From rinehuls@access.digex.net Tue Oct 29 23:43:26 1996 Received: from access4.digex.net (qlrhmEbBUV1EY@access4.digex.net [205.197.245.195]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id XAA18995 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:42:51 +0100 Received: from localhost (rinehuls@localhost) by access4.digex.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA02351 ; for ; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 17:42:33 -0500 Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 17:42:32 -0500 (EST) From: "william c. rinehuls" X-Sender: rinehuls@access4.digex.net To: sc22docs@dkuug.dk Subject: Document SC22 N2321 - Report on JTC 1 IT Ad Hoc Meeting Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII _________________beginning of title page _______________________________ ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces Secretariat: U.S.A. (ANSI) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N2321 November 1996 TITLE: SC22 Chairman's Report on JTC 1 Ad Hoc on IT Meeting SOURCE: Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 WORK ITEM: N/A STATUS: N/A CROSS REFERENCE: N/A DOCUMENT TYPE: Chairman's Report ACTION: To SC22 Member Bodies, WG Conveners and HODs for information. Address reply to: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat William C. Rinehuls 8457 Rushing Creek Court Springfield, VA USA 22153 Tel: +1 (703) 912-9680 Fax: +1 (703) 912-2973 email: rinehuls@access.digex.net ______________________end of title page, beginning of text ______________ SC22 Chairman's Report on JTC1 Ad Hoc on IT Meeting In accordance with resolution 96-43 of our recent SC22 plenary, I participated on your behalf at the meeting of the JTC1 Ad Hoc on Implementing Information Technology that met right after our plenary in London on 30 September - 2 October 1996. The principal results of the Ad Hoc are as follows: * ISO/IEC Copyright Policy. A paper with two proposed resolutions was forwarded to JTC1 with a recommendation that JTC1 adopt them at the December plenary. One strongly requests that JTC1 and its reporting committees be able to continue to make project related documents, up to but not including the DIS stage, freely available in electronic form. The other asks ISO/CS to re-formulate its revised copyright policy so as not to discourage significant technical contributions. The details are in an attachment to the meeting report, JTC1 N4241. * JTC1 Policy on Electronic Document Distribution. A draft revision (which will be JTC1 N4246) was prepared for review at the December JTC1 plenary. HTML was added to the list of acceptable formats; the "format of choice" was deleted although RTF was retained as acceptable. Instead of a "format of choice," the Ad Hoc developed a table of recommended formats based on the final use of the document and recommended that it be incorporated into the next edition. * JTC1 Transition Plan for Implementing the IT Strategy. A draft revision of this document was also prepared (to be issued as JTC1 N4244), deleting stage 1.1 (distribution of all documents via diskette). The Ad Hoc recommended a transition timeline calling for JTC1 and SC Secretariats to maintain all current documents on line, with full implementation by the end of 1997. * Use of the World Wide Web. ISO is conducting a WWW trial with ten JTC1 SCs (including SC22) and two other TCs linked at present. The trial web address is http://www.iso.ch:8080/ISOWeb.html. Keld Simonsen is helping in the technical work. A modified version of JTC1 N4190 (SC22 N2263), Guidelines on the Creation and Maintenance of Web Servers and Pages, will be produced and circulated as JTC1 N4243 for comment by SCs and NBs. * Electronic Document Tips and Techniques. The editor will make a few additions to this guide and produce a revision for circulation. Instructions to the editor are in an attachment to the meeting report. The SC22 recommendations were well received and for the most part accepted. The points in SC22 N2294 were included in the Ad Hoc output on the ISO/IEC Copyright Policy. With regard to SC22 N2293: * Points 1, 3, 6, and 7 were incorporated in appropriate places of the documents. Point 5 is not an action item. * Regarding point 2 on the need for a plain text file version of the balloting form, the Ad Hoc felt that we could create our own if we wish. * Regarding point 4 on the scanning of documents, there is no intention to do OCR-type scanning. However, as a last resort to accommodate electronic storage of paper documents, the intent is to use a technology such as a fax or JPEG format. There is a strong desire to eliminate paper for distribution and storage and therefore the Ad Hoc believes some method will need to be utilized for documents that are not available in one of the other acceptable formats. * The Ad Hoc did not agree with point 8 on the proposed survey of project editors. Concerns were expressed about the difficulty of taking such a survey, how the results would be compiled, the workload entailed in view of other JTC1 surveys, etc. Some Ad Hoc members encouraged us to take our own SC survey. However, I expressed my personal reservations about the value of a survey within a single SC since the purpose was to confirm the suitability of tools for JTC1-wide use and provide guidance for all of JTC1 for future projects. The report of the meeting (JTC1 N4241) and other significant output documents will be distributed by the SC22 Secretariat as soon as they become available. _____________________ end of document SC22 N2321 ____________________