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NEWS RELEASE
From CDs21 SOLUTIONS
12 September, 2002 |
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CDs21
Solutions has started examinations to
provide guidelines on "Optical Card".
As the first step, this voluntary association
has just prepared
standardized "Notes of Caution" (descriptions
and illustrations)
for the purpose of user protection.
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 CDs21
Solutions (Secretary Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Chairman: Heitaro
NAKAJIMA), currently promoting various CD standards and associated
business models, has organized a working group to lay down guidelines
on card type discs, so-called "Optical Card", by next
spring to aim at sound spread of them. As the first step, the
association has reviewed descriptions of the relevant instruction
manuals attached to the optical cards and has prepared easier-to-understand
"Notes of Caution" (descriptions and illustrations).
Accordingly,
the association has begun distribution of them thus standardized
among its member companies. It will strive for the prevailing
use of them to aim at the user protection.
Recently,
card type discs, called the "Optical Card", that permits
reproduction on CD players and CD-ROM drives are appearing on
the market. It is a medium devised from the user's standpoint
where stress is placed on portability and the like features.
It is already in wide use for sales promotion, e.g. PR and advertisement.
It also has a big potential for the future as a communication
tool for on-the-spot data reception and transmission by utilizing
a notebook type personal computer.
Since,
however, these optical cards are not products conforming to
the CD standards in terms of the size and shape, not all of
them can be reproduced on CD players and CD-ROM drives. That
is, the compatibility assurance is yet to be given. At the present
stage there are no guidelines on the size and shape, nor pertinent
cautionary notes for the users. Therefore, in the worst case,
there is the possibility of causing disorder to media and drives.
Against
this backdrop, CDs 21 Solutions has been taking actions for
a sound spread of optical cards, including technical studies
of the compatibility, user enlightenment and various proposals.
This time, to meet the demands from the users and the business
sector, the association has prepared "Notes of Caution"
as one of such move to aim at further progress of the associated
industry.
The
notes of caution prepared by CDs21 Solutions are composed of
descriptions and illustrations that can be easily understood
so that general users can be familiarized with the way of use
while avoiding erroneous operation. The notes of caution is
available in both Japanese and English versions. The point is
that users can better understand the proper way of use if the
associated industry sector employs such standardized notes of
caution. At the same time, users may also understand that there
are cases that the reproduction is impractical for the reasons
attributable to media and reproducing devices themselves.
CDs21
Solutions has principal makers engaged in optical card business
as its members. They all are going to employ the standardized
notes of caution. The association also intends to invite other
makers to participate in the move and utilize them actively.
CDs21
Solutions is continuing its activity of enlightenment for the
industry sector concerned (traders, makers, etc.) including
media makers and drives makers of optical cards. To this end,
the association intends to pursue the practicability of various
applications. As one of such activities for the future, it also
plans to study guidelines aimed at enhancing the congeniality
between the optical card and drive.
The
members of CDs21 Solutions may use the "Notes of Caution",
free of charge. Those considering joining in this association
are suggested to raise your inquiry to the secretary office
of this association.
 CDs21
Solution's Activity
At
present, many kinds of CDs (compact discs) are standardized
for audio, data and picture, respectively. These commodities
are now widespread over the world and are in habitual use. The
CD is a medium that has become most popular among all of the
optical disc media.
The
biggest reason for this popularity enjoyed by the CD is the
broadest possible compatibility in terms of reproducibility
maintained for the CD media between different types and between
different generations of players and drives. And there is no
denying that this much owes the untiring efforts of the whole
industry sector associated with CDs.
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CDs21
Solutions, a voluntary association, was set up in April 2001
under close collaborations and eventual merger of the Multimedia
CD Consortium and the Orange Forum, both of which were disbanded
to this end. CDs21 Solutions is the largest organization of
its kind at this stage, covering the entire CD related industry
in a transverse and compound manner. It is actively working
for the aim of contributing to the associated industry sector
and the users on issues of improving the compatibility among
application product groups including media (discs) that conform
to various CD standards, hardware, software products, contents
making, while devoting to further spread and promotion of the
relevant servicing.
At
present, the membership of CDs21 Solutions is 79 companies (53
domestic and 26 overseas). |
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For
inquiry / membership participation, please contact:
Secretary Office, CDs21 Solutions
c/o Philips Japan Ltd.Philips
Bldg., 13-37, Konan 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo
108-8507
TEL : 03-3740-4592FAX:03-3740-5152W.
Fujihira in charge |
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