Overview
ISO/IEC 23093-5:2025 - "Information technology - Internet of media things - Part 5: IoMT autonomous collaboration" defines the data formats (XML) and APIs needed for mission management and control between media Things (MThings) and end-users or system managers. The standard specifies how mission descriptions and user commands are represented, exchanged and monitored so multiple MThings can collaborate autonomously to complete tasks. It is part of the ISO/IEC 23093 series that addresses architecture, discovery, media data formats, and distributed AI for the Internet of Media Things (IoMT).
Key topics and technical requirements
- Structured mission data formats (XML): normative XML schema fragments and a schema wrapper for composing valid mission documents. The standard defines holistic mission descriptions and partial mission representations for MThings.
- APIs for mission management and control: interfaces to transmit mission data, user commands (including subsets or modified forms), and status updates among MThings and controllers.
- MController class and MCOV: an MThing controller (MController) role is specified to generate, control and monitor mission progress. The document includes an MController output vocabulary (MCOV) for standardized outputs and status reporting.
- Schema documents & namespaces: guidance on assembling schema snippets, versioning ("ISO/IEC 23093-5"), and consistent namespace prefix usage for example fragments (e.g., mpeg7, mcov, xsi).
- Mission lifecycle and workflows: processes for composing, confirming, broadcasting and finalizing missions (user GUI selection, role assignment, XML conversion, broadcasting, execution, status broadcasts).
- Interoperability considerations: normative references to other parts of the series for discovery, communication APIs, media data formats, and distributed AI processing to enable end-to-end interoperability.
- Security/transaction tokens (contextual): the broader series addresses access tokens and transactional access for resources, relevant to secure mission execution.
Practical applications
- Coordinating networks of media sensors, analysers, storages and actuators to perform multi-device media capture and processing.
- Automated content capture and analytics workflows in smart venues, surveillance, broadcast contribution or remote production where multiple devices must follow a mission script.
- Orchestrating distributed media AI pipelines by delivering mission descriptions and monitoring completion across devices.
Implementers use ISO/IEC 23093-5 to ensure consistent mission representation, reliable API exchanges and predictable collaboration among heterogeneous IoMT devices.
Who should use this standard
- System architects and designers building IoMT platforms
- Device manufacturers (MSensor, MAnalyser, MStorage, MController)
- Software developers and integrators implementing mission orchestration and APIs
- Solution providers in media production, smart city sensing, and distributed media analytics
Related standards
Keywords: ISO/IEC 23093-5:2025, Internet of Media Things, IoMT autonomous collaboration, MThings, mission management, XML mission formats, MController, MCOV, mission APIs.