| 1 Definition | 2 Functional Requirements | 3 Syntax | 
| 4 Semantics | 5 Conformance Testing | 6 Performance Assessment | 
1 Definition
A Data Type describing a Speech Scene’s Speech Objects and Qualifiers, the Speech Scene Descriptors, and their spatial arrangement .
2 Functional Requirements
Speech Scene Descriptors include Scenes in addition to Objects.
3 Syntax
https://schemas.mpai.community/MMC/V2.3/data/SpeechSceneDescriptors.json
4 Semantics
| Label | Size | Description | 
| Header | N1 Bytes | Speech Scene Descriptors Header | 
| – Standard-SpeechSceneDescriptors | 9 Bytes | The characters “MMC-SSD-V” | 
| – Version | N2 Bytes | Major version – 1 or 2 characters | 
| – Dot-separator | 1 Byte | The character “.” | 
| – Subversion | N3 Bytes | Minor version – 1 or 2 characters | 
| MInstanceID | N4 Bytes | Identifier of M-Instance. | 
| SpeechSceneDescriptorsID | N5 Bytes | Identifier of the Speech Basic Scene. | 
| SpeechSceneSpaceTime | N7 Bytes | Data about the Speech Scene’s Space-Time. | 
| SpeechObjectCount | N6 Bytes | Number of Objects in Scene. | 
| SpeechSceneObjectDescriptorsData[] | N8 Bytes | Data of Speech Scene Objects. | 
| – SpeechObjectSpaceTime | N9 Bytes | Space-Time info of Speech Object. | 
| – SpeechObjectData | N10 Bytes | Speech Object Data. | 
| SpeechSubSceneCount | N6 Bytes | Number of Sub-Scenes in Scene. | 
| SpeechSceneSubSceneDescriptorsData[] | N8 Bytes | Data of Speech Scene Sub-Scenes. | 
| – SpeechSubSceneSpaceTime | N9 Bytes | Space-Time info of Speech Sub-Scenes. | 
| – SpeechSubSceneData | N10 Bytes | Speech Sub-Scene Data. | 
| DescrMetadata | N11 Bytes | Descriptive Metadata. | 
5 Conformance Testing
A Data instance Conforms with MPAI-MMC V2.3 Speech Scene Descriptors (MMC-SSD) if:
- The Data validates against the Speech Scene Descriptors’ JSON Schema.
- All Data in the  Speech Scene Descriptors’ JSON Schema
- Have the specified type
- Validate against their JSON Schemas
- Conform with their Data Qualifiers if present.
 
