Accredited Standards Committee*	X3, Information Technology

NEWS RELEASE

Doc. No.:	PR/96-065
Reply to:	Deborah J. Donovan at ddonovan@itic.nw.dc.us 

X3 Announces the Public Review Comment Period for
ISO/IEC CD 14772, Information Processing Systems - Computer Graphics - 
Virtual Reality Modelling Language (VRML)

Washington D.C., September 1996 - Accredited Standards Committee X3, 
Information Technology is announcing the public comment period for 
ISO/IEC CD 14772.  The public review extends from September 27, 1996 to 
November 26, 1996.

The scope of the standard incorporates the following:

- a mechanism for storing and transporting two-dimensional and three-
  dimensional data
- elements for representing two-dimensional and three-dimensional 
  primitive information
- elements for defining characteristics of such primitives
- elements for viewing and modeling two-dimensional and three-
  dimensional information
- a container mechanism for incorporating data from other metafile 
  formats
- mechanisms for defining new elements which extend the capabilities of 
  the metafile to support additional types and forms of information

Note:  This draft international standard is being processed simultaneously 
as an American National Standard and an International Standard.  

Public Review Comment Instructions:

The public review period closes on November 26, 1996.  However, in order
for comments to affect the position of the U.S. TAG, they must be received 
prior to November 18, 1996.  Therefore, all commentors are urged to submit 
comments as early in the public review period as possible.  Public review 
comments received after June 13, 1996 will be addressed and considered for 
future balloting and/or 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 is available for $40.00 (including shipping, handling, & tax) 
from: X3 Secretariat, Attn.: Lynn Barra (x3sec@itic.nw.dc.us), 1250 Eye 
Street, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 626-5738.  The document 
is also available for $20.00 (plus shipping, handling, & tax) from:  
American National Standards Institute, 11 W. 42nd St., New York, NY
10036, (212) 642-4900


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