In 1990 the American Institute of Physics and a number of its member Societies organized a Joint Society Task Force (JSTF) on Electronic Publishing for the purpose of long-range strategic planning on electronic communication and publishing. The Executive Directors and Publishing Directors meet regularly to discuss common directions and goals. One of these goals involves the establishment of a standard tool for compuscript submission.
As a result, a REVTeX Working Group was established to explore the issues surrounding the use of REVTeX as this standard. Under the leadership of Janice Fleming, Chairperson (OSA), and with representatives from each organization, the group worked to resolve issues and to ensure that REVTeX version 3.0 would meet the needs of the participating organizations.
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