Overview
ISO/IEC 23093-1:2025 - Information technology - Internet of media things - Part 1: Architecture defines the architectural framework for the Internet of Media Things (IoMT). This third-edition International Standard describes how media-focused devices (cameras, microphones, displays, haptics, smart glasses, etc.) and media-processing components interconnect, exchange data and cooperate. The document also provides a comprehensive set of practical use cases - from smart spaces and smart cities to healthcare, agriculture, blockchain transactions and metaverse applications - to illustrate real-world deployments.
Key technical topics and requirements
- Architecture scope: Defines system-level structure and roles for media sensors, media analysers, media actuators and media storages within IoMT systems.
- APIs and interfaces: Specifies APIs and interfaces to enable discovery, connection and efficient data exchange between media things. APIs support transaction tokens for controlled access to device functionality and resources.
- Data formats: Specifies input/output data formats for sensed, processed and actuation data flowing between components (sensors → analysers → actuators).
- Interoperability focus: Emphasizes modular, discoverable components and cascading analysers to extract semantic information from raw media data.
- Use-case driven design: Includes detailed use cases (with sequence and mission-state diagrams) covering surveillance, navigation, digital signage, smart manufacturing, smart agriculture, multi-modal healthcare monitoring, blockchain authentication and metaverse avatar control.
- Scope limits: The standard specifies interfaces and data representations rather than internal sensing or analysis algorithms - it standardizes how components interoperate, not how they internally process media.
Practical applications
- Smart surveillance and city monitoring (multi-camera tracking, event detection, synchronized multi-view video)
- Enhanced user experiences with smart glasses, haptic devices and multimodal navigation for accessibility
- Digital signage, context-aware advertising and second-screen integrations
- Smart factories and maintenance support using audiovisual assistive systems
- Precision agriculture and livestock monitoring in smart rural deployments
- Remote and collaborative healthcare (multimodal sensing, emergency detection, wearable integration)
- Content authentication and monetization using blockchain transactions for media resources
- Metaverse and AR/VR pipelines (pose/face landmark data feeding avatar animation)
Who should use this standard
- System architects and solution designers building IoMT ecosystems
- Device manufacturers (cameras, microphones, displays, wearables)
- Software/API developers and middleware vendors
- Integrators and platform providers for smart cities, healthcare and industry 4.0
- Standards bodies, procurement teams and researchers evaluating interoperable media systems
Related standards
- Part of the ISO/IEC 23093 series (architecture, APIs, compressed representations) developed by ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29. For implementers, consult other parts of the series for API and data-compression specifics.
