What’s New

September 19, 2024
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocols at the TC-34CS Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Geneva Meeting.

September 19, 2024
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the TC-30MR Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Geneva Meeting.

July 10, 2024
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Ottawa Meeting (2024/6/4-6) is published.

June 5, 2024
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocols at the TC-34CS Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Ottawa Meeting.

June 5, 2024
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the TC-30MR Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Ottawa Meeting.

April 5, 2024
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting (2024/3/4-7) is published.

March 6, 2024
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocols at the TC-34CS Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

March 5, 2024
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the TC-30MR Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

January 18, 2024
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting (2023/12/11-14) is published.

December 14, 2023
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocols at the TC-34CS Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

December 12, 2023
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the TC-30MR Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

November 1, 2023
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Paris Meeting (2023/9/20-21) is published.

September 21, 2023
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the TC-30MR Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Paris Meeting.

September 21, 2023
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocols at the TC-34CS Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Paris Meeting.

July 26, 2023
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Melbourne Meeting (2023/6/13-15) is published.

June 15, 2023
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the TC-30MR Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Melbourne Meeting.

June 13, 2023
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocols at the TC-34CS Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Melbourne Meeting.

March 18, 2023
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community CulverCity Meeting (2023/2/27-3/1) is published.

February 28, 2023
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the TC-30MR Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community CulverCity Meeting.

February 27, 2023
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocols at the TC-34CS Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community CulverCity Meeting.

January 26, 2023
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting (2022/12/12-15) is published.

December 13, 2022
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the TC-30MR Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

December 12, 2022
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocols at the TC-34CS Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

October 24, 2022
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Geneva Meeting (2022/9/14-15) is published.

September 15, 2022
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the TC-30MR Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Geneva Meeting.

September 15, 2022
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocols at the TC-34CS Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Geneva Meeting.

July 2, 2022
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting (2022/6/6-9) is published.

June 8, 2022
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the TC-30MR Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

June 6, 2022
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocols at the TC-34CS Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

March 25, 2022
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting (2022/2/28-3/3) is published.

March 2, 2022
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocols at the TC-34CS Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

February 28, 2022
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the TC-30MR Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

January 12, 2022
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting (2021/12/7-9) is published.

December 9, 2021
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the TC-30MR Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

December 9, 2021
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocols at the TC-34CS Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

September 22, 2021
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting (2021/8/23-24，30-31) is published.

August 30, 2021
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the TC-30MR Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

August 24, 2021
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocols at the TC-34CS Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

July 1, 2021
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting (2021/6/7-10) is published.

June 9, 2021
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the TC-30MR Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

June 9, 2021
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocols at the TC-34CS Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

April 2, 2021
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting (2021/3/8-11) is published.

March 10, 2021
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the TC-30MR Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

March 8, 2021
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocols at the TC-34CS Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

January 26, 2021
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting (2020/12/7-10) is published.

December 8, 2020
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the TC-30MR Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

December 7, 2020
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocols at the TC-34CS Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

October 15, 2020
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting (2020/9/3-6) is published.

September 16, 2020
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the TC-30MR Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

September 14, 2020
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocols at the TC-34CS Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

July 6, 2020
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting (2020/6/1-4) is published.

June 2, 2020
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the TC-30MR Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

June 2, 2020
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocols at the TC-34CS Plenary in the SMPTE Standard Community Online Meeting.

April 16, 2020
The CD of revised SMPTE ST 330 provided by The Draft Group on UMID Related Standards passed the FCD ballot in the parent technical committee (TC-30MR), and the pre-DP (Draft Publication) ballot review has started after its revision based on comments received during the FCD ballot.

April 1, 2020
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Mumbai Meeting (2020/3/2-5) is published.

March 5, 2020
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the SMPTE Standard Community Mumbai Meeting. A decision is made in this Meeting to transfer a task of the UMID Resolution Protocol development from this technical committee (TC-30MR) to another technical committee (TC-34CS).

January 13, 2020
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Santa Clara Meeting (2019/12/9-12) is published.

January 10, 2020
The Draft Group on UMID Related Standards chaired by Yoshi Shibata completed a committee draft (CD) of the revised SMPTE ST 330, and the FCD ballot has started in the parent technical committee (TC-30MR).

December 12, 2019
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the SMPTE Standard Community Santa Clara Meeting.

October 15, 2019
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Erlangen Meeting (2019/9/18-21) is published.

September 20, 2019
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the SMPTE Standard Community Erlangen Meeting.

July 10, 2019
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Tokyo Meeting (2019/6/17-20) is published.

June 18, 2019
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the SMPTE Standard Community Tokyo Meeting.

April 28, 2019
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community White Plains Meeting (2019/3/11-14) is published.

March 14, 2019
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the SMPTE Standard Community White Plains Meeting.

March 6, 2019
The Draft Group on UMID Related Standards chaired by Yoshi Shibata completed a working draft (WD) of the revised SMPTE ST 330, and the pre-FCD (Final Committee Draft) ballot review has started in the parent technical committee (TC-30MR).

January 12, 2019
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community San Francisco Meeting (2018/12/3-6) is published.

December 6, 2018
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the SMPTE Standard Community San Francisco Meeting.

October 22, 2018
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Geneva Meeting (2018/9/19-22) is published.

September 21, 2018
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the SMPTE Standard Community Geneva Meeting.

July 10, 2018
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Toronto Meeting (2018/6/18-21) is published.

June 20, 2018
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the SMPTE Standard Community Toronto Meeting.

April 28, 2018
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community White Plains Meeting (2018/3/12-15) is published.

March 14, 2018
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the SMPTE Standard Community White Plains Meeting.

January 31, 2018
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Santa Clara Meeting (2017/12/4-8) is published.

December 8, 2017
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the SMPTE Standard Community Santa Clara Meeting.

October 26, 2017
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community London Meeting (2017/9/20-23) is published.

September 21, 2017
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the SMPTE Standard Community London Meeting.

August 28, 2017
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Shanghai Meeting (2017/6/13-16) is published.

June 16, 2017
The project plan of the RP 205 1 year review, proposed as a part of the SMPTE UMID Application Project Yoshi Shibata chairs, is formally approved by the SMPTE Standard Committee, and Yoshi Shibata is appointed to a chair of the project which takes place in the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards.

June 14, 2017
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the SMPTE Standard Community Shanghai Meeting.

May 4, 2017
The project plan of the RP 205 1 year review, proposed as a part of the SMPTE UMID Application Project Yoshi Shibata chairs, is made open to the parent technical committee (TC-30MR) for its review.

May 1, 2017
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community San Jose Meeting (2017/3/6-10) is published.

April 24, 2017
Yoshi Shibata makes a presentation titled “To Maximize Interoperability in Mobile News Gathering” at the “Advanced Newsgathering” session of NAB Show 2017 Broadcast Engineering and Information Technology Conference.

April 10, 2017
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.34 (in Japanese) is published.

March 8, 2017
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the SMPTE Standard Community San Jose Meeting.

January 31, 2017
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Burbank Meeting (2016/12/5-9) is published.

December 9, 2016
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the SMPTE Standard Community Burbank Meeting.

November 24, 2016
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Geneva Meeting (2016/9/14-17) is published.

September 16, 2016
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards) at the SMPTE Standard Community Geneva Meeting.

September 7, 2016
The SMPTE ST 330 Revision, proposed as a part of the SMPTE UMID Application Project Yoshi Shibata chairs, is dicided to conduct prior to UMID Resolution Protocol development at its Draft Group after it is renamed to the Draft Group on UMID Related Standards.

July 16, 2016
The project plan of the Draft Group on SMPTE ST 330 Revision, proposed as a part of the SMPTE UMID Application Project Yoshi Shibata chairs, is formally approved by the SMPTE Standard Committee, and Yoshi Shibata is appointed to a chair of the group.

July 15, 2016
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community New York Meeting (2016/6/7-10) is published.

June 9, 2016
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocol) at the SMPTE Standard Community New York Meeting.

April 18, 2016
The project plan of the ST 330 Revision Draft Group, proposed as a part of the SMPTE UMID Application Project Yoshi Shibata chairs, is made open to the parent technical committee (TC-30MR) for its review.

April 15, 2016
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Santa Clara Meeting (2016/2/29-3/3) is published.

March 3, 2016
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocol) at the SMPTE Standard Community Santa Clara Meeting.

February 8, 2016
Yoshi Shibata’s article titled “UMID Applications in MXF and Streaming Media”, which constitutes the digest version of the recently published SMPTE Committee Report is published in SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal (January/February, 2016).

January 25, 2016
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Atlanta Meeting (2015/12/7-10) is published.

January 5, 2016
The part discussing the UMID applications in MXF is extracted from the Study Report on UMID Applications Part 2-2 and published as the SMPTE Committee Report, which (“Study of UMID Applications in MXF and Streaming Media”) is also made available here.

December 21, 2015
Yoshi Shibata’s article titled “Development and SMPTE Standardization of UMID Application Principles” (in Japanese), which introduces the technology he won the Image Information and Media Future Award/Frontier Award for, is published in the Journal of the Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers (January, 2016) (Online version). The electrical annex of the article titled “SMPTE UMID and its Applications” (in Japanese), which describes the detailed overview of Yoshi Shibata’s efforts on the UMID applications so far, is also made available here.

December 10, 2015
Based on the recommendation of the Study Report on UMID Applications Part 2-2 approved as the official report of the parent technical committee (TC-30MR), a new project (SMPTE ST 330 Extension Draft Group) has been proposed in order to extend the UMID format specifications defined in an existing SMPTE ST 330.

December 10, 2015
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocol) at the SMPTE Standard Community Atlanta Meeting.

October 16, 2015
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Paris Meeting (2015/9/16-19) is published.

October 9, 2015
The Study Report on UMID Applications Part 2-2, submitted by the SMPTE UMID Application Project Yoshi Shibata chairs, was approved as an official report of the parent technical committee (TC-30MR), and a process to extract a part discussing UMID applications in MXF from the study report and to publish the part as the SMPTE Committee Report has started based on the recommendation of the study report.

September 18, 2015
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocol) at the SMPTE Standard Community Paris Meeting.

September 7, 2015
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Sydney Meeting (2015/7/7-10) is published.

July 10, 2015
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications, the RP 205 Revision Ad hoc Group and the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocol) at the SMPTE Standard Community Sydney Meeting.

July 4, 2015
As a part of the SMPTE UMID Application Project chaired by Yoshi Shibata, Study Report on UMID Applications Part 2-2, which discusses the UMID format extensions, the UMID applications in MXF (Material eXchange Format), and so on, was submitted to the parent technical committee (TC-30MR), and the TC review of the study report has started.

May 29, 2015
Yoshi Shibata wins the Image Information and Media Future Award/Frontier Award from the Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers (ITE) for his effort on establishing the UMID Application Principles and their SMPTE standardization.

May 1, 2015
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community San Jose Meeting (2015/3/2-5) is published.

March 3, 2015
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications, the RP 205 Revision Ad hoc Group and the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocol) at the SMPTE Standard Community San Jose Meeting.

January 22, 2015
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Burbank Meeting (2014/12/8-12) is published.

January 21, 2015
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.33 (in Japanese) is published.

December 29, 2014
The revised SMPTE RP 205:2014 (Application of Unique Material Identifiers in Production and Broadcast Environments) has been officially published in the SMPTE Digital Library, which defines the UMID Application Principles and provides informative text on their reference implementations, various UMID application examples, and FAQs for the UMID applications.

December 11, 2014
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications, the RP 205 Revision Ad hoc Group and the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocol) at the SMPTE Standard Community Burbank Meeting.

November 27, 2014
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.32 (in Japanese) is published.

October 20, 2014
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Geneva Meeting (2014/9/17-21) is published.

October 17, 2014
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.31 (in Japanese) is published.

September 21, 2014
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications, the RP 205 Revision Ad hoc Group and the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocol) at the SMPTE Standard Community Geneva Meeting.

September 13, 2014
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.30 (in Japanese) is published.

September 1, 2014
Yoshi Shibata makes a presentation titled “UMID Applications in MXF” (1-6) (in Japanese) at the ITE Annual Convention 2014.

August 18, 2014
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.29 (in Japanese) is published.

July 28, 2014
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Tokyo Meeting (2014/6/2-6) is published.

July 25, 2014
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.28 (in Japanese) is published.

July 22, 2014
Yoshi Shibata makes a presentation titled “Introduction to UMID and its Applications” at the online meeting of JTFFFMI (Joint Task Force on File Formats and Media Interoperability) sponsored by seven key media industry organizations including SMPTE, EBU and AMWA.

July 1, 2014
The project plan of the Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocol, proposed as a part of the SMPTE UMID Application Project Yoshi Shibata chairs, is formally approved by the SMPTE Standard Committee, and Yoshi Shibata is appointed to a chair of the group.

June 23, 2014
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.27 (in Japanese) is published.

June 5, 2014
The Study Report on UMID Applications Part 2-1, submitted by the SMPTE UMID Application Project Yoshi Shibata chairs, was approved as an official report of the parent technical committee (TC-30MR), and a new project (SMPTE Draft Group on UMID Resolution Protocol) has been proposed in order to standardize the UMID resolution protocol based on the recommendation of the study report.

June 5, 2014
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the RP 205 Revision Ad hoc Group) at the SMPTE Standard Community Tokyo Meeting.

May 20, 2014
The FCD of the revised SMPTE RP 205 provided by the RP 205 Revision Ad hoc Group has passed the DP ballot in the parent technical committee (TC-30MR).

May 15, 2014
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.26 (in Japanese) is published.

May 7, 2014
The DP ballot, the final step of the SMPTE standardization due process, has started in the parent technical committee (TC-30MR) for the FCD of the revised SMPTE RP 205 provided by the RP 205 Revision Ad hoc Group.

May 1, 2014
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Niagara Meeting (2014/3/3-7) is published.

April 11, 2014
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.25 (in Japanese) is published.

March 27, 2014
As a part of the SMPTE UMID Application Project chaired by Yoshi Shibata, Study Report on UMID Applications Part 2-1, which discusses the UMID resolution protocol and the UMID based program package exchange, was submitted to the parent technical committee (TC-30MR), and the TC review of the study report has started.

March 25, 2014
The CD of revised SMPTE RP 205 provided by the RP 205 Revision Ad hoc Group passed the FCD ballot in the parent technical committee (TC-30MR), and the pre-DP (Draft Publication) ballot review has started after its revision based on comments received during the FCD ballot.

March 11, 2014
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.24 (in Japanese) is published.

March 6, 2014
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the RP 205 Revision Ad hoc Group) at the SMPTE Standard Community Niagara Meeting.

February 17, 2014
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.23 (in Japanese) is published.

February 14, 2014
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Atlanta Meeting (2013/12/9-13) is published.

February 5, 2014
The RP 205 Revision Ad hoc Group chaired by Yoshi Shibata completed a committee draft (CD) of the revised SMPTE RP 205, and the FCD ballot has started in the parent technical committee (TC-30MR).

January 12, 2014
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.22 (in Japanese) is published.

December 26, 2013
The RP 205 Revision Ad hoc Group chaired by Yoshi Shibata completed to revise the WD of the revised SMPTE RP 205, and the second pre-FCD ballot review has started in the parent technical committee (TC-30MR).

December 17, 2013
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.21 (in Japanese) is published.

December 12, 2013
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the RP 205 Revision Ad hoc Group) at the SMPTE Standard Community Atlanta Meeting.

November 8, 2013
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.20 (in Japanese) is published.

October 23, 2013
Yoshi Shibata makes a presentation titled “Latest Status of UMID Application Project in SMPTE” at the “Storing and Protecting Your Assets - Part 1” session of the SMPTE 2013 Annual Technical Conference.

October 22, 2013
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Munich Meeting (2013/9/18-22) is published.

October 9, 2013
The RP 205 Revision Ad hoc Group chaired by Yoshi Shibata completed an initial working draft (WD) of the revised SMPTE RP 205, and the pre-FCD (Final Committee Draft) ballot review has started in the parent technical committee (TC-30MR).

October 8, 2013
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.19 (in Japanese) is published.

September 21, 2013
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the RP 205 Revision Ad hoc Group) at the SMPTE Standard Community Munich Meeting.

September 9, 2013
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.18 (in Japanese) is published.

August 30, 2013
Yoshi Shibata makes a presentation titled “Implementation of UMID Resolution based on DNS”(14-3) (in Japanese) at the ITE Annual Convention 2013.

August 8, 2013
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.17 (in Japanese) is published.

July 17, 2013
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community San Jose Meeting (2013/6/19-22) is published.

July 8, 2013
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.16 (in Japanese) is published.

June 21, 2013
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications and the RP 205 Revision Ad hoc Group) at the SMPTE Standard Community San Jose Meeting.

June 7, 2013
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.15 (in Japanese) is published.

May 16, 2013
The project plan of the RP 205 Revision Ad hoc Group, proposed as a part of the SMPTE UMID Application Project Yoshi Shibata chairs, is formally approved by the SMPTE Standard Committee, and Yoshi Shibata is appointed to a chair of the group.

May 10, 2013
Yoshi Shibata’s article titled “Latest Status of UMID and its Applications in File-based Workflow” is published in ABU Technical Review, No.253, January-March 2013.

May 7, 2013
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.14 (in Japanese) is published.

April 27, 2013
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Hong Kong Meeting (2013/3/4-8) is published.

April 15, 2013
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.13 (in Japanese) is published.

April 2, 2013
The project plan of the RP 205 Revision Ad hoc Group, proposed as a part of the SMPTE UMID Application Project Yoshi Shibata chairs, is made open to the parent technical committee (TC-30MR) for its review.

March 8, 2013
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.12 (in Japanese) is published.

March 6, 2013
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications) at the SMPTE Standard Community Hong Kong Meeting.

March 6, 2013
The Study Report on UMID Applications Part 1, submitted by the SMPTE UMID Application Project Yoshi Shibata chairs, was approved as an official report of the parent technical committee (TC-30MR), and a new project (SMPTE RP 205 Revision Ad hoc Group) has been proposed in order to update an existing SMPTE RP 205 based on the recommendation of the study report.

February 9, 2013
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Burbank Meeting (2012/12/3-7) is published.

February 9, 2013
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.11 (in Japanese) is published.

February 4, 2013
As a part of the SMPTE UMID Application Project chaired by Yoshi Shibata, Study Report on UMID Applications Part 1, which discusses the UMID Application Principles and various UMID application examples, was submitted to the parent technical committee (TC-30MR), and the TC review of the study report has started.

January 18, 2013
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.10 (in Japanese) is published.

January 1, 2013
Yoshi SHibata’s activities in 2012 are reported in 2013 New Year’s card (in Japanese).

December 13, 2012
Inspired from the column titled “Question on participation in ‘standardization’ ” published on Eizo Shinbun Nov. 19 issue, Yoshi Shibata posts to the publisher a comment on the column describing the latest trend of standardization activity by the worldwide players in the industry (all in Japanese).
(“Question on participation in ‘standardization’ ” reproduced from Eizo Shinbun Nov. 19 issue)

December 12, 2012
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.9 (in Japanese) is published.

December 5, 2012
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications) at the SMPTE Standard Community Burbank Meeting.

November 10, 2012
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.8 (in Japanese) is published.

November 2, 2012
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Geneva Meeting (2012/9/12-16) is published.

October 22, 2012
AMWA and EBU jointly publish the FIMS 1.0 Specifications.

October 13, 2012
Yoshi Shibata makes a presentation titled “UMID and Its Applications for AV Material Management” at the “Technical Information Workshop II” session of the ABU (Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union) Technical Committee Meeting.

October 11, 2012
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.7 (in Japanese) is published.

October 1, 2012
Yoshi Shibata and Prof. Nobuyuki Yagi (Tokyo City Univ.)’s article titled “FIMS for Designing the Next Generation File-based Media Production and Broadcasting System” (in Japanese) is published in the Journal of the Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers (October, 2012).

September 15, 2012
Detailed report on “Introduction to FIMS and its applications for UMID” (in Japanese), presented at the June Study Meeting by JAVCOM Technology Research Committee (held on June 29), is published on JAVCOM News Vol.93.

September 15, 2012
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications) at the SMPTE Standard Community Geneva Meeting.

September 13, 2012
As a part of the SMPTE UMID Application Project chaired by Yoshi Shibata, “UMID Application Conference” is held in the SMPTE Standard Community Geneva Meeting, where he not only manages the conference but also makes a presentation titled “Globally Distributed Material Management by UMID”.

September 12, 2012
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.6 (in Japanese) is published.

September 10, 2012
The FIMS project wins the IBC Judges’ Prize at IBC 2012.

September 1, 2012
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Bristol Meeting (2012/7/9-12) is published.

August 29, 2012
Yoshi Shibata makes a presentation titled “UMID and its Applications - To enhance the usability of UMID, the industry standard AV material identifier -”(10-5) (in Japanese) at the ITE Annual Convention 2012.

August 11, 2012
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.5 (in Japanese) is published.

July 31, 2012
The EBU-TT (Timed Text) Part 1, a new EBU subtitle specification for which Yoshi Shibata has been also deeply involved in the development, is published.

July 12, 2012
Yoshi Shibata makes a status report on the SMPTE UMID Application Project (the Study Group on UMID Applications) at the SMPTE Standard Community Bristol Meeting.

July 5, 2012
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.4 (in Japanese) is published.

June 29, 2012
Yoshi Shibata makes a presentation titled “Introduction to FIMS and its applications for UMID” (in Japanese) at the June Study Meeting by JAVCOM Technology Research Committee.

June 19, 2012
Yoshi Shibata makes a presentation titled “Latest Status of UMID and its Applications in File-based Workflow” at the track 3 “File-based Workflow and Media Asset Management” of the BroadcastAsia2012 International Conference.

May 21, 2012
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.3 (in Japanese) is published.

May 15, 2012
Yoshi Shibata is introduced as a new member in JAVCOM News (A Journal from JAVCOM) Vol.91 (in Japanese).

May 15, 2012
The SMPTE UMID Application Project (Study Group on UMID Applications) chaired by Yoshi Shibata was ready and has started its activities.

May 10, 2012
Yoshi Shibata makes a presentation titled “FIMS Activities Updates” (in Japanese) at the “X Day Seminar - NAB 2012 Report: Remarkable Trend”, organized by the industrial monthly magazine New Media.

April 18, 2012
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Atlanta Meeting (2012/3/5-9) is published.

April 18, 2012
Yoshi Shibata makes a presentation titled “UMID Applications in FIMS” at the FIMS booth (N517) in 2012 NAB Show.

April 11, 2012
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.2 (in Japanese) is published.

April 11, 2012
News release is issued on the proposal of new standardization activities for the UMID Applications to SMPTE.

April 10, 2012
The proposal of new standardization activities for the UMID Applications by Yoshi Shibata has been formally approved by the SMPTE Standard Committee and the SMPTE UMID Application Project (Study Group on UMID Applications) is established with Yoshi Shibata being appointed to a chair of the group.

March 17, 2012
FIMS Supporter Sponsorship Plan is announced for the exhibition of the FIMS Booth (N517) in 2012 NAB Show.

March 8, 2012
Yoshi Shibata retries the proposal of new standardization activities for the UMID Applications at the SMPTE Standard Community Atlanta Meeting.

March 1, 2012
Yoshi Shibata’s article titled “UMID Applications in Practices” is published in SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal (March, 2012).

February 28, 2012
The report on the SMPTE Standard Community Burbank Meeting (2011/12/5-9) is published.

February 14, 2012
The metaFrontier Newsmail Vol.1 (in Japanese) is published.

February 1, 2012
Yoshi Shibata’s interview article is published in the WizSqure News (the first issue) (in Japanese).

January 27, 2012
Yoshi Shibata makes a presentation titled “A trial toward the SMPTE standard - for the international standardization of UMID, the unique material identifier of audiovisual materials” (in Japanese) at the New Year Seminar presented by JAVCOM (Japan Association of Video Communications).

January 23, 2012
The RfT for FIMS Phase2 is closed with a result of 30 use cases proposed by 10 companies.

January 18, 2012
AMWA AS-11 (MXF Application Specifications for Program Contribution) is formally approved by the AMWA Board and published.

January 18, 2012
The draft of EBU TT (Timed Text), the next generation subtitle format specifications in EBU, is announced for the final industrial review.

January 5, 2012
The metaFrontier.jp, LLC has been formally established.

January 1, 2012
Yoshi Shibata’s activities in 2011 and the establishment of metaFrontier.jp, LLC are reported in 2012 New Year’s card (in Japanese).

December 11, 2011
“The File Base Book 2” (in Japanese), to which Yoshi Shibata contributes the FIMS introductory article, is published by New Media Inc.

December 8, 2011
Yoshi Shibata makes a proposal of new standardization activities for the UMID Applications at the SMPTE Standard Community Burbank Meeting.

November 30, 2011
The FIMS Webinar (the online seminar) was presented by J.-P. Evain from EBU, et al.

November 25, 2011
Yoshi Shibata’s presentation titled “UMID Applications in Practices” at the SMPTE 2011 Annual Technical Conference is introduced on the SMPTE main Homepage (See here for the HP snapshot of the day and here for the embedded movie).

October 25, 2011
Yoshi Shibata makes a presentation titled “UMID Applications in Practices” at the “Topics in File Based Work Flows Part 3” session of the SMPTE 2011 Annual Technical Conference.

October 22, 2011
The deadline of RfT (Request for Technologies) for the FIMS Phase2 is announced to be postponed to January 15, 2012.

October 1, 2011
Yoshi Shibata’s article titled “FIMS comes after the File-Based Part 3 - FIMS Features and Implementations” (in Japanese) is published in the industrial monthly magazine New Media (November, 2011).

September 11, 2011
At the FIMS meeting in Amsterdam, a decision is made to publish the FIMS 1.0 Specification draft for review in public. Any feedback is expected to be submitted due October 31, 2011.

September 1, 2011
Yoshi Shibata’s article titled “FIMS comes after the File-Based Part 2 - Web Service and SOA System” (in Japanese) is published in the industrial monthly magazine New Media (October, 2011).

August 26, 2011
Yoshi Shibata makes a presentation titled “Introduction to Media SOA/FIMS - Standardization Activity of Service Interfaces for Media Systems -”(11-2) (in Japanese) at the ITE Annual Convention 2011.

August 1, 2011
Yoshi Shibata’s article titled “FIMS comes after the File-Based Part 1 - Media SOA and the FIMS Eve” (in Japanese) is published in the industrial monthly magazine New Media (September, 2011).