A new usability standard and what it means to you

Abstract

The Common Industry Format (CIF) was approved on December 12, 2001 as an ANSI standard (ANSI/ NCITS-354-2001). The CIF was developed under the auspices o f the Industry USabili ty Reporting (IUSR) Project (www.nist.gov/iusr) which was organized by the National Institute o f Standards and Technology in 1997. The IUSR participants include representatives from prominent suppliers o f software and from large consumer organizations, usability consultants, and academics. The goal is to raise the visibility o f software usability so that it can be used as a factor when companies make procurement decisions.