ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the
International Electrotechnical Commission) form a specialized system
for worldwide standardization. National bodies that are members of ISO
or IEC participate in the development of International Standards
through technical committees established by the respective organization
to deal with particular fields of technical activity. ISO and IEC
technical committees collaborate in fields of mutual interest. Other
international organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in
liaison with ISO and IEC, also take part in the work. See http://www.iso.ch for
information on ISO and http://www.iec.ch
for information on IEC.
In the field of information technology, ISO and IEC have established a
joint technical committee, ISO/IEC JTC 1. Draft International Standards
adopted by the joint technical committee are circulated to national
bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires
approval by at least 75% of the national bodies casting a vote. See http://www.iso.ch/meme/JTC1.html
for information on JTC 1.
International Standard ISO/IEC 14772 was prepared by Joint Technical
Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information Technology Sub-Committee 24,
Computer Graphics and Image Processing, in collaboration with The VRML
Consortium (http://www.vrml.org)
and the VRML moderated email list (www-vrml@vag.vrml.org).
http://www.vrml.org/Specifications/VRML97/DIS/part1/foreword.html