As a result, in 1979, Sony and Philips set up a joint task force of engineers to

design a new digital audio disc. Led by engineers Kees Schouhamer Immink
and Toshitada Doi, the research pushed forward laser and optical disc
technology.[17] After a year of experimentation and discussion, the task force
produced the Red Book CD-DA standard. First published in 1980, the standard
was formally adopted by the IEC as an international standard in 1987, with
various amendments becoming part of the standard in 1996.