 136
7.8.6 The FeatureTag class – Properties . 136
7.8.7 The FeatureTagCollection class. 136
7.8.8 The Contact class – Properties . 136
7.8.9 The ContactCollection class . 136
7.8.10 Extensions to application/oipfCommunicationServices for voice
telephony services . 137
7.8.11 Extensions to application/oipfCommunicationServices for video
telephony services . 143
7.8.12 The DeviceInfo class . 145
7.8.13 The DeviceInfoCollection class . 146
7.8.14 The CodecInfo class . 146
7.8.15 The CodecInfoCollection class . 146
7.9 Parental rating and parental control APIs . 147
7.9.1 General . 147
7.9.2 The application/oipfParentalControlManager embedded object . 147
7.9.3 The ParentalRatingScheme class . 150
7.9.4 The ParentalRatingSchemeCollection class . 151
7.9.5 The ParentalRating class . 152
7.9.6 The ParentalRatingCollection class . 154
7.10 Scheduled Recording APIs. 155
7.10.1 General . 155
7.10.2 The application/oipfRecordingScheduler embedded object . 155
7.10.3 The ScheduledRecording class . 158
7.10.4 The ScheduledRecordingCollection class . 162
7.10.5 Extension to application/oipfRecordingScheduler for control of
recordings . 162
7.10.6 The Recording class . 164
7.10.7 The RecordingCollection class . 167
7.10.8 The PVREvent class . 167
7.10.9 The Bookmark class . 167
7.10.10 The BookmarkCollection class . 168
7.11 Remote Management APIs . 168
7.11.1 General . 168
7.11.2 The application/oipfRemoteManagement embedded object . 168
7.12 Metadata APIs . 172
7.12.1 General . 172
7.12.2 The application/oipfSearchManager embedded object . 173
7.12.3 The MetadataSearch class . 175
7.12.4 The Query class . 180
7.12.5 The SearchResults class . 181
7.12.6 The MetadataSearchEvent class . 182
7.12.7 The MetadataUpdateEvent class . 182
7.13 Scheduled content and hybrid tuner APIs . 182
7.13.1 General . 182
7.13.2 The video/broadcast embedded object . 182
7.13.3 Extensions to video/broadcast for recording and time-shift . 198
7.13.4 Extensions to video/broadcast for access to EIT p/f . 207
7.13.5 Extensions to video/broadcast for playback of selected components . 208
7.13.6 Extensions to video/broadcast for parental ratings errors . 209

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7.13.7 Extensions to video/broadcast for DRM rights errors. 210
7.13.8 Extensions to video/broadcast for current channel information . 211
7.13.9 Extensions to video/broadcast for creating channel lists from SD&S
fragments . 211
7.13.10 The ChannelConfig class . 211
7.13.11 The ChannelList class . 216
7.13.12 The Channel class . 217
7.13.13 The FavouriteListCollection class . 222
7.13.14 The FavouriteList class . 223
7.13.15 Extensions to video/broadcast for channel scan . 225
7.13.16 The ChannelScanEvent class . 225
7.13.17 The ChannelScanOptions class . 225
7.13.18 The ChannelScanParameters class . 225
7.13.19 The DVBTChannelScanParameters class . 225
7.13.20 The DVBSChannelScanParameters class . 227
7.13.21 The DVBCChannelScanParameters class . 228
7.13.22 Extensions to video/broadcast for synchronization . 229
7.13.23 The ATSCTChannelScanParameters class . 230
7.14 Media playback APIs. 231
7.14.1 General . 231
7.14.2 The A/V Control object . 231
7.14.3 Extensions to A/V Control object for playback through Content-Access
Streaming Descriptor . 238
7.14.4 Extensions to A/V Control object for trickmodes . 239
7.14.5 Extensions to A/V Control object for playback of selected components . 240
7.14.6 Extensions to A/V Control object for parental rating errors . 240
7.14.7 Extensions to A/V Control object for DRM rights errors . 242
7.14.8 Extensions to A/V Control object for playing media objects . 243
7.14.9 Extensions to A/V Control object for UI feedback of buffering A/V
content . 243
7.14.10 DOM events for A/V Control object . 247
7.14.11 Playback of memory audio . 248
7.14.12 Extensions to A/V Control object for media queuing . 250
7.14.13 Extensions to A/V Control object for volume control . 251
7.14.14 Extensions to A/V Control object for resource management . 251
7.15 Miscellaneous APIs . 252
7.15.1 The application/oipfMDTF embedded object . 252
7.15.2 The application/oipfStatusView embedded object . 254
7.15.3 The application/oipfCapabilities embedded object . 255
7.15.4 The Navigator class . 256
7.15.5 Debug print API . 256
7.16 Shared Utility classes and features . 256
7.16.1 Base collections . 256
7.16.2 The Programme class . 257
7.16.3 The ProgrammeCollection class . 262
7.16.4 The DiscInfo class . 262
7.16.5 Extensions for playback of selected media components . 262
7.16.6 Additional support for protected content . 266
7.17 DLNA RUI remote control function APIs . 267
7.17.1 General . 267

7.17.2 The application/oipfRemoteControlFunction embedded object . 267
8 System integration aspects . 272
8.1 HTTP protocol . 272
8.1.1 General . 272
8.1.2 HTTP User-Agent header . 272
8.1.3 HTTP X-OITF-RCF-User-Agent header . 273
8.2 Mapping from APIs to protocols . 273
8.2.1 General . 273
8.2.2 CoD download over HTTP . 274
8.2.3 CoD unicast streaming with SIP session management . 274
8.2.4 Scheduled content multicast streaming with SIP session management . 278
8.2.5 Communication services with SIP session management . 284
8.2.6 CoD unicast streaming over RTP and HTTP . 284
8.2.7 Scheduled content multicast streaming . 288
8.3 URI schemes and their usage . 289
8.3.1 General . 289
8.3.2 Media fragments support . 290
8.4 Mapping from APIs to content formats . 291
8.4.1 Character conversion . 291
8.4.2 AVComponent . 291
8.4.3 Channel . 294
8.4.4 Programme, ScheduledRecording, Recording and Download . 299
8.4.5 Exposing audio description streams as AVComponent objects . 307
8.4.6 HTML5 media element mapping . 307
8.5 DLNA RUI remote control function implementation . 309
8.5.1 General . 309
8.5.2 Relationship between DAE application and control UI . 309
8.5.3 XML UI listing provisioning . 310
8.5.4 Retrieving the control UI . 312
8.5.5 Receiving and responding to a message between the control UI in the
remote control device and OITF . 313
8.5.6 Notification to the remote control device . 315
8.5.7 Handling multiple DAE applications and multiple remote control devices . 316
9 Capabilities . 317
9.1 Minimum DAE capability requirements . 317
9.1.1 General . 317
9.1.2 SSL/TTLS Requirements . 320
9.2 Default UI profiles . 321
9.3 Client capability description . 324
9.3.1 General . 324
9.3.2 Tuner/broadcast capability indication . 325
9.3.3 Broadcast content over IP capability indication . 326
9.3.4 PVR capability indication . 326
9.3.5 Download CoD capability indication . 327
9.3.6 Parental ratings . 328
9.3.7 Extended A/V API support . 329
9.3.8 OITF metadata API support . 329
9.3.9 OITF configuration API support . 329
9.3.10 Communication services API Support . 330

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9.3.11 DRM capability indication . 330
9.3.12 Media profile capability indication . 331
9.3.13 Remote diagnostics support . 332
9.3.14 SVG . 332
9.3.15 Third party notification support . 333
9.3.16 Multicast delivery terminating function support . 333
9.3.17 Other capability extensions . 333
9.3.18 HTML5 video . 333
9.3.19 DLNA RUI remote control function support . 333
9.3.20 Power consumption . 333
9.3.21 Widgets . 333
9.3.22 Buffer control of AV content playback API support . 334
9.3.23 Temporal clipping . 334
9.3.24 Capability elements from other schemas . 335
9.3.25 Pointer support . 335
10 Security . 335
10.1 Application / service security . 335
10.1.1 General . 335
10.1.2 OITF requirements . 335
10.1.3 Server requirements . 336
10.1.4 Specific security requirements for privileged JavaScript APIs . 336
10.1.5 Permission names . 339
10.1.6 Loading documents from different domains . 341
10.2 User authentication . 341
10.3 DLNA RUI remote control . 341
11 DAE Widgets . 341
11.1 General . 341
11.2 Widgets packaging and configuration . 341
11.3 Access request . 342
11.4 Widget interface . 342
11.5 Digital signature . 342
12 Graphics performance . 343
12.1 Overview. 343
12.2 Performance levels . 343
12.3 Minimum 2D graphics performance . 343
12.4 Minimum 3D graphics performance . 344
12.5 Minimum canvas performance . 344
12.6 Minimum WebGL performance . 344
12.7 Performance measurement . 344
Annex A (informative) Design rationale – application model . 346
Annex B (informative) Clarification of download CoD, streaming CoD and CSP
interfaces . 347
B.1 Overview. 347
B.2 List of interfaces . 348
B.2.1 Interface a): browse, select and purchase content from CoD store . 348
B.2.2 Interface b*): in-session interaction from web page with underlying DRM
agent . 348
B.2.3 Interface c*): autonomous out-of-session interaction between DRM
agent and CoD store . 349

B.2.4 Interface d*): downloading content . 349
B.2.5 Interface e*): unicast streaming and playback of downloaded content
using A/V Control object . 351
B.2.6 Interface f): request licence . 351
B.2.7 Interface g*): local metadata based applications . 351
B.3 Additional notes about content-on-demand . 351
Annex C (normative) Content access descriptor syntax and semantics . 352
C.1 Content access download descriptor format . 352
C.2 Content access streaming descriptor format. 353
C.3 Abstract content access descriptor format . 354
Annex D (normative) Capability extensions schema . 359
Annex E (normative) Client channel listing format . 362
Annex F (normative) Display model. 366
F.1 Logical plane model . 366
F.2 Interaction with the video/broadcast and A/V Control objects . 367
F.3 Graphic safe area . 368
F.4 Current channel . 368
Annex G (normative) Backwards compatible profile of
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