Looking for High Sierra

* "At the slow pace with which NISO was proceeding (in nine months it still had not even named a committee), and with the historical knowledge that standards organizations take from three to five years to develop a standard, a meeting between Xebec and Reference Technology was held in August of 1985. At this time it was agreed to approach other participants in the industry to see if there was interest in convening an industry group to expedite the formation of a logical format standard. In October of 1985 representatives from the major CD-ROM industry participants met at the High Sierra Hotel in Lake Tahoe and agreed to cooperate in formulating a logical format standard.

From this meeting the ad hoc group was formed and became known as the High Sierra Group. John Einberger of Reference Technology was selected as chairperson.

From December 1985 through April 1986 this group met five times and completed a final draft proposal in May 1986. In June 1986, this proposal was presented to NISO and the European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA). In January 1987, the approval activity was passed on to the International Standards Organization (ISO) which performed its final edit in October 1987."

* Article: "HIGH SIERRA VS. ISO 9660: A SUMMARY"

* "NISO's first foray into CD-ROM is Z39.60, a standard for the volume and file structure of CD-ROM (and, potentially, other optical media). This standard is much better known as the High Sierra Group standard."

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