more on IAD

Now that you we've looked at NIST as a gigantic entity under the Department of Commerce, we'll look at a snapshot of the IAD unit (Information Access Division) that supports our world of information retrieval and storage. We may look at this as the broad spectrum of information technology in context with digital libraries. Yet, when you see the IAD support list, other technologies that we are involved with will be familiar to you. First, their mission statement: Mission Statement "Our mission is to accelerate the development of technologies that allow intuitive, efficient access, manipulation, and exchange of complex information by facilitating the creation of measurement methods and standards." We contribute to the advancement of these technologies, as well as enable faster transition into the commercial marketplace and into applications of our sponsors, through Performance metrics, evaluation methodologies, test suites and test data Prototypes and testbeds Workshops Standards and guidelines We do this in collaboration with industry, academia, and government. http://www.nist.gov