From carson@siggraph.org Fri Jun 27 06:33:06 1997 Received: from ratatosk.DK.net (root@ratatosk.DK.net [193.88.44.22]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id GAA00187 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 06:08:32 +0200 Received: from siggraph.cgrg.ohio-state.edu (siggraph.cgrg.ohio-state.edu [128.146.18.100]) by ratatosk.DK.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id GAA04381 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 06:01:44 +0200 Received: from study.huntleigh.com (carson@siggraph.org) by siggraph.cgrg.ohio-state.edu (8.8.5/941010.52) with SMTP id AAA08846 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 00:00:26 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970625215906.0077022c@siggraph.cgrg.ohio-state.edu> X-Sender: carson@siggraph.cgrg.ohio-state.edu X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 22:03:27 -0600 To: SC24@dkuug.dk From: Steve Carson Subject: News Flash: SC24 survives reengineering! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by siggraph.cgrg.ohio-state.edu id AAA08846 The JTC 1 Reengineering ad hoc on 20 June 1997 issued document ISO/IEC JT= C 1 N4775 for a 60 day JTC 1 ballot. The title of this document is JTC 1 Technical Directions, Organizational Structure and Modes of Operation. Please keep in mind that this is still only a proposal subject to JTC 1 letter ballot and then resolution of comments at the September JTC 1 meeting in Ottawa. To summarize the key points in a rather long document: 1) JTC 1=92s reengineering has identified Technical Directions which they believe are of strategic market relevance. 2) Technical Directions are viewed by JTC 1 as an opportunity to better convey to "the world" the work in which we are engaged. =20 3) The Technical Directions will encourage cross SC collaboration and enable a more flexible organizational structure. 4) Some Technical Directions will operate as a single SC and some will consist of multiple SCs. It is proposed that SC29 and SC24 fall into the later category. That is the one called "Method B" by the ad hoc, where members of the Technical Direction will: =20 a) operate as separate SCs within a common Technical Direction b) encourage dialogue between the grouped SCs=20 c) use the existing tools for collaboration d) feel free to meet independently e) action the SC chairs to provide joint reports (such as business plan= s, plenary reports, etc.) f) Note: SCs within a Technical Direction operating under Method B are encouraged to move towards operations under Method A 5) It looks as if the ad hoc largely accepted our comments regarding a technical direction that we fit in to and re-wrote their previous proposa= l to fit SC29's scope into SC24's scope rather than the converse. Here is t= he resulting Technical Direction: Multimedia & Representation Presentation of, interchange of, and interaction with information, includ= ing: - computer graphics; - multimedia, including coding of hypermedia and multimedia and coded representation of picture and audio information; - image processing; and - interactive techniques. In a subsequent message will send out the actual, full JTC 1 document N47= 75. Please look the full document over and then lets have some discussion abo= ut whether or not we support the recommendation and what actions if any we should ask SC 24 NBs to take with their JTC 1 counterparts to influence their voting on the ad-hoc's recommendations.=20 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 ---------------------------------------------------------