ISO is too important to leave it in the hand of people who are catapulted to Geneva from who knows where for who knows what alchemy to serve who knows what purposes. Of course, the way an organisation elects to hire people is their business. However, the mission of that organisation must be fulfilled. The mission “to develop high quality voluntary International Standards which facilitate international exchange of goods and services, support sustainable and equitable economic growth, promote innovation and…

Introduction This is the 4th episode of my series about the deficiencies of the organisation that calls itself International Organisation for Standardisation and claims “to develop high quality voluntary International Standards which facilitate international exchange of goods and services, support sustainable and equitable economic growth, promote innovation and protect health, safety and the environment”. I do not intend to make comment on how the mission is achieved – that is for everybody to judge – but on what is further…

Over the last two years I have written ~100 articles in defence of MPEG, its legacy and its future. The articles were written without a particular organisation in mind. During these two years the number of readers has grow and I thought it useful to group the articles according to the following categories. MPAI ISO A new and better MPEG – sketching the future MPEG – The attempted future MPEG – In general MPEG – The birth MPEG – The…