Request for approval of CS and OS processing

["Cruikshank, David W" <david.w.cruikshank@boeing.com>]

Mary,

The WebCGM TC would like to request a ballot to approve WebCGM 2.0 as a
CS and resquest transition into the OS process for the specification.

The candiate CS is located at
http://docs.oasis-open.org/webcgm/v2.0/PR3R01/webcgm-v2.0-index.html
with a PDF version at
http://docs.oasis-open.org/webcgm/v2.0/PR3R01/webcgm-v2.0.pdf.

Background

Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) is an ISO standard, defined by ISO/IEC
8632:1999, for the
interchange of 2D vector and mixed vector/raster graphics. WebCGM is a
profile of CGM, which adds
Web linking and is optimized for Web applications in technical
illustration, electronic documentation,
geophysical data visualization, and similar fields. First published
(1.0) in 1999 and followed by a
second (errata) release in 2001, WebCGM unifies potentially diverse
approaches to CGM utilization in
Web document applications. It therefore represents a significant
interoperability agreement amongst
major users and implementers of the ISO CGM standard.

WebCGM 2.0 adds a DOM (API) specification for programmatic access to
WebCGM objects, and a
specification of an XML Companion File (XCF) architecture, for
externalization of non-graphical
metadata. WebCGM 2.0, in addition, builds upon and extends the graphical
and intelligent content of
WebCGM 1.0, delivering functionality that was forecast for WebCGM 1.0,
but was postponed in order
to get the standard and its implementations to users expeditiously.

The design criteria for WebCGM aim at a balance between graphical
expressive power on the one
hand, and simplicity and implementability on the other. A small but
powerful set of standardized
metadata elements supports the functionalities of hyperlinking and
document navigation, picture
structuring and layering, and enabling search and query of WebCGM
picture content.

Status

WebCGM 2.0 completed a public review which was announced on Oct 20, 2006
(http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/cgmo-webcgm/200610/msg00020.html)
in OASIS and ended on Nov 4, 2006.  No comments were received.

WebCGM 2.0 is being is currently processed in parallel within the W3C as
a result of work carried out by the WebCGM WG in that organization
(http://www.w3.org/Graphics/WebCGM/WG/).  It is currently a Proposed
Recommendation in the W3C.  WebCGM 2.0 has been implemented by several
vendors and the implementation report is available at
http://www.w3.org/2006/Graphics/WebCGM/implementation-report.html.

Thanks,

Dave Cruikshank
Chair, WebCGM TC
Technical Fellow - Graphics/Digital Data Interchange
Boeing Commercial Airplane
206.544.3560, fax 206.662.3734
david.w.cruikshank@boeing.com