# MovieLabs Ontology for Media Creation (OMC) and OMC-JSON schema

- id: src_01M569CB18MMEEQTW5X9KVDZAC
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T04, T01, T16 · tags: level:advanced, ontology, schema, interoperability
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:17:52.539Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569CB18MMEEQTW5X9KVDZAC

Source: https://github.com/movielabs/omc

Whether OMC covers generative-AI provenance (prompts, seeds, model versions) was not checked.

```json
{
  "archived": false,
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "Common data model for media-creation entities (narrative and production elements, assets, tasks, participants) with a versioned JSON schema (v2.8) and tech notes; the strongest candidate schema for agent-exchanged production metadata.",
  "source_type": "repository",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "MovieLabs",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [],
  "upstream_updated_at": "2026-02-07T01:32:25.000Z"
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] README: OMC-JSON folder holds schema OMC-JSON-v2.8.schema.json, with supplementary documentation and tech notes (including Narrative & Production). · locator: README · source: https://github.com/MovieLabs/OMC
- [upstream_claim] MovieLabs page: OMC provides consistent naming and definitions of terms and ways to express how concepts relate in production workflows, for interoperable collaboration and automation software. · locator: page intro · source: https://movielabs.com/production-technology/ontology-for-media-creation/
- [sourced_fact] Apache-2.0 license; last push 2026-02-07. · locator: LICENSE file · source: https://github.com/MovieLabs/OMC/blob/main/LICENSE
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights:
- code: license=Apache-2.0 hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=permitted training=unknown · Apache-2.0 per GitHub and LICENSE file; applies to the repository contents (schema and docs). · evidence: https://github.com/MovieLabs/OMC/blob/main/LICENSE

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