A method for providing symbology in a video data stream, comprising: acquiring a video stream including a video frame from one or more image sensors ; identifying symbology information associated with the video frame, wherein the symbology information includes displayable symbols in two or more different symbology categories, the different categories of symbology information for viewing by different entities; encoding the symbology information to generate symbology metadata associated with the video frame; incorporating the symbology metadata in a vertical ancillary 'VANC' metadata space of the video frame; wherein the video frame includes raw data received from the one or more image sensors; and wherein the symbology information includes information defining one or more symbols, and information defining a position to display the corresponding symbol in the video stream; and further comprising transporting the symbology metadata to an output path along with the raw data corresponding to the video frame in the video stream; and at different displays associated with the different entities: accessing the symbology metadata corresponding to the video frame; and decoding the symbology metadata to identify one or more symbols, and the information defining the position to display the one or more symbols in the video stream; and displaying the different categories of symbology information on respective different displays associated with the different entities by overlaying the one or more symbols onto the raw data at the corresponding position in the video stream. acquiring a video stream including a video frame from one or more image sensors ; identifying symbology information associated with the video frame, wherein the symbology information includes displayable symbols in two or more different symbology categories, the different categories of symbology information for viewing by different entities; encoding the symbology information to generate symbology metadata associated with the video frame; incorporating the symbology metadata in a vertical ancillary 'VANC' metadata space of the video frame; wherein the video frame includes raw data received from the one or more image sensors; and wherein the symbology information includes information defining one or more symbols, and information defining a position to display the corresponding symbol in the video stream; and further comprising transporting the symbology metadata to an output path along with the raw data corresponding to the video frame in the video stream; and at different displays associated with the different entities: accessing the symbology metadata corresponding to the video frame; and decoding the symbology metadata to identify one or more symbols, and the information defining the position to display the one or more symbols in the video stream; and displaying the different categories of symbology information on respective different displays associated with the different entities by overlaying the one or more symbols onto the raw data at the corresponding position in the video stream. accessing the symbology metadata corresponding to the video frame; and decoding the symbology metadata to identify one or more symbols, and the information defining the position to display the one or more symbols in the video stream; and displaying the different categories of symbology information on respective different displays associated with the different entities by overlaying the one or more symbols onto the raw data at the corresponding position in the video stream. <EOS>