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Which AOV names and settings does Hydra itself standardise for render delegates, and how are render settings changes tracked?

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Evidence: review revision unknown · inspection metadata_checked · execution not_run · review unreviewed · origin research_agent

Partially verified: the curator re-read S25, S26; S24, S27 were not re-read by the curator and rest on the producer's pinned reading. Hydra names standard AOVs by tokens (e.g. color with pre-multiplied alpha, depth, cameraDepth, primId) plus primvars:/lpe:/shader: prefixes (shader format marked TBD), and describes each AOV by format, multiSampled, clearValue and a settings map. These tokens are a separate naming layer from USD RenderVar names and EXR channel names. Curator qualifications: Partially verified: the curator re-read S25, S26; S24, S27 were not re-read by the curator and rest on the producer's pinned reading. Curator GET 2026-10-23 of the sources not re-read (mechanical source evidence, not semantic verification): S24: HTTP 200, bytes differ from the producer pin; S27: HTTP 200, bytes differ from the producer pin. Code and docs read 2026-10-22; nothing rendered or written. HdRenderSettings dirty bits (S27) not re-read by curator. Limitations: Code and docs read 2026-10-22; nothing rendered or written. Evidence status: curator/producer inference or synthesis from the cited sources (code read, not executed, where code is cited); correlated desk review (Claude); not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/blob/ee47c679abde5b467a7b6a41f3b2285564a4222e/docs/user_guides/schemas/usdRender/overview.md",
      "note": "OpenUSD pxr/imaging/hd/tokens.h at ee47c679 (raw), HD_AOV_TOKENS; OpenUSD pxr/imaging/hd/aov.h at ee47c679 (raw), HdAovDescriptor"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/blob/ee47c679abde5b467a7b6a41f3b2285564a4222e/pxr/imaging/hd/tokens.h",
      "note": "OpenUSD pxr/imaging/hd/tokens.h at ee47c679 (raw), HD_AOV_TOKENS; OpenUSD pxr/imaging/hd/aov.h at ee47c679 (raw), HdAovDescriptor"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/blob/ee47c679abde5b467a7b6a41f3b2285564a4222e/pxr/imaging/hd/aov.h",
      "note": "OpenUSD pxr/imaging/hd/tokens.h at ee47c679 (raw), HD_AOV_TOKENS; OpenUSD pxr/imaging/hd/aov.h at ee47c679 (raw), HdAovDescriptor"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/blob/ee47c679abde5b467a7b6a41f3b2285564a4222e/pxr/imaging/hd/renderSettings.h",
      "note": "OpenUSD pxr/imaging/hd/tokens.h at ee47c679 (raw), HD_AOV_TOKENS; OpenUSD pxr/imaging/hd/aov.h at ee47c679 (raw), HdAovDescriptor"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[inference] Hydra names standard AOVs by tokens (e.g. color with pre-multiplied alpha, depth, cameraDepth, primId) plus primvars:/lpe:/shader: prefixes (shader format marked TBD), and describes each AOV by format, multiSampled, clearValue and a settings map. These tokens are a separate naming layer from USD RenderVar names and EXR channel names. · locator: OpenUSD pxr/imaging/hd/tokens.h at ee47c679 (raw), HD_AOV_TOKENS; OpenUSD pxr/imaging/hd/aov.h at ee47c679 (raw), HdAovDescriptor source

Rights

component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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