The Information Infrastructure Standards Panel (IISP) was established in 1994 by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to identify critical standards needed to deliver products and services for the Global Information Infrastructure (GII)/Global Information Society (GIS). It is a cross-industry effort focused on facilitating standards cooperation among the many sectors converging in the GIS (computer, telecommunications, cable, broadcast, wireless, satellite, etc., and interested users such as government agencies, representatives of the disabled, publishers, etc.).