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Standardization

In a somewhat unexpected way, activities in the MADE project have become very much relevant recently for an ongoing standardization process within ISO. Indeed, after several years of preparations, the ISO committee ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24 (the committee which developed graphics standards in the past) has decided to engage into a project for the standardization of a presentation environment for multimedia programming. The scope and purposes of this new project, called PREMO[15] are indeed very close to the project specifications of MADE: an object-oriented presentation environment for multimedia objects, including graphics, video, audio, etc., which incorporates specific means for the synchronization, interaction, and combination of such media.

Fortunately for the MADE project (and, hopefully, for the PREMO project, too), contacts between MADE project members and the relevant ISO committee could be set up very quickly, due to some earlier ISO activities of several participants of the MADE project. Concepts developed within the MADE project have been included into the PREMO activities, and, conversely, some of the issues that have arisen at the PREMO meetings have provided valuable input in the design work of MADE. It can be expected that this fruitful interaction will help to shape the outcome of the MADE project in the future, too.



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ivan@petunia.cwi.nl
Tue Jan 25 14:21:49 MET 1994