ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34N0741
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34
Information Technology --
Document Description and Processing Languages
| TITLE: | Report of SC34/WG2 |
| SOURCE: | Dr. Yushi Komachi |
| STATUS: | Document for SC34 meeting in Seoul |
| ACTION: | For information |
| DATE: | 2006-05-29 |
| DISTRIBUTION: | SC34 and Liaisons |
| 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 |
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34/WG2 N239
Report of SC34/WG2
[1]
Responding to the requirement of SC34 Chair;
******************************************************* From: "Mason, James David (MXM)" Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 6:48 AM Subject: Proposed ISO/IEC CD 14496-22 ...... As a rsult of my conversations with Mr. Tescher, I have asked Dr. Yushi Komachi, the SC34/WG2 convenor, to make contact with Dr. Leonardo Chiariglione, the SC29/WG11 convenor. My hope is that they can establish some means for joint meetings of their groups and joint development of the project. ...... *******************************************************
SC34/WG2 convenor (Y. Komachi) and Mr. L. Chiariglione met in Kurihama, Jan. 11 2006, and discussed the CD 14496-22. With the suggestion of ITTF Geneva, they concluded that
******************************************************* The "Open Font Format" should be a dual-numbered standard: Number; ISO/IEC 14496-22 ISO/IEC 9541-4 Title; Information technology - Coding of audio-visual objects - Part 22: Open Font Format - Font information interchange - Part 4: Open Font Format Foreword; Para 5 should be removed. Para 6 should include the structure of 9541 as well as the structure of 14496. Scope; It should be modified. *******************************************************
[2]
In Feb. 20 2006, SC34 N0707 was circulated.
******************************************************* ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 N0707 TITLE: Resolution to subdivide ISO/IEC 9541 with a new part 4: Information technology -- Font information interchange -- Part 4: Open Font Format SOURCE: SC34 Chairman PROJECT: WD 9541-4: Information technology -- Font information interchange -- Part 4: Open Font Format PROJECT EDITOR: Dr. Yushi Komachi In advance of the upcoming plenary session, the SC34 Chairman puts forth the following Resolution on behalf of the WG2 Convenor to satisfy the need to introduce a new part to an existing standard, as provided for in JTC 1 Directives Section 6.2.2.1. P-members are asked to submit any objections to this resolution in the two-week period ending 2006-03-06, or if in support of this resolution, to submit the names of any interested participants from their national body. BE IT RESOLVED, that the JTC 1/SC 34 Programme of Work be updated to include a subdivision of the existing ISO/IEC 9541 to introduce Part 4, titled "ISO/IEC 9541-4 Information Technology - Font Information Interchange - Open Font Format", developed as a dual-numbered document in conjunction with ISO/IEC 14496-22 being prepared by JTC 1/SC 29/ WG 11. The scope of this dual-numbered project will be the standardization of OpenType(R) format version 1.4 font format specification as a ISO/IEC standard. *******************************************************
[3]
Secretariat Manager's Interim Report dated of Mar. 28 2006 reported that;
******************************************************* WD 9541-4 - Information technology - Font information interchange - Part 4: Open Font Format WG2 Editor: Dr. Yushi Komachi Status (10.99) New project approved: 2006-02 Next status change date anticipated: 2006-05 Finalized date anticipated: 2006-07 Central secretariat database: No ISO Central Secretariat record *******************************************************