# Is SMPTE ST 429-16 publicly readable at pub.smpte.org, and what does it define for audio channel labels such as VIN and HI?

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- updated: 2026-10-23T12:41:38.922Z
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ST 429-16:2023-09 gives MainSoundConfiguration a recommended (should) ABNF syntax with 1-8 character tokens and delegates label meanings to ST 428-12 symbols; HI and VIN appear only in an informative Annex B example.

ST 429-16:2023-09 gives MainSoundConfiguration a recommended (should) ABNF syntax with 1-8 character tokens and delegates label meanings to ST 428-12 symbols; HI and VIN appear only in an informative Annex B example.

Curator qualifications: 'Parsers should accept unknown tokens' is the producer's conservative synthesis from 'should', not a stated rule. PDF edition and ZIP not read (producer: PDF guesses 403).

Limitations: HTML edition only.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://pub.smpte.org/pub/st429-16/index.html",
      "note": "ST 429-16:2023-09 HTML 5.4.2.10 and Annex B example"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://pub.smpte.org/pub/st429-16/",
      "note": "ST 429-16:2023-09 HTML 5.4.2.10 and Annex B example"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://pub.smpte.org/doc/st429-16/",
      "note": "ST 429-16:2023-09 HTML 5.4.2.10 and Annex B example"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] ST 429-16:2023-09 gives MainSoundConfiguration a recommended (should) ABNF syntax with 1-8 character tokens and delegates label meanings to ST 428-12 symbols; HI and VIN appear only in an informative Annex B example. · locator: ST 429-16:2023-09 HTML 5.4.2.10 and Annex B example · source: https://pub.smpte.org/pub/st429-16/index.html

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