These documents cover some useful background to the JPEG 2000 standard, and should form valuable background reading

• Three background documents from some key JPEG 2000 developers
  • JPEG 2000 still image coding versus other standards
  • An analytical study of JPEG 2000 functionalities
  • A study of JPEG 2000 still image coding versus other standards
• Background on JPEG and JPEG 2000 from a JPEG dinosaur...
• Home page of one of the JPEG editors - inc. good and accurate tutorial!
• Considerable information from the chair of the JPEG 2000 requirements group.
• Presentation on JPEG 2000 from one of the participants.
• Tutorial on JPEG 2000 from the author of the C Reference Software
• Comparison between traditional JPEG and JPEG2000 performance