From carson@siggraph.org Wed Jun 24 19:56:56 1998 Received: from siggraph.org (siggraph.org [205.168.252.205]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id TAA23349 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 19:56:55 +0200 Received: from study.huntleigh.net by siggraph.org (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id LAA03796; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 11:54:33 -0600 Message-Id: <3.0.32.19980624115822.00fd9154@siggraph.org> X-Sender: carson@siggraph.org X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 11:58:27 -0600 To: SC24@dkuug.dk From: Steve Carson Subject: Imaging and Graphics Business Team Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" A reminder that JTC1's Imaging and Graphics Business Team (IGBT) is beginning operations and is establishing its first Working Groups. Please pass this information on within your countries and encourage all of you experts to actively participate. The IGBT should be the place where SC 24 plans its next generation of standards activities and I'm sure you all will want to participate. The Imaging and Graphics Business Team ****** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ******* For More Information Contact: Mr. Jerry Smith Phone: +1-703-275-5596 smith5j@ncr.disa.mil or IGBTSEC@aol.com 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. The IGBT Homepage can be found at: www.globalcollaboration.org/jtc1/igbt 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 ---------------------------------------------------------