X3 Announces the Public Comment Period of ISO/IEC 9592-4/DAM 2, Information processing systems - Computer graphics Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System (PHIGS), Part 4 - Plus Lumiere und Surfaces (PHIGS PLUS) Amendment 2: Enhanced Control
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NEWS RELEASE Doc No.: PR/95-025 Washington, DC, March 24, 1995 -- Accredited Standards Committee X3, Information Technology announces the two-month public review of ISO/IEC 9592-4/DAM 2. The public review extends from April 14, 1995 to June 13, 1995. Part 4 of PHIGS, ISO/IEC 9592-4:1992, provides a set of functions which add lighting and shading capabilities as well as additional primitive to the PHIGS functions for the display and modification of 2D or 3D graphical data. Part 4 is extended by Amendment 2 (Enhanced Control) to incorporate functionality which provides enhanced control. Note: This draft amendment is being processed simultaneously as an American National Standard and an International Standard. Due to the International deadlines, comments received may not be received in time to be considered before the international draft amendment ballot is determined. Therefore, all commentors are urged to submit your comments as early in the public review period as possible. Comments received after the international deadline will be addressed and considered for future balloting and/or revision. Submit all comments to: X3 Secretariat, Attn.: Deborah J. Greco, 1250 Eye St. NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005. Send a copy to : ANSI, Attn.: BSR Center, 11 West 42nd St., New York, NY 10036. A call is also issued at this time to the U.S. technical community for information regarding any known patent or like rights that may be required for compliance to this proposed ISO/IEC standards. The applicable patent policy is contained in Annex G of the JTC 1 Directives (second edition, 1992) or may be obtained from the JTC1 TAG Administrator at the address noted below. The document is available for $123.00 from: American National Standards Institute, 11 W. 42nd St., New York, NY 10036, (212) 642-4900 # # # # # X3 Secretariat, 1250 Eye Street NW, Suite 200, Washington DC 20005 Telephone: 202-737-8888, FAX 202-638-4922 [END]