| 1 Definition | 2 Functional Requirements | 3 Syntax | 
| 4 Semantics | 5 Conformance Testing | 6 Performance Assessment | 
1 Definition
A Data Type representing a rectangle (2D Bounding Box) or right parallelepiped (3D Bounding Box) containing a 2D or 3D Visual Object, respectively.
2 Functional Requirements
The rectangle or right parallelepiped is defined, respectively, by
- Rectangle (2D): 3 vertices not on a straight line.
 - Right Parallelepiped (3D): 4 vertices not on a plane.
 
The Visual Object (Content) may fit exactly in the rectangle/parallelepiped and have the same axes of the rectangle/parallelepiped.
Content may be absent.
3 Syntax
https://schemas.mpai.community/OSD/V1.2/data/BoundingBox.json
4 Semantics
| Label | Size | Description | 
| Header | N1 Bytes | Bounding Box Header | 
| – Standard-BoundingBox | 9 Bytes | The characters “OSD-BBX-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 | 
| BoundingBoxID | N5 Bytes | Identifier of BoundingBox. | 
| Dimensions | 2 Bytes | One of 2D, 3D | 
| 
 VisualDataQualifier 
 | 
N6 Bytes | Qualifier of BoundingBox Visual Data | 
| BoundingBoxCartPositions | 12/24 Bytes | The Positions of the selected vertices of the rectangle/parallelepiped. | 
| DescrMetadata | N6 Bytes | Descriptive Metadata | 
5 Conformance Testing
A Data instance Conforms with Bounding Box (OSD-BBX) V1.2 if:
- The Data validates against the Bounding Box’s JSON Schema.
 - All Data in the  Bounding Box’s JSON Schema
- Have the specified type
 - Validate against their JSON Schemas
 - Conform with their Data Qualifiers if present.