IEC 62766-5-1:2017

IEC 62766-5-1 ®
Edition 1.0 2017-07
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
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Consumer terminal function for access to IPTV and open internet multimedia
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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
– 2 – IEC 62766-5-1:2017 © IEC 2017
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 .
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