It is the aim to transfer important results from the SMASH project into Standardisation Committees. Since the start of the project some contributions based on obtained results have been prepared for standardisation committees. The partners of the SMASH project are involved in ongoing standardisation efforts and are discussing issues which are relevant for the SMASH project.
The first group to mention is the SMI group inside the DVB organisation. The SMI group stands for Storage Media Interoperability and addresses many issues related to the interface between the DVB set top box and the storage modules.
The second group is the IHDN group inside the DVB organisation. The IHDN group stands for In Home Digital Network and addresses the issues of connecting set-top boxes and storage devices via a home network.
The third group to mention is the QIC standardisation committee in which standards for tape storage are discussed. We have submitted proposals to define standards for tape storage products with a capacity of up to 25 Gbytes per tape.
The fourth group is the DAVIC group in which the SMASH partners are also active. Issues which are relevant for local storage are being discussed.
The last group is the MPEG-7 standardization effort. From early on, the SMASH project has been given presentations [15, 26] on the relation between MPEG-7 and local storage at home.