ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29, entitled ''Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information'', is a

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subcommittee of the Joint Technical Committee

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of the

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(ISO) and the

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(IEC). It develops and facilitates international standards, technical reports, and technical specifications within the field of audio, picture, multimedia, and hypermedia information coding. SC 29 includes the well-known

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and

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experts groups, and the standards developed by SC 29 have been recognized by nine

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. The international secretariat of SC 29 is the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) of Japan.

History

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 was established in 1991, when the subcommittee took over the tasks of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2/WG 8. Its title, "Coded representation of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information", has not been changed since its inception. Within its first year, SC 29 established four working groups, a secretariat, and working group conveners, and held its first plenary in

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. Its founding chair was Hiroshi Yasuda of NTT, who continued to serve in that capacity through 1999. Subsequent chairs have been Hiroshi Watanabe of NTT (2000–2006), Kohtaro Asai of Mitsubishi Electric (2007–2017), Teruhiko Suzuki of

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(2018–2020), and Gary Sullivan of Dolby Labs (2021–present, originally from

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before moving to Dolby in 2023). In 2003, SC 29 was the inaugural recipient of the Lawrence D. Eicher Award, an award that has been given by ISO to only one technical committee or subcommittee each year, which "recognizes the significant contribution and superior performance of an ISO technical committee (TC) or subcommittee (SC) to the development of ISO International Standards". As of May 2024, SC 29 is responsible for 617 currently published standards and updates of standards, including standards for

(ISO/IEC 10918-1), JPEG-2000 (ISO/IEC 15444-1), MPEG-1 (ISO/IEC 11172-1), MPEG-2 (ISO/IEC 13818), MPEG-4 (ISO/IEC 14996), MPEG-4 AVC (ISO/IEC 14496-10), JBIG (ISO/IEC 11544), MHEG-5 (ISO/IEC 13522-5), etc.

Emmy Award recognitions

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 has received nine

in recognition of the standards it has developed. *In 1996, when the

, MPEG-1, and MPEG-2 standards became widely recognized for their technological advancements, SC 29 was awarded a 1995–1996 Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Technical/Engineering Development. *The MPEG-4 AVC video coding standard also won two Emmys: **The Primetime Emmy Engineering Award in September 2008 for the High Profile of the standard **The Technology and Engineering Emmy Award in January 2009 (for the standard as a whole) *The MPEG-2 transport stream format was recognized by a Technology and Engineering Emmy Award in 2014. *The High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard was recognized by a Primetime Emmy Engineering Award in 2017. *The

standard was recognized by a Primetime Emmy Engineering Award in 2019. *The ISO Base Media File Format (ISOBMFF) standard was recognized by a Technology and Engineering Emmy Award in 2021. *Two Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards were received in 2022: ** The MPEG-DASH video streaming protocol ** The Open Font Format standard

Scope

The scope of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 includes the development of standards for "efficient coding of digital representations of images, audio and moving pictures" and other digital information, along with supporting media systems and associated quality of experience and performance metrics.

Structure

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 has eight active working groups (WGs), each of which carries out specific tasks in standards development within scope of the subcommittee. It also contains five advisory groups (AG) for coordination and to provide expertise on particular subjects. Working groups and advisory groups can be created or disbanded by decisions of the subcommittee and are ordinarily chartered for renewable three-year terms. The focus of each working group is described in the group's terms of reference. The active advisory groups and working groups of SC 29 are:

Collaborations

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 works in close collaboration with a number of other organizations or subcommittees, both internal and external to ISO or IEC, in order to avoid conflicting or duplicative work. Organizations internal to ISO or IEC that collaborate with or are in liaison to SC 29 include: *

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, Coded character sets * ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 6, Telecommunications and information exchange between systems * ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24, Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation * ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27, Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection * ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34, Document description and processing languages * ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 41, Internet of things and digital twin * ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42, Artificial intelligence * ISO/TC 36, Cinematography *

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, Terminology and other language and content resources * ISO/TC 37/SC 4, Language resource management * ISO/TC 42, Photography * ISO/TC 46/SC 9, Identification and description * ISO/TC 130, Graphic technology * ISO/TC 171, Document management applications * ISO/TC 211, Geographic information/Geomatics * ISO/TC 223, Societal security * ISO/TC 276, Biotechnology * IEC TC 9, Electrical equipment and systems for railways * IEC TC 100, Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment Some organizations external to ISO or IEC that collaborate with or are in liaison to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29, include: * 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) * Advanced Function Presentation Consortium (AFPC) * Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) *

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(ABU) * The Association for the International Collective Management of Audiovisual Works (AGICOA) * Audio Engineering Society (AES) * Audio Video Coding Standard Workgroup of China (AVS) * Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) * Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) * DICOM Standards Committee * Digital TV Group (DTG) *

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(DVB) * Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) *

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* Entertainment Content Ecosystem *

European Broadcasting Union The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; , UER) is an alliance of Public broadcasting, public service media organisations in countries within the European Broadcasting Area (EBA) or who are member states of the Council of Europe, members of the ...

(EBU) *

European Committee for Standardization The European Committee for Standardization (CEN, ) is a public standards organization whose mission is to foster the economy of the European Single Market and the wider European continent in global trading, the welfare of European citizens an ...

(CEN) * European Network on Quality of Experience in Multimedia Systems and Services (QUALINET) *

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* International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) *

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(CIE) * International DOI Foundation (IDF) * International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) * International Imaging Industry Association (I3A) * Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA) * The Internet Society * International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) * International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium (IMTC) * International Press and Telecommunication Council (IPTC) *

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(IEEE) * ITU-R *

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* Khronos Group *

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(MMA) * National Information Standards Organization (NISO) *

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(NATO) *

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(OMG) *

Open Geospatial Consortium The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is an international voluntary consensus standards organization that develops and maintains international standards for geospatial content and location-based services, sensor web, Internet of Things, Geographi ...

(OGC) * The Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) * Open Mobile Alliance Ltd. (OMA) * Open Planets Foundation (OPF) *

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(SMPTE) * The European Insurance and Reinsurance Federation (CEA) * Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) * Video Services Forum (VSF) * Virtual World Forum (VirF) * Wireless Gigabit Alliance *

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(WIPO) *

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(W3C)

Member countries

Countries pay a fee to be a member of an ISO/IEC JTC 1 subcommittee. The 31 "P" (participating) members of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakstan, Korea (Republic of), Lebanon, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, the United States, and Turkey. The 17 "O" (observing) members of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 are: Argentina, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Malaysia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, and South Africa.

Published standards

As of May 2024, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 is currently responsible for 617 currently published standards within the field of coded representation of audio, picture, multimedia, and hypermedia information, including the following selected examples:

References

External links

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 home page
on ISO website
JPEG home page

MPEG home page
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