Usability Considerations for Audio, Video, and Multimedia Systems and Equipment Standardization; Survey of Opinions and National Committee Positions First Project Team meeting: IEC TC 100_1398ea November 19, 2008 in Sao Paulo, Brazil from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM

Project Team Leaders Jean Baronas USA and Kate Grant UK

Project Goals (1-4) Goal 1: public policies, industry practices Goal 2: definitions Goal 3: statistics Goal 4: primary sources

Project Goals (5-8) Goal 5: predictions (designs, standards, industry practices) Goal 6: topics for Technical Report (TR) Goal 7: future roles for the IEC TC100 Goal 8: research and future IEC TC100 NPs

Information about the survey responses Denmark Netherlands U.S.A. Germany Japan Others

How, if to proceed? The TC100 should proceed with a Technical Report (TR). Generally, the IEC TC100 members differ as to the content of the TR. The Project Team should discuss the content of a TR. The range of topics include functional requirements, designs (methods of measurement), explain the basics-variations- options, and develop / publish techniques to self declare product functions for usability.  Preliminary perspective

What would the TR contain? Most respondents agree that the TR could provide useful points to consider the for product design, while some emphasize the cultural differences among TC100 members which should be considered in the TR.

Summary TR to start immediately Project Team to meet on Wednesday (this week) to determine directions and assignments