NIST TAKES OVER AS MPEG WEB SITE HOST.NIST is now hosting the World Wide Web site for the Moving Picture Experts Group (compression, standard, algorithm, file format, body) Moving Picture Experts Group - (MPEG, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29 WG11) An ISO committee that generates standards for digital video compression and audio. Also the name of their algorithms. (known as MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). ), which develops the most widely used international standards for multimedia, video, music and audio. The current MPEG site has been hosted by a private company for 5 years. It includes working group documents, contributions from industry, experimental information and software. This allows people involved in the standards development process to upload and share information. Plans for the NIST MPEG Web site include a search and retrieve capability for the online document archive, an automated document upload and registry process, virus checking on incoming files and the ability to track membership and ad-hoc groups. MPEG is the working group of the International Organization for Standardization International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Organization for determining standards in most technical and nontechnical fields. Founded in Geneva in 1947, its membership includes more than 100 countries. (known as ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. ) and International Electrotechnical Commission See IEC. (standard, body) International Electrotechnical Commission - (IEC) A standardisation body at the same level as ISO. that develops standards for coded representation of digital audio and video. Established in 1988, the group has produced MPEG-1, the basis for MP3; MPEG-2, the basis for DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. ; and MPEG-4, a multimedia standard. The MPEG Committee received an Emmy Award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 1998 for its work on MPEG-1 and MPEG-2. The current focus is on MPEG-7, the "Multimedia Content Description Interface," which will be completed this year. This version of MPEG will allow the full search and retrieval of multimedia objects using its standardized description language based on XML. |
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