ISO/IEC JTC 1

ISO/IEC JTC 1 — Information Technology
Formation1987
TypeStandards organization
PurposeDevelopment of worldwide information and communications technology (ICT) standards for business and consumer applications
Location
Region served
Worldwide
Chairperson
Phil Wennblom[1]
Parent organization
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
Websitewww.iso.org/iso/jtc1_home.html

ISO/IEC JTC 1, entitled "Information technology", is a joint technical committee (JTC) of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Its purpose is to develop, maintain and promote standards in the fields of information and communications technology (ICT).

JTC 1 has been responsible for many critical IT standards, ranging from the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) image formats and Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) audio and video formats[a] to the C and C++ programming languages.[b]

  1. ^ "ISO/IEC JTC 1". www.iso.org. Retrieved 2017-06-18.


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