A reception apparatus, comprising: a communication unit configured to receive a media presentation description indicating control information for the reception apparatus, wherein the media presentation description is a management information description file and comprises a user information setting region for setting user information; and a data processing unit configured to set user information to the user information setting region in order to generate user information-set data, wherein the user information-set data indicate the user information, characterized in that: the communication unit is further configured to receive a mapping table indicating a correspondence between possible user information-set data and access information to control information files for available user information-corresponding contents, wherein the user information-corresponding contents are contents corresponding to the user information indicated by the possible user information-set data; and the data processing unit is further configured to: extract, from the mapping table, data that coincides with the generated user information-set data, select, from the mapping table, access information to the control information file associated with the extracted data, acquire the control information file associated with the extracted data based on the selected access information, and apply access data of the control information file to acquire the user information-corresponding content for the set user information. a communication unit configured to receive a media presentation description indicating control information for the reception apparatus, wherein the media presentation description is a management information description file and comprises a user information setting region for setting user information; and a data processing unit configured to set user information to the user information setting region in order to generate user information-set data, wherein the user information-set data indicate the user information, characterized in that: the communication unit is further configured to receive a mapping table indicating a correspondence between possible user information-set data and access information to control information files for available user information-corresponding contents, wherein the user information-corresponding contents are contents corresponding to the user information indicated by the possible user information-set data; and the data processing unit is further configured to: extract, from the mapping table, data that coincides with the generated user information-set data, select, from the mapping table, access information to the control information file associated with the extracted data, acquire the control information file associated with the extracted data based on the selected access information, and apply access data of the control information file to acquire the user information-corresponding content for the set user information. extract, from the mapping table, data that coincides with the generated user information-set data, select, from the mapping table, access information to the control information file associated with the extracted data, acquire the control information file associated with the extracted data based on the selected access information, and apply access data of the control information file to acquire the user information-corresponding content for the set user information.