boration industry- and for the users of industry products. Their accomplishments, to date, reflect their pragmatism. Equally important is their ability to work quickly and thereby keep abreast of proprietary advances. Because of their diligence, these two groups have essentially discouraged even the largest players from going it alone. All the goals that T.120 initially set out to accomplish are completed. Moreover, goals were added throughout the standards-setting process. Not only are most of the core standards stable and complete, they are already being revised after years of exhaustive effort. The IMTC will continue to work on the T.120 and T.130 protocol suites; years will pass before they consider those standards complete, if they ever do. Technology marches along and those who draft standards must lock step. On the horizon are plans to extend the infrastructure standards to leverage new communications technologies as they emerge (e.g., ATM, wireless networks, and cable television networks). The IMTC will also work to expand the set of application protocols (e.g., chat, generic object management, and remote procedure invocation). Video Communications: The Whole Picture CHAPTER 8 REFERENCES "A Primer on the T.120 Series Standard," DataBeam. December 1999. http://www.databeam.com/ccts/t120primer.htm "Ratification Schedule for the T.120 and H.323 Series Standards," DataBeam. December 1999. http://www.databeam.com/standards/schedule.html Adams, Chris. "An Introduction to Digital Storage media-Command and Control," Nortel. 1996. "T.120-Based Conferencing To Explode," Newsbytes September 25 1996 PNEW09250010. Brown, Dave. "Bytes. Camera. Action!" Network Computing March 1, 1996 v7. n3 pp. 46-58. Grigonis, Richard. "H.324 Video and T.120 Data Will Change Your Life," Computer Telephony October, 1996 pp. 122-131. Halhed, Basil R. "Standard Extend Videoconferencing's Reach," Business Communications Review September, 1995 p52. Knell, Philip D. "The Multipoint Revolution: Where We're Headed," Telecon XVI Show Issue Oct