BiM is an international standard defining a generic binary format for encoding XML

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The technical specifications for BiM are found in: MPEG systems technologies - Part 1: Binary MPEG format for XML (ISO/IEC 23001-1) It is also known as MPEG-B Part 1.

Overview

BiM addresses a broad spectrum of applications and requirements by providing generic methods for transmitting and compressing XML documents.
The binary MPEG format for XML relies on schema knowledge between encoder and decoder in order to reach high compression efficiency, while providing fragmentation mechanisms for ensuring transmission and processing flexibility.
BiM also defines means to compile and transmit schema knowledge information to enable the decoding of compressed XML documents without a priori schema knowledge at the receiving terminal.

BiM is used as the standard binary format for XML encoding in the following technical specifications:

• MPEG-4
  MPEG-4
  MPEG-4 is a method of defining compression of audio and visual digital data. It was introduced in late 1998 and designated a standard for a group of audio and video coding formats and related technology agreed upon by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group under the formal standard ISO/IEC...
  
   Part 20 (ISO/IEC 14496-20) - Lightweight Application Scene Representation (LASeR) and Simple Aggregation Format (SAF).

• MPEG-7
  MPEG-7
  MPEG-7 is a multimedia content description standard. It was standardized in ISO/IEC 15938 . This description will be associated with the content itself, to allow fast and efficient searching for material that is of interest to the user. MPEG-7 is formally called Multimedia Content Description...
  
   Systems (ISO/IEC 15938-1)

• MPEG-21
  MPEG-21
  The MPEG-21 standard, from the Moving Picture Experts Group, aims at defining an open framework for multimedia applications. MPEG-21 is ratified in the standards ISO/IEC 21000 - Multimedia framework .MPEG-21 is based on two essential concepts:...
  
   Binary Format (ISO/IEC 21000-16)

• TV-Anytime
  TV-Anytime
  TV-Anytime is a set of specifications for the controlled delivery of multimedia content to a user's digital video recorder . It seeks to exploit the evolution in convenient, high capacity storage of digital information to provide consumers with a highly personalized TV experience...
  
   - Broadcast and On-line Services: Search, select, and rightful use of content on personal storage systems (ETSI TS 102 822)

• ARIB
  Arib
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   - Coding, Transmission and Storage Specification for Broadcasting System Based on Home Servers (ARIB-STD B38)

• DVB - Carriage and signalling of TV-Anytime information in DVB transport streams (ETSI TS 102 323)

• DVB - Carriage of Broadband Content Guide information over Internet Protocol (ETSI TS 102 539)

• DVB - Datacast over DVB-H: Electronic Service Guide (ETSI TS 102 471)

See also

• Binary XML
  Binary XML
  Binary XML refers to any specification which defines the compact representation of XML in a binary format. While there are several competing formats, none has been widely adopted by a standards organization or accepted as a de facto standard...
  
  
• EXI
  Efficient XML Interchange
  Efficient XML Interchange is a proposed data format from the Efficient XML Interchange Working Group of the World Wide Web Consortium...
  
  
• Extensible MPEG-4 Textual Format
  Extensible MPEG-4 Textual Format
  The Extensible MPEG-4 Textual Format is a high-level, XML-based file format for storing MPEG-4 data in a way suitable for further editing...
  
  

External links

• BiM white paper
• ISO/IEC 23001-1:2006 - MPEG systems technologies -- Part 1: Binary MPEG format for XML
• ISO/IEC 23001-1, First edition 2006-04-01, Binary MPEG format for XML - preview