<html>
The NASA Standards Process Group (SPG) invites the GeoTIFF user and
developer communities to submit GeoTIFF for consideration as a community
standard for NASA Earth Science Data Systems (ESDS). The SPG has
determined that GeoTIFF, because of its widespread use and community
support, is a good candidate for participation in the NASA ESDS standards
process.<br><br>
NASA believes that effective adoption of standards will play an
increasingly vital role in success of future science data systems. The
SPG, a board composed of NASA ESDS stakeholders, directs a process that
is modeled on that of the Internet Engineering Task Force. Proposed
standards are submitted by practitioners within the earth sciences and
evaluated by the SPG and the broader community to assess workability of
implementation and success of operation. The SPG standards process relies
on community experience and advocacy. The decisions of the SPG become
formal recommendations to NASA management to advance the
standard.<br><br>
Further information on how to submit a standard for consideration by the
SPG is available on the SPG website,
<a href="http://spg.gsfc.nasa.gov/" eudora="autourl">http://spg.gsfc.nasa.gov/</a>.
Select the “How to Submit an RFC” link after following the “RFC” link in
the navigation bar.<br><br>
For assistance please contact Richard Ullman (SPG chair)
Richard.E.Ullman@nasa.gov or Ming Tsou (SPG co-chair)
mtsou@mail.sdsu.edu.<br><br>
<x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep>
Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa, Ph.D. / Space Sciences Sector, L-3 GSI<br>
ECS Science Data Coordinator for the National Snow and Ice Data Center
<br>
449 UCB / 1540 30th St. <br>
Boulder, CO 80309 <br>
Phone: (303) 492-1445 FAX: (303) 492-2468 <br>
<font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="http://cires.colorado.edu/~khalsa" eudora="autourl">http://cires.colorado.edu/~khalsa</a><br>
</font></u></html>