For 1394 we have a term and definition in Audio Technology.

1394 (Audio Technology)

A high speed serial digital communication interface invented by Apple Computer Corp. and often seen on digital consumer equipment such as video cameras and personal computers, usually goes by the name of "Firewire" (Apple term) or "iLink (Sony term). Has been adopted as a carrier for high resolution and or multitrack digital audio in the SACD interconnect standard and is also used by some manufacturers as a property digital interlink especially for home A/V applications were higher data rates are needed than established standards will allow. For more info visit the 1394 LA page or the 1394 Industry Association homepage. Yamaha also has an interesting 1394 based protocol called Mlan (Music Lan) that allows for the transport of multiple tracks of audio data along with other music data such as MIDI, sadly however it appears that this is confined to PCM audio only, no DSD, although high PCM bit rates are supported, more info here.

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