| TITLE: | Summary of Voting on JTC 1/SC 34 N 484 CD 13250-4: Information Technology - Document Description and Processing Languages, Topic Maps - Canonicalization |
| SOURCE: | SC34 Secretariat |
| PROJECT: | CD 13250-4: Information Technology - Topic Maps - Canonical Syntax |
| PROJECT EDITOR: | Mr. Khalil Ahmed |
| STATUS: | Summary of voting |
| ACTION: | Based on the ballot responses, this CD is APPROVED. Project Editors are requested to review comments and advise the Secretariat regarding the next project status and anticipated date that project status will change. |
| DATE: | 2004-05-17 |
| DISTRIBUTION: | SC34 and Liaisons |
| REFER TO: | N0484b - 2004-02-06 - Ballot Due 2004-05-06 CD 13250-4: Information Technology - Document Description and Processing Languages,
Topic Maps - Canonicalization N0484 - 2004-02-06 - CD 13250-4: Information Technology - Document Description and Processing Languages, Topic Maps - Canonicalization |
| REPLY TO: |
Dr. James David Mason (ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 Secretariat - Standards Council of Canada) Crane Softwrights Ltd. Box 266, Kars, ON K0A-2E0 CANADA Telephone: +1 613 489-0999 Facsimile: +1 613 489-0995 Network: [email protected] http://www.jtc1sc34.org |
| P-Member | APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT AS PRESENTED | APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT WITH COMMENTS AS GIVEN ON THE ATTACHED | DISAPPROVAL OF THE DRAFT FOR REASONS ON THE ATTACHED | Acceptance of these reasons and appropriate changes in the text will change our vote to approval | ABSTENTION (For Reasons Below) | NO RESPONSE |
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| Canada | X | |||||
| China | X | |||||
| Italy | X | |||||
| Japan | X | |||||
| Korea, Republic of | X | |||||
| Netherlands | X | |||||
| Norway | X | |||||
| United Kingdom | X | |||||
| United States | X |
US Comments
The following issue was deemed a major technical issue by the U.S. National Body and must be corrected before the document can be promoted to CD status:
The US National Body has previously stated that no part of the current restatement of ISO 13250 should progress beyond CD until the Topic Maps Reference Model is also at CD status (see N477). The motivation for this position is to ensure that the different parts of this multi-model standard are coordinated.
There are two related issues of interest in such coordination:
1. XTM must first be determined to be correct and any needed amendments made; and,
2. If XTM is a serialization of the TMDM (13250-2), then the TMDM (13250-2) must of necessity proceed a step before Topic Maps -- Canonicalization (13250-4).