Facilitating management of IMS metadata for scene media

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for processing annotations in an immersive media stream, the instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the one or more processors to:
• determine, by a first processor, whether a set of metadata associated with a portion of received immersive media stream is coherent with the portion of the received immersive media stream based on predefined criteria;
• and
• annotate, by the first processor, the portion of the received immersive media stream to facilitate subsequent access and interpretation of the set of metadata by a second processor that is different from the first processor,
• wherein the annotating enables the subsequent access and interpretation of the portion of the received immersive media stream without an interpretation process.

A device for processing annotations in an immersive media stream, the device comprising:

• at least one memory configured to store program code;
• and
• at least one processor configured to read the program code and operate as instructed by the program code, the program code comprising:
• determining code configured to cause the at least one processor to determine whether a set of metadata associated with a portion of received immersive media stream is coherent with the portion of the received immersive media stream based on predefined criteria;
• and
• annotating code configured to cause the at least one processor to annotate the set of metadata while preserving integrity of the set of metadata without replacing the set of metadata partially or entirely,
• wherein the augmenting comprises adding supporting information in addition to the set of metadata to facilitate subsequent access and interpretation of the set of metadata by a second processor that is different from a first processor.