Status report of the graphic standards planning committee
Computer Graphics staff · ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics · 1979
INTRODUCTIO N This chapter contains the functional specification of the Core System .Section 1 . 1 introduces the notion of device-independence in the Core System .An overview of the Cor e System's functional capabilities by category is provided in Section 1 .2,followed i n Section 1 .3by a delineation of the upwards compatible levels of the Core System .Th e specific methodological and pragmatic criteria used to design the Core System's facilitie s are stated in Section 1 .4 .A glossary ends Section I .Sections 2 through 9 define th e functional characteristics of the Core System .