本工程指南介绍了材料交换格式（MXF）及其背景。本文档描述了格式中涉及的技术、格式中各种元素的名称，以及在实际应用程序中使用格式的方式。本文档中的部分描述是文件格式的通用描述，而其他部分是特定于材料交换格式的描述。本文介绍了MXF格式中使用的面向对象技术，并讨论了文件中可能使用的元数据。本工程指南中提供了一些示例，用于指导实施者，从而提高使用不同MXF实现的应用程序的互操作性。

This Engineering Guideline gives an introduction to and the background for the Material Exchange Format (MXF). This document describes the technology involved in the Format, the names of the various elements within the Format, and the way in which the Format may be used within the real world applications. Some parts of the descriptions within this document are generic to file formats, while other parts are specific to the Material Exchange Format. There are descriptions of the object-oriented technology used within the MXF Format, as well as a discussion of the Metadata that may be used within the file. There are worked examples within this Engineering Guideline to guide implementers and hence improve the interoperability of applications using different MXF implementations.