AES R9-2008 PDF Download

The AES R9-2008 standard focuses on the digital management of audio assets. It acknowledges the increasing importance of metadata in controlling and organizing audio assets in various domains such as projects, inventories, collections, libraries, and archives. While some audio-related metadata already exists in metadata sets developed by other communities, there is a need within the audio community for more specific and detailed audio metadata.

The report addresses the question of how the upcoming AES metadata standards should be handled to ensure consistency across multiple AES documents. It also emphasizes the importance of harmonizing these standards with relevant external metadata sets, such as the SMPTE metadata dictionary standards and the IEC's work in the same field. The goal is to create a standardized approach to audio metadata that can be universally applied and understood.