Ecma International is an industry association founded in 1961 and dedicated to the standardization of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Consumer Electronics (CE). The aims of Ecma are: 1) To develop, in co-operation with the appropriate National, European and International organizations Standards and Technical Reports in order to facilitate and standardize the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Consumer Electronics (CE). 2) To encourage the correct use of Standards by influencing the environment in which they are applied. 3)To publish these Standards and Technical Reports in electronic and printed form; the publications can be freely copied by all interested parties without restrictions. For over forty years Ecma has actively contributed to world-wide standardization in information technology and telecommunications. More than 400 Ecma Standards and 100 Technical Reports of high quality have been published, more than 2/3 of which have also been adopted as International Standards and/or Technical Reports.