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This article is from the MPEG FAQ, by Frank Gadegast phade@cs.tu-berlin.de with numerous contributions by others.

69 What is the evolution of an MPEG/ISO document? (MPEG-2)

In chronological order:

Abbr.    ISO/Committee notation            Author's notation        
-----    -------------------------------   -----------------------------
 -       Problem (unofficial first stage)  barroom witticism or dare
NI       New work Item                     Napkin Item
NP       New Proposal                      Need Permission
WD       Working Draft                     We¿re Drunk
CD       Committee Draft                   Calendar Deadlock
DIS      Draft International Standard      Doesn't Include Substance
IS       International Standard            Induced patent Statements

Introductory paper to MPEG?

Didier Le Gall, "MPEG: A Video Compression Standard for Multimedia
Applications," Communications of the ACM, April 1991, Vol.34, No.4, pp.
47-58

 

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