History
Work on this standard began in February 1983, following announcement of the formation of the task group
in the technical and commercial press in late 1982. The project authorization request was approved by the
IEEE Standards Board on June 23, 1983 following the second meeting. A total of seven meetings held
throughout the United States at three month intervals produced the draft submitted for ballot in March 1985.
A total of over 90 persons contributed to the initial development of this standard. Contributors are those individuals
who either attended a working-group meeting, submitted written comments on a draft, or both.