MPEG-7 is a multimedia content description standard that allows for fast and efficient searching of multimedia data. It provides standardized descriptions for various types of multimedia information like audio and video. MPEG-7 consists of parts for systems, description definition language, visual, audio, multimedia description schemes, reference software, conformance testing, and profiles and levels. Its goal is to make multimedia information as easy to find, retrieve, access, filter and manage as text-based information on the web.