DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW INTERNATIONAL STANDARD, ISO 12087-5, BASIC IMAGE INTERCHANGE FORMAT (BIIF) Contact Rafael Goldsmith, 703/275-5647/Contracting Officer, Nicole Pierce, 703/275-5265. The Department of Defense, Central Imagery Office (CIO), is promoting participation in the development of a new international standard, ISO 12087-5, Basic Image Interchange Format (BIIF), to provide a migration path for the operational National Imagery Transmission Format (NITF). As part of the next NITFS Technical Board (NTB) agenda for 13 March 1996, 0830 to 1130, current NITF activities in the DoD, Federal, NATO and international standards forums will be presented. The associated discussions will include the goals for BIIF to incorporate new technology and extend interoperability to other raster and vector data communities while protecting the investment made in numerous operational NITF systems. Since the success of new standards depends on their acceptance by users and developers, the CIO solicits the participation of the NITF Government and Business community at this meeting to ensure that the conceptual goals and technical objectives for BIIF are realistic, attainable and will meet the intended support for early adoption. The current BIIF development schedule calls for publication of the International Standard in the Fall of 1997. Additional information on BIIF technical issues and the complete NTB Meeting agenda from 12 to 14 March 1996 at 1831 Wiehle Avenue, Reston, Virginia, can be found on the NTB World Wide Web page located at http://www.tasc.com/NITFS/. For additional information on BIIF, send emails to goldsmithr@dma.gov.

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