Note: INCITS (national standards) acronyms are directly below.  ISO/IEC (international standards) acronyms are available on the SC36 web site.

Acronym Summary (INCITS and INCITS/V36)

Below, please find a summary of common acronyms.  Please send suggestions and comments to webmaster@incits-v36.org.

	Alternate Representative: A participant who may act on behalf of a member if the principal member is not present.
	D-Project: A domestic project that will result in a national standard (in contrast to an international standard).
	I-Project: An International project that involves working with international standards committees and will result in an international standard (in contrast to a national standard).
	INCITS: International Committee for Information Technology Standards
	Principal Representative: A participant who acts on behalf of a member.
	TAG: Technical Advisory Group.  A US national committee that formulates and represents US national positions.  Outside the US, the equivalent of a TAG is called (generically) a "national committee" or (in some national bodies) a "mirror committee".  Typically, an INCITS TC has one or more TAG responsibilities.
	TC: Technical Committee. Technical committees (in contrast to the INCITS Executive Board) develop technical standards within INCITS.
	TG: Technical Group. A subcommittee of a Technical Committee.

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