Accredited Standards Committee*	X3, Information Technology

NEWS RELEASE

Doc. No.:	PR/96-025
Reply to:	Deborah J. Donovan at ddonovan@itic.nw.dc.us 

X3 Announces the Public Review Comment Period for 
ISO/IEC 9592-4:1992/AM2, Information Processing Systems - Computer 
graphics - Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System (PHIGS) 
Part 4 - Plus Lumiere und Surfaces, PHIGS PLUS AMENDMENT 2:  Enhanced 
Control



Washington D.C., March 1996 - Accredited Standards Committee 
X3, Information Technology is announcing the public comment 
period for ISO/IEC 9592-4:1992/AM2.  The public review extends from 
April 12, 1996 to June 11, 1996.

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.  Functionality is provided to control the application 
of textures to objects and to interactively apply changes to light 
source definitions.

Note:  This draft international standard has been processed simultaneously 
as an American National Standard and an International Standard.  Any 
comments received during this public review period will addressed and 
considered for future revision.

Submit all comments to:  X3 Secretariat, Attn.:  Deborah J. Donovan, 1250 
Eye Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC  20005, Email:  
ddonovan@itic.nw.dc.us. Send a copy to:  ANSI, Attn.:  BSR Center, 11 West 
42nd Street, New York, NY  10036.

A call for possible patents and pertinent issues (copyrights, trademarks) is 
also being issued.  Please submit information on these issues to the X3 
Secretariat at 1250 Eye Street NW, Suite 200, Washington DC  20005. 
Email: x3sec@itic.nw.dc.us   FAX:  (202)638-4922.

The document can be purchased for $123.00 from American National 
Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd Street, New York, New York 10036.
Telephone: 212-642-4900


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