The
Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group (
JBIG) is a group of experts nominated by national standards bodies and major companies to work to produce standards for
bi-level image coding. The "joint" refers to its status as a committee working on both
ISO and
ITU-T standards. It is one of two sub-groups of
ISO/
IEC Joint Technical Committee 1, Subcommittee 29, Working Group 1 (ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 1), whose official title is
Coding of still pictures.