CGM and CGI. Metafile and Interface Standards for Computer Graphics
This book describes two ISO standardization projects - the Computer Graphics Interface (CGI) and the Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM). The CGI project is standardizing a functional and syntactic specification for the exchange of device-independent data and associated control information between systems with graphical capabilities. The CGI defines idealized abstract classes of graphical devices capable of accepting input and generating, storing and manipulating pictures. The CGM provides a file format suitable for the storage and retrieval of device- independent picture descriptions. Pictures described by a sequence of CGI function invocations can be written to disk and stored compactly as CGMs, and CGMs can be interpreted and displayed efficiently using a CGI implementation. The book intends to supplement the standards documents themselves. It is divided into four parts comprising 17 chapters, which include many illustrations and examples. The book also explains the relationship of the CGI and CGM to other standards, describing some early commercial implementations of the standards and gives the reader insight into the future evolution of these standards. The appendices, which include the glossary and bibliography, enable the reader to easily understand the terminology used and consult the given references for more needed information. The appendices as a whole is written in a valuable and unique consolidated form.
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