{"id":10429,"date":"2021-09-16T23:39:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T23:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movielabs.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=10429"},"modified":"2023-02-22T00:30:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T00:30:13","slug":"movielabs-publishes-ontology-for-media-creation","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/movielabs.com\/news\/movielabs-publishes-ontology-for-media-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"MovieLabs Publishes Ontology for Media Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">San Francisco<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">, <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Sept 16, 2021 \u2014 Motion Pictures Laboratories, Inc. (MovieLabs), a technology joint venture of the major Hollywood studios,<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\">has published the first version of<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\">a common ontology<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\">for<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\">production technologists designing<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\">software-defined workflows (SDW) for the M&amp;E industry. The Ontology for Media Creation<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> (<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">OMC<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">) <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">provides<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\">a conceptual framework and a set of defined terms to enable both people and software<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\">to communicate unambiguously<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\">with greater data interoperability. Co-developed with the Hollywood studios DreamWorks Animation, Marvel Studios, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Studios and Warner Bros, with<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\">contributions from leading software companies across the industry, the OMC<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\">can be accessed from the <a href=\"https:\/\/movielabs.com\/production-technlogy\/ontology-for-media-creation\/\">MovieLabs website.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The need for a common ontology is driven by the complex world of media creation<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">, <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">in which different production participants and software tools<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\">rely on unique sets of concepts<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\">with various definitions<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">,<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> introducing the potential for confusion and error when the same word has different meanings in different contexts or tools. For example, Visual Effects (VFX) work utilizes well understood but non-standardized terms to explain steps in a workflow<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">The ontology<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\">defines specific terms for VFX Sequence, VFX Plates, and grouping of required assets\u2014terms and concepts which allow any VFX process to communicate with the rest of the production workflow in a consistent way. The goal is to improve the efficiency of human<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u2013<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">to<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u2013<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">human as well as machine<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u2013<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">to<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u2013<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">machine communication in the production process, whether in verbal or visual form. In the case of software, the ontology<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\">is<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\">a foundational tool for the development of interoperable schemas for data exchange and APIs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">This v1.0 release is scoped to support general communication about workflows and includes documents covering connected ontologies for<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li role=\"listitem\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Tasks<\/span><\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Assets<\/span><\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Participants<\/span><\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Contexts<\/span><\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Relationships<\/span><\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Infrastructure<\/span><\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Creative Works<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Future releases and documents will address additional use cases and include schemas for data exchange. An accompanying dictionary provides synonyms for terms and concepts with different names in other territories (for example<span lang=\"EN-US\">,<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> the different meaning of <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u2018<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">series<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u2019<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> in US and UK broadcast television<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Richard Berger<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">,<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> CEO Movielabs<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">,<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> said: \u201cSoftware-defined workflows are a fundamental part of the 2030 Vision which MovieLabs launched two years ago<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">,<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> envisioning a future where all production processes take place in the cloud with streamlined<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\">and more efficient creative workflows. In order for software-defined workflows to be integrated into the production process, all pieces of the workflow need to communicate with each other in a predictable manner<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">We created the ontology<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\">to aid the communication between humans, machines and automated processes. The adoption of the ontology<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\">will<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\">deliver consistent communications which will save time within the production process and also reduce the chance<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\">of misinterpretation and error.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bill Baggelaar, EVP &amp; CTO, Technology Development, Sony Pictures Entertainment and EVP &amp; GM, Sony Innovation Studios, said: \u201cThe Ontology for Media Creation is extremely important work that addresses challenges that we have had since the dawn of digital production: How do we name and tag a media file so that others can understand what it is? The ontology will bring clarity to our current production data and processes, as well as provide long-term value as we move our archives into cloud-based systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Tony Guarino, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Technical Operations<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">, <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Paramount Pictures<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">,<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> said: \u201cTo truly realize the benefits of working collaboratively in the cloud to produce content, everyone needs to speak the same language. When we have assets stored in the cloud with hundreds, perhaps thousands, of applications and creatives working on them simultaneously, it\u2019s important that all ecosystem players \u2013 cloud operators, software companies, service vendors and productions\u2014communicate seamlessly.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Jamie Voris, CTO<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">, <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Walt Disney Studios<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">, <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">said<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">: <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cWith industry adoption, the Ontology for Media Creation will facilitate the interface between different applications and remove ambiguity found in everyday language. This is an important step in our ongoing industry collaboration intended to help our suite of tools work better together and communicate software-defined workflow concepts in a common way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Annie Chang, Vice President, Creative Technologies, Universal Pictures, said: \u201cWe believe that to achieve the MovieLabs 2030 vision and to help our productions become as efficient as possible in this digital world, we need to start with a common language that can be used to translate between different applications and systems. The ontology will enable tools and services to \u2018talk\u2019 to each other, allowing our creatives to spend more time focusing on their creative storytelling and less on the manual exchange of information between systems and databases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Renard T. Jenkins, VP, Production Integration &amp; Creative Technology Services said: \u201cMicroservices are a key component to our present and future production architecture. In order to facilitate the interoperability that is required to support those designs we need to have a common language. The MovieLabs Ontology for Media Creation is designed to fill that need. Our work is focused on helping make great content by enabling creatives to communicate and collaborate faster with other crew members and vendors. If we can eliminate complications and miscommunication, we can enable creatives to spend more time doing what they love with tools and services that understand the nuance they\u2019re communicating.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood Studios Enhance Interoperability via a Framework for Developers Building Interoperable Software and Services for the Media &#038; Entertainment Industry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8689,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MovieLabs Publishes Ontology for Media Creation - MovieLabs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/movielabs.com\/news\/movielabs-publishes-ontology-for-media-creation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MovieLabs Publishes Ontology for Media Creation - 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