The Ontology for Media Creation (OMC) is the first version of a common ontology for production technologists designing Software-Defined Workflows (SDW) for the Media and Entertainment (M&E) industry. It provides a conceptual framework and a set of defined terms to enable both people and software to communicate unambiguously with greater data interoperability.
In the complex world of media creation, production participants and software tools rely on unique sets of concepts with various definitions. This increases the potential for confusion and error when the same word has different meanings in different contexts or tools. Hence, there is a need for a common ontology.
OMC has been developed to improve the efficiency of human-to-human and machine-to-machine communication in the production process. In software, the ontology is a foundational tool for creating interoperable schemas for data exchange and APIs.
This v1.0 release of OMC supports general communication about workflows and includes documents covering connected ontologies. 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.
Co-developed with the Hollywood studios DreamWorks Animation, Marvel Studios, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, and Warner Bros, with contributions from leading software companies, the OMC can be accessed from the MovieLabs website.
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