# Rendition Metadata **Domain:** Clinical Media / Metadata **Doc Type:** Technical Concept Node **Maturity:** Defined within DICOM-RTV **Related:** [[DICOM Real-Time Video]], [[Essence Flow]], [[BCI Metadata]] --- ## Definition **Rendition metadata** binds multiple synchronized real-time essence and metadata flows into one coherent clinical presentation or rendition. It describes relationships that cannot be inferred safely from packet arrival or filenames alone. ## Architectural role The concept generalizes to neural interfaces: independent signal, stimulus, video, audio, and annotation streams require an explicit binding layer if later systems are to reconstruct the event accurately.