ISO/IEC JTC 1 Special Working Group on Accessibility (SWG-A)

JTC 1 SWG-A N 322

2008-06-10

Document Type: / Liaison Request
Title: / Liaison letter from IEC TC 100 to ISO/IEC JTC 1 regarding SWGs in JTC 1
Source: / Shuji Hirakawa, Secretary IEC TC 100
Requested Action: / For consideration at the June 2008 SWG-A meeting.

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSIONTECHNICAL COMMITTEE No 100: AUDIO, VIDEO AND MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT

Liaison letter from IEC TC 100 to ISO/IEC JTC 1 regarding SWGs in JTC 1

To: Ms. Lisa Rajchel (ISO/IEC JTC1 Secretary)

Dear Ms. Lisa Rajchel

IEC TC 100 is always appreciative of the cooperation of ISO/IEC JTC 1 for IEC TC 100 standardization activities.

IEC TC 100 had its meetings of Advisory Group on Strategy (AGS) and Advisory Group on Management (AGM) on 23 and 24 April in Bangkok. In the meetings, TC 100 received a liaison report on JTC 1 from the liaison representative Dr. Kate Grant.

TC 100 recognized that some SWGs and SG are of interest of TC 100 and that TC 100 should establish the liaison ship with the groups. TC 100 would appreciate if you could arrange the establishment of liaison ship as follows:

- SWG-A (Accessibility)

Liaison representative from TC 100:

Ms. Jean Baronas (US),

TC 100 established a stage 0 project "Accessibility for audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment. Ms. Baronas and Dr. Grant are co-leaders of the project.

- SWG-ARM (Archival and Retrieval Mechanisms)

Liaison representative from TC 100:

Mr. Junichi Yoshio (JP),

JEITA, TC 100 Japanese mirror committee is investigating storage system for audio archival purpose and has interest in the SWG. Mr. Yoshio is the member of JEITA committee and TC 100 AGS.

- Study Group on Sensor Networks

Liaison representative from TC 100: Not yet fixed.

However, TC 100 would like to delegate Dr. Subing Zhang (CN),

or his colleague to the first SG meeting and the workshop which will be held in Shanghai in June as the representative of TC 100.

TC 100 may be involved in the development of standards on energy saving for AV systems which will utilize sensor networks. Support of sensors and sensor networks may also be important in the context of TC100 work on home server systems and home multimedia gateway devices.

We would appreciate your kind considerations. If you have any questions regarding above items, please contact TC 100 Secretariat;

Dr. Shuji Hirakawa

Mr. Tadashi Ezaki

With best regards,

Shuji Hirakawa

Secretary IEC TC 100

Cc: Mr. Scott Jameson (ISO/IEC JTC 1 Chairman)

Mr. Mark Hyman (IEC TC 100 Chairman)

Dr. Yushi Komachi (IEC TC 100 AGS Chairman)

Mr. Norimasa Minami (IEC TC 100 Assistant Secretary)

Mr. Tadashi Ezaki (IEC TC 100 Assistant Secretary)

Dr. Kate Grant (Liaison representative to TC 100 from JTC 1)

Mr. Matei Cocimarov (IEC Central Office)