Overview: ASTM International and New Committee E57 on 3D Imaging Systems

Abstract

ASTM International's 2007 update on Committee E57, two years into its life and visibly growing: the roster had gone from 74 individuals to 113, the subcommittee structure had settled into Terminology, Test Methods, Best Practices and Data Interoperability, and David Ober of Metris was in the chair. Pat Picariello sets the committee in the context of ASTM itself – 140 committees, more than 12,000 standards, 30,000 members, a $40 million annual budget, ANSI audited-designator accreditation and a balloting process built to give every voter due process – and explains what a metrology community gets from taking its standards work there.