Accredited Standards Committee*
X3, Information Technology

NEWS RELEASE
Doc. No.:	PR/95-058
Reply to:	Lynn Barra		(lbarra@itic.nw.dc.us)

X3 Announces the Public Comment Period for the Adoption of ISO/IEC 
11694-1:1994, Identification cards - Optical memory cards-Linear 
recording method Part 1:  Physical characteristics

Washington D.C., July 1995 -- Accredited Standards Committee 
X3, Information Technology is announcing the public review for the adoption of ISO/IEC 11694-1:1994.  The comment period extends from July 21, 1995 through September 19, 1995.

This part of ISO/IEC 11694 defines the physical characteristics of optical 
memory cards using the linear recording method.

All comments should be submitted to:  X3 Secretariat, Lynn Barra, 1250 
Eye Street NW, Washington DC  20005, lbarra@itic.nw.dc.us.  Send a copy to 
the American National Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd Street, New York, 
NY  10036.

An initial call for patents and pertinent issues (copyrights, trademarks) is 
now being issued.  Please submit information on these issues to the X3 
Secretariat at the address below.

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X3 Secretariat, 1250 Eye Street NW, Suite 200, Washington DC  20005
Email: x3sec@itic.nw.dc.us     FAX:  (202)638-4922
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