<s>
OggSquish	B-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
names	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
Ogg	O
project	O
developed	O
from	O
1994	O
by	O
the	O
Xiphophorus	B-Application
company	I-Application
(	O
now	O
Xiph.Org	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ogg	B-Application
Squish	I-Application
was	O
also	O
an	O
attempt	O
from	O
the	O
Xiphophorus	B-Application
company	I-Application
to	O
create	O
a	O
royalty-free	O
lossless	B-Algorithm
audio	O
compression	O
codec	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
Squish	B-Application
,	O
but	O
due	O
to	O
an	O
existing	O
trademark	O
it	O
was	O
later	O
renamed	O
to	O
OggSquish	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
the	O
Xiphophorus	O
OggSquish	B-Application
was	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
an	O
attempt	O
both	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
flexible	O
compressed	O
audio	O
format	O
for	O
modern	O
audio	O
applications	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
provide	O
the	O
first	O
audio	O
format	O
that	O
is	O
common	O
on	O
any	O
and	O
every	O
modern	O
computer	O
platform	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
after	O
Fraunhofer	O
Society	O
Integrated	O
Circuits	O
Institute	O
intended	O
to	O
sue	O
MPEG-1	B-Application
Audio	I-Application
Layer	I-Application
3	I-Application
development	O
projects	O
because	O
of	O
license	O
issues	O
,	O
the	O
Xiphophorus	B-Application
company	I-Application
's	O
focus	O
was	O
moved	O
to	O
a	O
royalty-free	O
lossy	B-Algorithm
audio	O
compression	O
codec	B-General_Concept
,	O
named	O
OggSquish	B-Application
Vorbis	B-Algorithm
,	O
or	O
only	O
"	O
Ogg	B-Algorithm
Vorbis	I-Algorithm
"	O
or	O
"	O
Vorbis	B-Algorithm
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
the	O
OggSquish	B-Application
was	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
several	O
related	O
multimedia	O
and	O
signal	O
processing	O
projects	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
two	O
projects	O
were	O
in	O
active	O
development	O
for	O
planned	O
release	O
:	O
Ogg	B-Algorithm
Vorbis	I-Algorithm
format	O
and	O
libvorbis	B-Algorithm
-	O
the	O
reference	O
implementation	O
of	O
Vorbis	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Research	O
also	O
included	O
work	O
on	O
future	O
video	O
and	O
lossless	B-Algorithm
audio	O
coding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
OggSquish	B-Application
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
"	O
Ogg	O
"	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
umbrella	O
for	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
several	O
related	O
multimedia	O
and	O
signal	O
processing	O
projects	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ogg	O
has	O
come	O
to	O
stand	O
for	O
the	O
container	O
file	O
format	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
larger	O
Xiph.org	B-Application
multimedia	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Squish	B-Application
became	O
just	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Ogg	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
and	O
2001	O
there	O
was	O
some	O
information	O
from	O
Xiphophorus	B-Application
company	I-Application
's	O
developers	O
about	O
plans	O
for	O
a	O
continuation	O
of	O
Ogg	B-Application
Squish	I-Application
as	O
a	O
lossless	B-Algorithm
audio	O
compression	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
29	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
the	O
Xiph.Org	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
officially	O
announced	O
the	O
incorporation	O
of	O
FLAC	B-Application
as	O
a	O
lossless	B-Algorithm
audio	O
compression	O
codec	B-General_Concept
under	O
Xiph.org	B-Application
banner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ogg	B-Application
Squish	I-Application
is	O
no	O
longer	O
maintained	O
.	O
</s>
