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The InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards, or INCITS (pronounced "insights"),^[1] is an ANSI-accredited forum of IT developers. It was formerly known as the X3 and NCITS.

INCITS technical standard groups and technical committees have provided many popular standards, among them:

• T10 — SCSI
• T11 (X3T9.3) — Fibre Channel
• T13 — AT Attachment

INCITS coordinates technical standards activity between ANSI in the USA and joint ISO/IEC committees worldwide. This provides a mechanism to create standards that will be implemented in many nations.

History

The forum was established in 1961 as the 'Accredited Standards Committee X3, Information Technology' and is sponsored by Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), a trade association representing providers of information technology products and services then known as the Business Equipment Manufacturers' Association (BEMA) and later renamed the Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers' Association (CBEMA). The forum was renamed Accredited Standards Committee NCITS, National Committee for Information Technology Standards in 1996, and the current name was approved in 2001.

Notes

1. ^ "About SCSI — T10 & Specifications". http://www.scsita.org/aboutscsi/t10Specs.html. 

See also

• SCSI Trade Association (SCSITA)

External links

• Homepage of American Standards Institute
• Homepage of the ANSI accredited standardisation body INCITS
• List of INCITS standards
• Technical Committee T1 (ATIS, Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions)
• Technical Committee T10 (SCSI)
• Technical Committee T11 (Fibre Channel)
• Technical Committee T13 (AT Attachment)*
• ANSI Accredited Standards Developers (ANSI Accredited SDO )

Charles A. Phillips Papers, 1959-1985 (Historical reference to BEMA)