Method and apparatus for prioritizing metadata

摘要

A method and an apparatus for prioritizing a metadata item associated to audio or video data are described. A metadata item is retrieved (10) from a metadata repository (22) or via an input (21). An analyzing unit (24) determines (13) a priority value of the metadata item using one of a plurality of prioritization methods. A storing unit (25) then stores (14) the priority value in a priority table and references (15) the priority table in a metadata table.