rstrack@hawk.ulowell.edu (Ruediger Strack) (08/29/89)
The University of Lowell's Graphics Research Laboratory
Lowell, MA (Prof. Dr. Georges Grinstein, Director) in
co-operation with FhG-AGD (Fraunhofer-Arbeitsgruppe Graphische
Datenverarbeitung) Darmstadt, West Germany (Prof. Dr. Jose L.
Encarnacao, Director) is currently involved in developing a
requirements database for computer graphics for ISO, the
International Standards Organisation. User requirements will
first be acquired, then grouped and finally processed into
the database. They will help indicate what new standards are
needed as well as provide an intial description of the
necessary functionality. ISO has just finished processing
PHIGS, which is now an international standard. We have
developed a questionnaire in co-operation with ISO, ANSI, the
American National Standards Institute and DIN, the Deutsches
Institut fuer Normung, that includes questions on current and
future ISO activities.
This questionnaire is an opportunity for users of graphics
and imaging packages to influence the design and direction of
future standards. The areas we have selected for initial
focus pertain to the New API (Application Programmer's
Interface), Imaging and GKS (Graphical Kernel System) Review.
We would like more serious input from you the user of
graphics standards (PHIGS, GKS, ...) and de facto standards
(X Windows, ...).
If you would like to support any of these activities, please
indicate which topic you are interested in and we will send
you a copy of the desired questionnaire via electronic mail
along with a pamphlet explaining the background of each
question.
Please contact:
Bernard A. Chase III University of Lowell
Ruediger Strack FhG-AGD
c/o University of Lowell
Graphics Research Laboratory
1 University Avenue
Lowell, MA 01854
Internet: bchase@hawk.ulowell.edurstrack@hawk.ulowell.edu (Ruediger Strack) (08/31/89)
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The University of Lowell's Graphics Research Laboratory
Lowell, MA (Prof. Dr. Georges Grinstein, Director) in
co-operation with FhG-AGD (Fraunhofer-Arbeitsgruppe Graphische
Datenverarbeitung) Darmstadt, West Germany (Prof. Dr. Jose L.
Encarnacao, Director) is currently involved in developing a
requirements database for computer graphics for ISO, the
International Standards Organisation. User requirements will
first be acquired, then grouped and finally processed into
the database. They will help indicate what new standards are
needed as well as provide an intial description of the
necessary functionality. ISO has just finished processing
PHIGS, which is now an international standard. We have
developed a questionnaire in co-operation with ISO, ANSI, the
American National Standards Institute and DIN, the Deutsches
Institut fuer Normung, that includes questions on current and
future ISO activities.
This questionnaire is an opportunity for users of graphics
and imaging packages to influence the design and direction of
future standards. The areas we have selected for initial
focus pertain to the New API (Application Programmer's
Interface), Imaging and GKS (Graphical Kernel System) Review.
We would like more serious input from you the user of
graphics standards (PHIGS, GKS, ...) and de facto standards
(X Windows, ...).
If you would like to support any of these activities, please
indicate which topic you are interested in and we will send
you a copy of the desired questionnaire via electronic mail
along with a pamphlet explaining the background of each
question.
Please contact:
Bernard A. Chase III University of Lowell
Ruediger Strack FhG-AGD
c/o University of Lowell
Graphics Research Laboratory
1 University Avenue
Lowell, MA 01854
Internet: bchase@hawk.ulowell.edu or
rstrack@hawk.ulowell.edu