New Digital Media Group in ITL Information Access Division

The Information Access Division (IAD) established a new Digital Media Group which brings together new projects in IAD in motion image quality and optical media testing with current IAD projects in multimedia standards. This group will collaborate with industry, academia, and government to develop metrology, test and evaluation methodologies, and standards for multimedia, digital media content, motion image quality, longevity and preservation of data on physical media; and fosters interoperable access to digital media through the development of metrology and open standards. Major on-going projects include development of a standard methodology to determine the reliability, longevity, and interoperability of digital physical media and its devices, development of motion image quality metrology and standards, and development of standards and testing for digital media content description technology to index and retrieve media content. This re-organization helps IAD meet its expanded responsibilities in these areas and enables better leveraging of these projects. Wo Chang has been appointed as Group Leader.