<s>
The	O
versit	B-Protocol
Consortium	I-Protocol
was	O
a	O
multivendor	O
initiative	O
founded	O
by	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
,	O
AT&T	O
,	O
IBM	O
and	O
Siemens	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
create	O
Personal	O
Data	O
Interchange	O
(	O
PDI	O
)	O
technology	O
,	O
open	O
specifications	O
for	O
exchanging	O
personal	O
data	O
over	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
wired	O
and	O
wireless	O
connectivity	O
and	O
Computer	O
Telephony	O
Integration	O
(	O
CTI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Consortium	B-Application
started	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
projects	O
to	O
deliver	O
open	O
specifications	O
aimed	O
at	O
creating	O
industry	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
ambitious	O
projects	O
of	O
the	O
Consortium	B-Application
was	O
the	O
Versit	B-Protocol
CTI	O
Encyclopedia	O
(	O
VCTIE	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
3,000	O
page	O
,	O
6	O
volume	O
set	O
of	O
specifications	O
defining	O
how	O
computer	O
and	O
telephony	O
systems	O
are	O
to	O
interact	O
and	O
become	O
interoperable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Encyclopedia	O
was	O
built	O
on	O
existing	O
technologies	O
and	O
specifications	O
such	O
as	O
ECMA	O
's	O
call	O
control	O
specifications	O
,	O
TSAPI	B-Application
and	O
industry	O
expertise	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
technical	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
Versit	B-Protocol
CTI	O
Encyclopedia	O
technical	O
team	O
was	O
composed	O
of	O
David	O
H	O
.	O
Anderson	O
and	O
Marcus	O
W	O
.	O
Fath	O
from	O
IBM	O
,	O
Frédéric	O
Artru	O
and	O
Michael	O
Bayer	O
from	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
,	O
James	O
L	O
.	O
Knight	O
and	O
Steven	O
Rummel	O
from	O
AT&T	O
(	O
then	O
Lucent	O
Technologies	O
)	O
,	O
Tom	O
Miller	O
from	O
Siemens	O
,	O
and	O
consultants	O
Ellen	O
Feaheny	O
and	O
Charles	O
Hudson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
completion	O
,	O
the	O
Versit	B-Protocol
CTI	O
Encyclopedia	O
was	O
transferred	O
to	O
the	O
ECTF	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
adopted	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
ECTF	O
C.001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
Versit	B-Protocol
CTI	O
Encyclopedia	O
ended	O
up	O
influencing	O
many	O
products	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
one	O
full	O
compliant	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
specifications	O
that	O
was	O
brought	O
to	O
market	O
:	O
Odisei	O
,	O
a	O
French	O
company	O
founded	O
by	O
team	O
member	O
Frédéric	O
Artru	O
developed	O
the	O
IntraSwitch	O
IP-PBX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
the	O
Consortium	B-Application
proposed	O
and	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
and	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
all	O
rights	O
to	O
these	O
technologies	O
were	O
transferred	O
to	O
the	O
Internet	O
Mail	O
Consortium	B-Application
,	O
an	O
organization	O
founded	O
by	O
Paul	O
Hoffman	O
(	O
VPNC	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
continued	O
to	O
maintain	O
the	O
standards	O
until	O
2002	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
IMC	O
ceased	O
its	O
activities	O
.	O
</s>
