ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 Structure

SC 29

• Title
  Coding of Audio, Picture, Multimedia and Hypermedia Information

• Area of Work
  Standardization of coded representation of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information - and sets of compression and control functions for use with such information - such as:

  - Audio information
  - Bi-level and Limited Bits-per-pixel Still Pictures
  - Digital Continuous-tone Still Pictures
  - Computer Graphic Images
  - Moving Pictures and Associated Audio
  - Multimedia and Hypermedia Information for Real-time Final Form Interchange
  - Audio Visual Interactive Scriptware

  Excluded: Character Coding

• Requirements and Guidelines
  The standards address requirements and guidelines covering:

  i) data compression methods and techniques used to transform digital data into equivalent, "compressed" representations
  ii) image and information interchange requirements within and across applications and services such as telecommunications and broadcast networks
  iii) product development, R & D activities including microchips and systems aspects
  iv) algorithm proposals, subjective tests, system packages and implementations for the applications
  v) encoding for representation of multimedia/hypermedia information objects, and audiovisual interactive scriptware
  vi) testing the conformance and compliance of requirements and implementations

• Web

  URL:	http://www.chips.ibm.com/.sc29/
  Webmaster:	Ms. Narumi Hirose (Administrative) Mr. Peter P. Schirling (Technical)

• Officer

  Chairman:	Dr. Hiroshi Yasuda
  Secretariat:	Ms. Narumi Hirose, Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC)
  Strategic Planning Rapporteur:	Mr. Fritz Whittington
  Vocabulary Rapporteur:	Mr. Jean-Michel Borde

SC 29/Advisory Group on Management (AGM)

• Terms of Reference
  The Advisory Group on Management (AGM) has the responsibility to advise SC 29 and its WGs on matters of management that affect the work of the SC and its WGs. With respect to the conduct of business of the SC and its WGs, the AGM will study issues of management, compile information, identify problem areas, and make recommendations to the Chairman, Secretariat and WG Convenors of SC 29.

  The World Wide Web site of SC 29 provides the basic framework for advice and support on management issues. The contents are to be maintained by the SC 29 Secretariat. However the AGM will, in coordination with the SC 29 Secretariat, monitor the contents. Proposed changes to, and creation of new contents will be reviewed by the AGM, in order to advise SC 29 for action to be taken at their Plenary meetings.

  The primary concern of the AGM is to address management issues of concern to the WGs, and to support the efficient and timely development of standards within SC 29.

• Web

  URL:	http://www.demon.co.uk/tcasey/sc29AGM

• Officer

  Convener:	Dr. Thomas Casey
  Correspondent secretariat:	British Standards Institution (BSI)

SC 29/Advisory Group (AG) of Registration Authority (RA) for ISO/IEC 9281-2:1990

• Task
  See Annex B to ISO/IEC 9281-2:1990.

• Member

  Ms. Jean Hynne (Representative of the RA)

  Mr. Daniel Lecomte

  Mr. Gerard Madec

  Ms. Francoise Colaitis

SC 29/Advisory Group (AG) of Registration Authority (RA) for ISO/IEC 13522-4:1996

• Task
  See Annex C to ISO/IEC 13522-4:1996.

• Member
  to be appointed by SC 29
  (Ref. Resolution 13 taken at the 9th SC 29 plenary meeting, 1997-03-24/26, Dijon, France)

SC 29/WG 1

• Title
  Coding of Still Pictures

• Terms of Reference
  Development of international standards for the compression, decompression, processing, and coded representation of digital still pictures, in order to satisfy a wide variety of applications

• Sub Group (SG)
  SG on JBIG
  SG on JPEG

• Web

  URL:	http://www.disc.org.uk/public/welcome.htm
  Webmaster:	Mr. Richard A. Clark

• Officer

  Convener:	Dr. Daniel T. Lee
  Secretariat:	American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
  SG on JBIG Rapporteur:	Dr. Fumitaka Ono
  SG on JPEG Rapporteur:	Dr. Daniel T. Lee

SC 29/WG 11

• Title
  Coding of Moving Pictures and Audio

• Terms of Reference
  Development of international standards for compression, decompression, processing, and coded representation of moving pictures, audio, and their combination, in order to satisfy a wide variety of applications

• Sub Group (SG)
  SG on Requirements
  SG on Systems
  SG on Video
  SG on Audio
  SG on SNHC
  SG on Test
  SG on Implementation Studies
  SG on DSM
  SG on Liaisons

• Web

  URL:	http://drogo.cselt.it/mpeg http://www.chips.ibm.com/.mpeg/

• Officer

  Convener:	Dr. Leonardo Chiariglione
  Secretariat:	UNINFO, Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione (UNI)
  SG on Requirements Rapporteur:	Mr. Rob Koenen
  SG on Systems Rapporteur:	Mr. Olivier Avaro
  SG on Video Rapporteur:	Dr. Thomas Sikora
  SG on Audio Rapporteur:	Dr. Peter G. Schreiner III
  SG on SNHC Rapporteur:	Mr. Peter K. Doenges
  SG on Test Rapporteur:	Ms. Laura Contin
  SG on Implementation Studies Rapporteur:	Mr. Paul Fellows
  SG on DSM Rapporteur:	Mr. Takuyo Kogure
  SG on Liaisons Rapporteur:	Dr. Barry G. Haskell

SC 29/WG 12

• Title
  Coding of Multimedia and Hypermedia Information

• Terms of Reference
  Development of standardized representations and encodings which will facilitate the interchange of multimedia and hypermedia information via various means of interchange (storage, telecommunication networks, broadcasting), in order to satisfy a wide variety of applications

• Sub Group (SG)
  SG on MHEG-5 Maintenance (MHEG-5 Maintenance Task Force)
  SG on MHEG-6

• Web

  URL:	http://www.demon.co.uk/tcasey/wg12/

• Officer

  Convener:	Dr. Thomas Casey
  Secretariat:	British Standards Institution (BSI)
  SG on MHEG-5 Maintenance Rapporteur (editor):	Mr. Klaus Hofrichter
  SG on MHEG-6 Rapporteur:	Dr. Xavier Marie