METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING ELEMENTS

摘要

A method for encoding a set of elements wherein each element comprises a data structure of a type and at least one attribute value is provided. The method comprises the steps of: selecting a current element for encoding; determining whether the current element has the same data structure type as a previously encoded element; in the negative, encoding the data structure of the current element and the at least one attribute value of the current element; and in the affirmative, encoding the at least one attribute value of the current element and providing an indication value indicating the current element has the same data structure type as the previously encoded element. The method is used to reduce the encoding redundancy of the structure information.