Liaisons


Who we are
- Achievements
- Terms of Reference
- Work plan

- Meetings
Hot news

MPEG Life

- Events

- An MPEG meeting
- Ad-hoc groups
- Patents
- Guide to hosts

Documents
- Standards
- Technologies
- Performance tests
- Tutorials
- Working documents

How to join
For the Media
FAQ
MPEG books

Liaisons
Links
Pictures
Contact point
Back to home

MPEG has liaisons with the following standards bodies

Internal Liaison within ISO/IEC JTC 1

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2: Coded Character Sets

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Mr. Mike Ksar
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. Mike Ksar

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24: Computer Graphics and Image Processing

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34: Document Description and Processing Languages

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Mr. Mike Ksar
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Dr. Yushi Komachi

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36: Learning Technology

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC37 Biometrics

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Dr. Miroslaw Bober
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Dr. Kate Grant, Dr. Seok Cheol Kee

Internal Liaison with ISO/TCs and IEC/TCs

ISO/TC37 SC 4: Language Resource Management

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: vacant
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. Laurent Romary, Mr. Peter Wittenburg

ISO/TC 46: Information and Documentation

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Mr Brian Green
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Ms. Jane Thacker

IEC/TC 100: Audio, Video and Multimedia Systems and Equipment

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Dr. Kate Grant
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Dr. Kate Grant

Liaison with CEN

CEN/ISSS Forum: European Committee for Standardization

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Prof. Françoise Preteux
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Prof. Françoise (General), Mr. Neil MacKenzie (Accessibility)

External - Category A Liaison

3GPP: Third Generation Partnership Project

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Dr. Per Fröjdh
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Dr. Per Fröjdh

AGICOA: Association for the International Collective Management of Audiovisual Works

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: vacant
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. Didier Mary

ATSC: Advanced Television Systems Committee

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Dr. Sam Narasimhan
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Dr. Sam Narasimhan

CISAC: International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Mr. François Xavier Nuttall
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. François Xavier Nuttall

ETSI: European Telecommunication Standards Institute

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: vacant
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: vacant

FIAPF: International Federation of Film Producers Associations

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: vacant
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. Didier Mary

IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: vacant
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. Stephen Wenger

IMTC: The International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium, Inc.

  •  Liaison Representative from SC29: vacant
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. Dave Lindbergh

ITU-R: International Telecommunication Union - Radiocommunication Sector

ITU-R SG 6: Broadcasting Service (terrestrial and satellite)

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg, Mr. Walt Husak (for WP 6A)
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. Vittorio Baroncini, Mr. Jens Johann (for WP 6A)

ITU-T: International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication Standardization Sector

ITU-T SG 9: Television and sound transmission

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: vacant
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Dr. Richard Green

ITU-T:  International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication Standardization Sector

ITU-T SG 16: Multimedia services and systems

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: vacant
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. Gary Sullivan (Q6)

MMA: MIDI Manufacturers Association

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: vacant
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. Tom White

SMPTE: Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers

W3C: World Wide Web Consortium

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Dr. Jane Hunter, Dr. Jean-Claude Dufourd
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: vacant

External - Category B Liaison

WIPO:  World Intellectual Property Organization

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: vacant
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. David Muls

External - Category C Liaison

ABU: Asian-Pacific Broadcasting Union

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: vacant
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. Eisuke Nakasu

Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions - IPTV Interoperability Forum (ATIS IIF)

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Dr. Xin Wang
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: vacant

Audio Video Coding Standard Workgroup of China

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Ms. Sheng Mei Shen
  • Liaison Representative to SC29:  vacant

Consumer Electronics Association

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Dr. Anthony Vetro
  • Liaison Representative to SC29:  Dr. Anthony Vetro

CRF: the Content Reference Forum (CRF)

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Mr. Simon Watt
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. Simon Watt

DAISY Consortium

  • Liaison Representative from SC29:  Mr. Chris Barlas
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. George Kerscher

DCCSDP&DCCSDC: Digital Cinema Common Specification Development Project & Digital Cinema Common Specification Development Committee

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Dr. Takuyo Kogure
  • Liaison Representative to SC29:  Dr. Hiroshi Yasuda

DCMI: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: vacant
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. Stuart Weibel

DMP: Digital Media Project

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Dr. Takuyo Kogure
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. Marc Gauvin

DVB: Digital Video Broadcasting

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: vacant
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. Peter MacAvock

EBU: European Broadcast Union

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: vacant
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. David Wood, Mr. Jean-Pierre Evain, Mr. Han Hoffman

EDItEUR: the European Group for Electronic Commerce in the Book and Serials Sectors

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Mr. Brian Green
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. Brian Green

IDF: International DOI Foundation

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Mr. Chris Barlas
  • Liaison Representative to SC29:  Mr. Chris Barlas

IDPF - International Digital Publishing Forum) (former OeBF)

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Mr. Chris Barlas
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. Chris Barlas

IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee

IFPI: International Federation of the Phonographic Industry

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Mr. Paul Jessop
  •  Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. Paul Jessop

ISMA:  Internet Streaming Media Alliance

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Dr. Viswanathan Swaminathan
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Dr. Viswanathan Swaminathan

MIF: MPEG Industry Forum

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: vacant
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: vacant

NISO: National Information Standards Organization

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Mr. Jeroen Bekaert
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Dr. Herbert Van de Sompel

OASIS - Right Language Technical Committee

  • Liaison Representative from SC29:  Mr. Barney Wragg
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. Bradford Gandee

OMA: Open Mobile Alliance

OMG: Object Management Group

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: vacant
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. James Nemiah

Web3D Consortium

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: vacant
  • Liaison Representative to SC29: Mr. Aaron Walsh  

Requested Liaisons (awaiting ballot)

 External - Category C Liaison

UHAPI: Universal Home API

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: Mr Jean Gelissen
  • Liaison Representative to SC29:  vacant

 FLO Forum: (FLO Forward Link Only)

  • Liaison Representative from SC29: vacant
  • Liaison Representative to SC29:  Kamil Grajski