Why is the DSM-CC specification document so large?
Many other standards have each of the equivalent parts to DSM-CC specified in separate specifications. If all of these specifications are brought together which may take considerable effort by the user, the user not only is left with a bigger document but may encounter potential duplications and controversies that need to be resolved. It is left to implementers to find his/her way through the multiplicity of the standards in order to integrate the specifications into one implementation and ensure interoperability with other such vendors who use the same specifications. The experts that specified DSM-CC spent their time and effort in order to bring all aspects of multimedia services into one specification and facilitate the work of the potential DSM-CC implementers.
