Accredited Standards Committee*	X3, Information Technology

NEWS RELEASE

Doc. No.:	PR/96-027
Reply to:	Deborah J. Donovan at ddonovan@itic.nw.dc.us 

X3 Announces the Public Review Comment Period for 
ISO/IEC 12088-4:1995, Information technology - Computer graphics and 
image processing -Image Processing and Interchange - Application 
program interfacelanguage bindings - Part 4:  C



Washington D.C., March 1996 - Accredited Standards Committee X3, 
Information Technology is announcing the public comment period for 
ISO/IEC 12088-4:1995.  The public review extends from April 12, 1996 to 
June 11, 1996.

This standard consists of the three parts which define the functional 
aspects of this International Standard.  The Common Architecture for 
Imaging (IPI-CAI) defines the overall architecture.  The Programmer's 
Imaging Kernel System (IPI-PIKS) and the Image Interchange Facility 
(IPI-IIF) each specify a language independent, image processing 
Application Program Interface (API) within the Image Processing and 
Interchange Standard.  The purpose of this standard is to define a standard 
binding for the Image Processing and Interchange Standard in the C 
Programming Language.

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 $293.00 from American National 
Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd Street, New York, New York 10036.
Telephone: 212-642-4900


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