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Computer Graphics: Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System (PHIGS) (Part 1. Functional Description). Category: Software Standard. Subcategory: Graphics.

FIPSPUB153

Publication Date	1989
Personal Author	Benigni, D. R.
Page Count	394
Abstract	The publication announces the adoption of the American National Standard Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System, ANSI X3.144-1988, as a Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS). The standard specifies the control and data interchange between an application program and its graphic support system. It provides a set of functions and programming language bindings (or toolbox package) for the definition, display and modification of two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) graphical data. In addition, the standard supports highly interactive processing and geometric articulation, multi-level or hierarchical graphics data, and rapid modification of both the graphics data and the relationships between the graphical data. The purpose of the standard is to promote portability of graphics application programs between different installations. The standard is for use by implementors as the reference authority in developing graphics software systems; and by other computer professionals who need to know the precise syntactic and semantic rules of the standard.
Keywords	Computer graphics Standards Software Federal Information Processing Standards Programmers Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System PHIGS system Interactive graphics
Source Agency	National Institute of Standards and Technology
NTIS Subject Category	62B - Computer Software 62D - Information Processing Standards
Corporate Authors	National Inst. of Standards and Technology (CSL), Gaithersburg, MD.; American National Standards Inst., New York.
Supplemental Notes	See also Part 2, FIPS PUB 153-A. Also pub. as American National Standards Inst., New York rept. no. ANSI/ISO-9592.1-1989. Prepared in cooperation with American National Standards Inst., New York.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	199208

Computer Graphics: Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System (PHIGS) (Part 1. Functional Description). Category: Software Standard. Subcategory: Graphics.

Computer Graphics: Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System (PHIGS) (Part 1. Functional Description). Category: Software Standard. Subcategory: Graphics.
FIPSPUB153

Publication Date	1989
Personal Author	Benigni, D. R.
Page Count	394
Abstract	The publication announces the adoption of the American National Standard Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System, ANSI X3.144-1988, as a Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS). The standard specifies the control and data interchange between an application program and its graphic support system. It provides a set of functions and programming language bindings (or toolbox package) for the definition, display and modification of two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) graphical data. In addition, the standard supports highly interactive processing and geometric articulation, multi-level or hierarchical graphics data, and rapid modification of both the graphics data and the relationships between the graphical data. The purpose of the standard is to promote portability of graphics application programs between different installations. The standard is for use by implementors as the reference authority in developing graphics software systems; and by other computer professionals who need to know the precise syntactic and semantic rules of the standard.
Keywords	Computer graphics Standards Software Federal Information Processing Standards Programmers Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System PHIGS system Interactive graphics
Source Agency	National Institute of Standards and Technology
NTIS Subject Category	62B - Computer Software 62D - Information Processing Standards
Corporate Authors	National Inst. of Standards and Technology (CSL), Gaithersburg, MD.; American National Standards Inst., New York.
Supplemental Notes	See also Part 2, FIPS PUB 153-A. Also pub. as American National Standards Inst., New York rept. no. ANSI/ISO-9592.1-1989. Prepared in cooperation with American National Standards Inst., New York.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	199208