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Ecma International is an international, private (membership-based) standards organization for information and communication systems. It acquired its name in 1994, when the European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA) changed its name to reflect the organization's international reach. As a consequence, the name is no longer considered an acronym and no longer uses full capitalization. A standards organization, also sometimes referred to as a standards body, a standards development organization or SDO (depending on what is being referenced), is any entity whose primary activities are developing, coordinating, promulgating, revising, amending, reissuing, interpreting, or otherwise maintaining standards that address the interests of a wide base of...
The organization was originally founded in 1961 to standardize computer systems in Europe. Membership is open to companies that produce, market or develop computer or communication systems in Europe. It is located in Geneva. Geneva (pronunciation //; French: Genève //, German: //, Italian: Ginevra //, Romansh: Genevra) is the second most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich), and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French-speaking part of Switzerland). ...
Aims The aims of Ecma International are to develop, in co-operation with the appropriate National, European and International organizations Standards and Technical Reports in order to facilitate and standardize the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Consumer Electronics (CE); encourage the correct use of Standards by influencing the environment in which they are applied; and publish these Standards and Technical Reports in electronic and printed form; the publications can be freely copied by all interested parties without restrictions.
For over forty years Ecma has actively contributed to world-wide standardization in information technology and telecommunications. More than 370 Ecma Standards and 90 Technical Reports have been published, more than 2/3 of which have also been adopted as International Standards and/or Technical Reports.
Unlike national standardization bodies, Ecma is a membership-based organization; it prides itself on the resulting "business-like" approach to standards, claimed to lead to better standards in less time thanks to a less bureaucratic process focused on getting results by consensus.
Ecma standards Ecma International is currently responsible for several standards, including the following: Although Sun Microsystems submitted its Java programming language to Ecma, Sun subsequently withdrew the submission. Thus, Ecma is not responsible for the standardization of Java.[8] The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ...
ISO 9660, a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization, defines a file system for CD-ROM media. ...
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C++/CLI (Common Language Infrastructure) is the newer language specification due to supersede Managed Extensions for C++. Completely reviewed to simplify the older Managed C++ syntax, it provides much more clarity over code readability than Managed C++. C++/CLI is standardized by ECMA. It is currently only available on Visual...
Visual overview of the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) The Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) is an open specification developed by Microsoft that describes the executable code and runtime environment that form the core of the Microsoft . ...
ECMAScript is a scripting programming language, standardized by Ecma International in the ECMA-262 specification. ...
Eiffel is an ISO-standardized object-oriented programming language designed for extensibility, reusability, reliability and programmer productivity. ...
Universal 3D (U3D) is a file format for 3D data. ...
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Ecma has also been given the responsibility of steering the first international standards for Holographic Versatile Discs, a next-generation high density storage medium capable of holding hundreds of gigabytes through to several terabytes on a CD-sized disk. Ecma expects to submit a proposed standard to the International Organization for Standardization for ISO approval, around December 2006.[9] Picture of an HVD by Optware. ...
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A compact disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ...
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The Ecma Office Open XML formats Recently Ecma is becoming involved in the standardization of the Ecma Office Open XML format[10] developed by Microsoft for office documents. The standardization process to get to an Official Ecma standard is currently performed by technical committee 45 (TC45). Ecma Office Open XML (also known as Office Open XML, commonly abbreviated as OOXML) is a file format specification for the storage of electronic documents such as memos, presentations, and spreadsheets. ...
The Eco Declaration In Ecma International Standard 370, Ecma joined forces with the Scandinavian IT Eco Declaration[11] organisation to put forward a guideline for informing consumers about the environmental practices of the manufacturers of ICT and consumer electronics products.
The IT Eco Declaration includes information on the environmental practices of the manufacturer as well as product features, such as environmentally conscious design, batteries, acoustic noise, electrical safety, energy consumption, chemical emissions, substances and materials included, and packaging. This makes it easy to compare different suppliers and their products, as they all present the environmental features of their products in the same way, through a common industry standard reporting form.
References - ^ Volume and File Structure of CDROM for Information Interchange. Ecma International (december 1987). Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
- ^ Standard ECMA-334, C# Language Specification. Ecma International. Retrieved on Jun, 2005.
- ^ Standard ECMA-335, Common Language Infrastructure (CLI). Ecma International. Retrieved on August 31, 2005.
- ^ Standard ECMA-262, ECMAScript Language Specification. Ecma International. Retrieved on December, 1999.
- ^ Standard ECMA-367, Eiffel analysis, design and programming Language. Ecma International. Retrieved on June, 2005.
- ^ Standard ECMA-341, Environmental design considerations for electronic products. Ecma International. Retrieved on December, 2004.
- ^ Standard ECMA-363, Universal 3D File Format. Ecma International. Retrieved on August, 2005.
- ^ Sun to retain grip on Java. Infoworld Electric. Retrieved on December 8, 1999.
- ^ Holographic storage standards eyed. eeTimes. Retrieved on 28-02-2005, 2005.
- ^ Ecma Office Open XML format
- ^ IT Eco Declaration
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Ecma Office Open XML (also known as Office Open XML, commonly abbreviated as OOXML) is a file format specification for the storage of electronic documents such as memos, presentations, and spreadsheets. ...
See also CEN, the European Committee for Standardisation or Comité Européen de Normalisation, is a private non-profit organisation whose mission is to foster the European economy in global trading, the welfare of European citizens and the environment by providing an efficient infrastructure to interested parties for the development, maintenance and...
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