BIIF, VRML and CGM

ABSTRACT

This edition of the Standards Pipeline consists of three articles that provide an in-depth look at applications of three important international standards. In the first article, Bernadette Kuzma of SEMCOR, Inc. describes the Basic Image Interchange Format (BIIF) formally known as ISO/IEC 12087-5:1998. While BIIF originated in the defense community, it is beginning to find wider applications in areas ranging from electronic libraries to medical imaging. In the second article, Richard F. Puk of Intelligraphics describes the current status and future prospects for the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) formally known as ISO/IEC 14772-1. In the final article, Lofton Henderson of Inso Corporation and John Gebhardt of InterCAP Graphics Systems, Inc. describe the work of the CGM Open Consortium and in particular the WebCGM profile.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.3 COMPUTER GRAPHICS
      I.3.6 Methodology and Techniques
          Subjects: Standards

Additional Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.3 COMPUTER GRAPHICS
      I.3.6 Methodology and Techniques
          Subjects: Languages
  I.7 DOCUMENT AND TEXT PROCESSING
      I.7.2 Document Preparation

          Nouns: VRML

General Terms:
Design, Languages, Performance, Standardization, Theory