NEWS RELEASE

Doc. No.: PR/97-073
Reply to: Barbara Bennett at bbennett@itic.nw.dc.us

Washington D.C., June 1997 -- JTC 1 TAG (U.S. TAG to ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information Technology) announces the Public Review and Comment Period on the U.S. Submission to JTC 1 of a proposed New Work Item for SCSI-3 Multimedia Commands (MMC).

The JTC 1 TAG is soliciting comments from the U.S. community on the submission of this proposed New Work Item.

This proposed standard defines the multimedia command set extensions for all classes of SCSI devices. The commands specified within this standard define standard access and control to those features of the device that are used in multimedia applications (audio, video, animation).

The public review period extends from July 4, 1997 through August 2, 1997.

Please send all comments to: The JTC 1 TAG Administrator, 1250 Eye Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005, Attn.: Barbara Bennett (Email: bbennett@itic.nw.dc.us). A second copy should be sent to Matthew Deane, American National Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036 (Email: mdeane@ansi.org).

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