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== The MXF standards ==

===Base documents===
* SMPTE 377M: The MXF File Format Specification (the overall master document)
* SMPTE EG41: MXF Engineering Guide (A guide explaining how to use MXF)
* SMPTE EG42: MXF Descriptive Metadata (A guide explaining how to use descriptive metadata in MXF)

===Operational patterns===
* SMPTE 390M: OP-Atom (a very simple and highly constrained layout for simple MXF files)
* SMPTE 378M: OP-1a (the layout options for a minimal simple MXF file)
* SMPTE 391M: OP-1b
* SMPTE 392M: OP-2a
* SMPTE 393M: OP-2b
* SMPTE 407M: OP-3a, OP-3b
* SMPTE 408M: OP-1c, OP-2c, OP-3c

===Generic containers===
* SMPTE 379M: Generic Container (the way that essence is stored in MXF files)
* SMPTE 381M: GC-MPEG (how to store [[MPEG]] essence data in MXF using the Generic Container)
* SMPTE 383M: GC-DV (how to store [[DV (video format)|DV]] essence data in MXF using the Generic Container)
* SMPTE 385M: GC-CP (how to store SDTI-CP essence data in MXF using the Generic Container)
* SMPTE 386M: GC-D10 (how to store [[SMPTE D10]] essence data in MXF using the Generic Container)
* SMPTE 387M: GC-D11 (how to store [[SMPTE D11]] essence data in MXF using the Generic Container)
* SMPTE 382M: GC-AESBWF (how to store [[AES/EBU]] and Broadcast Wave audio essence data in MXF using the Generic Container)
* SMPTE 384M: GC-UP (how to store Uncompressed Picture essence data in MXF using the Generic Container)
* SMPTE 388M: GC-AA (how to store A-law coded audio essence data in MXF using the Generic Container)
* SMPTE 389M: Generic Container Reverse Play System Element
* SMPTE 394M: System Item Scheme-1 for Generic Container
* SMPTE 405M: Elements and Individual Data Items for the GC SI Scheme 1

===Metadata, dictionaries and registries===
* SMPTE 380M: DMS1 (a standard set of descriptive metadata to use with MXF files)
* SMPTE 436M: MXF Mappings for [[Vertical blanking interval|VBI]] Lines and [[Ancillary data|Ancillary Data Packets]]
* SMPTE RP210: SMPTE Metadata Dictionary (the latest version is available [http://smpte-ra.org/smpte-metadata-registry here].)
* SMPTE RP224: Registry of SMPTE Universal Labels