Joint Photographic Experts Group

It also has the responsibility for maintenance of the JBIG and JBIG2 standards that were developed by the former Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group.

[4] JPEG has typically held meetings three or four times annually in North America, Asia and Europe.

[11] Former chairs of JPEG include Greg Wallace of Digital Equipment Corporation and Daniel Lee of Yahoo.

Fumitaka Ono of Tokyo Polytechnic University was chair of the former JBIG group that has since been merged into JPEG.

Once published, JPEG standards have also often been revised by later amendments and/or new editions – e.g., to add optional extended capabilities or improve the editorial quality of the specifications.