| TITLE: | Announcement of JTC1 Imaging and Graphics Business Team |
| SOURCE: | Jerry Smith, Phone: +1-703-275-5596, smith5j@ncr.disa.mil |
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| ACTION: | For information |
| DATE: | 18 June 1998 |
| DISTRIBUTION: | SC34 and Liaisons |
| REFER TO: | http://www.globalcollaboration.org/jtc1/igbt/ |
| REPLY TO: | Dr. James David Mason
(ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34 Chaiman) Lockheed Martin Energy Systems Information Management Services 1060 Commerce Park, M.S. 6480 Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6480 U.S.A. Telephone: +1 423 574-6973 Facsimile: +1 423 574-0004 Network: masonjd@ornl.gov http://www.ornl.gov/sgml/wg4/ ftp://ftp.ornl.gov/pub/sgml/wg4/ |
Dear colleague: I am writing to invite you to participate in the strategic planning activity of ISO/IEC JTC 1 that is called the "Imaging and Graphics Business Team". Participation is open to any individual world-wide regardless of national body or standards committee affiliations. For more information or to join, you should visit the Team's WWW site at: http://www.globalcollaboration.org/jtc1/igbt/ The first Press Release of the business team is reproduced below. Over the next few weeks we will be forming the initial working groups and initiating the activities. The Imaging and Graphics Business Team FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jerry Smith Phone: +1-703-275-5596 smith5j@ncr.disa.mil Sendai, Japan 2 June 1998 -- Today the Imaging and Graphics Business Team announces the commencement of its work. The fast paced evolution of information and communications technologies has created opportunities for standards-based solutions to meet the requirements of new and emerging markets. In recognition of this, Joint Technical Committee 1 of ISO/IEC, the International Organization for Standardization / the International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC JTC 1) has created the Imaging and Graphics Business Team (IGBT). The purpose of the business team is to identify opportunities for creating new International Standards by working with: • Business to identify market opportunities that require new standards; • Governments and public sector organizations to identify their unique requirements; • Graphics and imaging experts to agree on technologies suitable for standardization; and • Developers of standards outside of ISO and IEC to optimize the application of scarce resources. Business Teams are a strategic planning activity of JTC 1, designed to reach outside the community of technologists within JTC 1 who develop International Standards and involve additional leaders in business and government who are the users of standards as well as the trade associations, consortia and other organizations who develop standards. The area of information and communications technology to be addressed by the IGBT includes all aspects standard formats and interfaces used for interaction with and presentation of, information, including but not limited to: • Computer graphics • Image processing • Single media, including animation, audio and video • Multimedia The leader of the IGBT is Jerry Smith of the Defense Information Systems Agency of the United States Department of Defense. Mr. Smith is advised by a Steering Committee composed of managers and technologists with a strong interest in graphics and imaging. Team activities are divided into two focus areas: Business and Government, and Technology. Within each focus area, Working Groups will be formed to discuss and reach consensus on specific topics. The IGBT is a fast-paced activity that will conclude its work in January 1999 with a Final Report to be presented to the JTC 1 Brazil Plenary meeting. Participation in the IGBT is open to anyone. You do not need to currently participate in any recognized standards activity to join. For more information or to join, please visit our WWW site at: http://www.globalcollaboration.org/jtc1/igbt/ The Imaging and Graphics Business team will hold an open meeting immediately following SIGGRAPH 98 on Sunday, 26 July 1998 at the Omni Rosen Hotel in Orlando, Florida. More information can be found on the team's WWW site. Steve Carson Chair, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24 Computer Graphics and Image Processing --------------------------------------------------------- Steve Carson phone: +1-505-521-7399 GSC Associates Inc. fax: +1-505-521-9321 5272 Redman Road e-mail: carson@siggraph.org Las Cruces, NM 88011 USA ---------------------------------------------------------