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CGM Open developed and currently maintains WebCGM, an application of the ISO-standard Computer Graphics Metafile for electronic documents. WebCGM was created in collaboration with the W3C, with support from the European Commission Esprit project. An "intelligent graphics" profile, WebCGM includes both graphical and non-graphical content, allowing object hierarchies, link specifications and layer definitions.

Milestones

WebCGM TC publishes WebCGM 2.1 Committee Draft and starts 60-day public review period, per resolutions voted at March 27th teleconference (3/2008).

OASIS WebCGM TC completes and endorses a set of WebCGM 2.1 requirements for the proposed WebCGM 2.1 project (12/2007).

OASIS CGM Open WebCGM TC refines requirements for potential WebCGM 2.1 project at Seattle face-to-face meeting (8/2007).

W3C and OASIS Jointly Issue New Web Standard for Industrial Graphics. Cooperation brings broad expertise to WebCGM 2.0.

OASIS's WebCGM TC publishes (10/2006) the first full release of the WebCGM 2.0 Test Suite, initiates public review of revised WebCGM 2.0 specification.

A new W3C Working Group (5/2006) advances WebCGM 2.0 forward to W3C Proposed Recommendation status (10/2006), triggering resumption of final processing in OASIS.

Based on an OASIS-W3C Memorandum of Understanding (12/2005) for simultaneous standardization, OASIS submits the WebCGM specification to start W3C processing.

The WebCGM TC approved and published the WebCGM 2.0 Committee Specification (11/2005), following intensive technical development that included a second Committee Draft and public review.

WebCGM TC publishes WebCGM 2.0 Committee Draft and initiates public review period, per resolutions voted at its Munich face-to-face meeting (3/2005).

Feature freeze on non-DOM WebCGM 2.0 functional upgrades, closure of new DOM and related issues, reached at Houston face-to-face of OASIS CGM Open WebCGM TC (11/2004).

CGM Open WebCGM TC reaches "feature-freeze" for WebCGM 2.0 DOM, begins vendor trial implementations (8/2004).

OASIS Forms CGM Open Member Section to Advance WebCGM Graphics Standard

Revised and updated WebCGM-SVG study for technical graphics application published and presented at XML Europe 2004.

CGM Open member telecon prioritizes and restarts CGMO technical program, pending integration as OASIS technical committee (3/2004).

Principal Resources

As the working arm of the CGM Open Member section, the OASIS WebCGM TC is our most important resource. The WebCGM 2.0 specification was co-developed and co-published with W3C, expanding and upgrading the previous WebCGM 1.0.

A major part of CGM Open's interoperability project is the WebCGM Product Directory. It not only tracks WebCGM products in several categories, but also links Implementation Conformance Statements to every product.

CGM Open hosts a comprehensive WebCGM Test Suite, which is freely available for download and use.

An extensive reading library, as well a collection of useful reference materials, are hosted and maintained by CGM Open, for WebCGM users and developers.

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