Automatic image pattern recognition techniques have been successfully applied to improving productivity and quality in both manufacturing and service applications. Automatic Image Pattern Recognition Algorithms are often developed and tested using unique data bases for each specific application. Quantitative comparison of different approaches and extrapolation of existing techniques to new applications is difficult or impossible. To facilitate data interchange in this area a two day workshop was held at the National Bureau of Standards in Gaithersburg, Maryland on June 3 and 4, 1976. The workshop considered the issues involved with interchange of images as data in standard formats on magnetic tape. Specifically, the workshop addressed the following objectives: (1) to define mechanisms for achieving a standard format for magnetic tape interchange; (2) to define requirements for documentation of the recording environment of an image; (3) to recommend mechanisms for selecting and distributing prototype images; and (4) to consider the requirements and to explore the prospect for a language to describe image content and structure. (Author)