From rinehuls@access.digex.net Wed Jul 2 18:49:31 1997 Received: from access5.digex.net (qlrhmEbBUV1EY@access5.digex.net [205.197.245.196]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id SAA09995 for ; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 18:49:29 +0200 Received: from localhost (rinehuls@localhost) by access5.digex.net (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id MAA08745 for ; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 12:49:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 12:49:26 -0400 (EDT) From: "william c. rinehuls" To: sc22docs@dkuug.dk Subject: SC22 N2511 - SC22 Chairman's Report on JTC 1 Ad Hoc on IT 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/IEEC JTC 1/SC22 N2511 July 1997 TITLE: SC22 Chairman's Report on the JTC 1 Ad Hoc on Implementing Information Technology Meeting Held June 23-26, 1997, in Copenhagen, Denmark SOURCE: Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 WORK ITEM: N/A STATUS: Note that this report will be discussed further at the August 1997 JTC 1/SC22 Plenary CROSS REFERENCE: SC22 N2512, N2513, N2514 DOCUMENT TYPE: N/A ACTION: To SC22 Member Bodies, WG Conveners and HODs for consideration. Address reply to: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat William C. Rinehuls 8457 Rushing Creek Court Springfield, VA 22153 USA Tel: +1 (703) 912-9680 Fax: +1 (703) 912-2973 email: rinehuls@access.digex.net __________________end of title page; beginning of report ________________ SC22 Chairman's Report on JTC1 Ad Hoc on IT Meeting I participated on your behalf at the meeting of the JTC1 Ad Hoc on Implementing Information Technology that met in Copenhagen, Denmark on 23-26 June 1997. The most important output of the meeting is JTC1 N4761, a revised and more complete version of the JTC1 Policy for Electronic Document Distribution using the World Wide Web. (It will be our document SC22 N2512.) It is now going out for JTC1 ballot for approval. I do not expect that the ballot will result in significant changes. This document repeats much of the file formatting information in the diskette-based policy document and adds requirements specifically relating to web-server based distribution. This latest version is in HTML format and can best be viewed on the web; it is available on the Ad Hoc's web site at www.dkuug.dk/jtc1/impit/ . As I mentioned in my report of the last Ad Hoc meeting, this document is very important for SC22. It should be reviewed carefully by everyone involved in SC22. Document distribution using the World Wide Web is set to begin for JTC1 and its SCs in September, with other forms of distribution (diskette and paper) to be discontinued by the end of this year. There will be exceptions for member bodies that are unable to access the web. However, by the beginning of 1998, ALL JTC1 and SC documents MUST be available in at least one of the approved file formats on the JTC1 or SC web site respectively. There will be NO document distribution on paper or diskette to members who have web access capability. (See the JTC1 IT Strategy Timeline in SC22 N2514). Please note section 4.1 on document formats. While it recognizes that "in certain cases, standards documents may be prepared which utilize other formats to provide content which is both human and machine readable," specific JTC1 approval for use of such formats must be sought by the appropriate SC. Therefore, we will need to submit a request (with a brief but convincing justification) for every standard where we are using development software that is not on the acceptable list. All affected conveners need to provide this justification for our plenary so that we can prepare an appropriate request to JTC1. Note also that, if granted, approval does not remove the need to provide a copy for distribution of the human readable content on the web in one of the formats on the acceptable list. While the specifications in this document are not required at the Working Group level, they are required for any WG documents forwarded for SC distribution. Please also note that the document access classification list is now included in Annex D. This list shows which types of documents must be password protected and which are permitted to have open access. These rules apply to all documents at all levels of JTC1. A number of tips and techniques are available in JTC1 N4795 and should be reviewed by all SC22 participants. This document is also available at www.dkuug.dk/jtc1/impit/ . In addition, the ISO/IEC/ITU Information Technology Strategies Implementation Group (ITSIG) has drafted a document on "Guidelines on Access and Distribution of Documents in Electronic Format." This document has a lot of good information and is worthy of your time to review it. We will distribute it when available. The Ad Hoc also published JTC1 N4769 (SC22 N2513), a slight revision to the JTC1 Policy on Electronic Document Distribution using Diskettes and E-mail. There is significant overlap in the information in this document with the policy document on use of the web described above. The Ad Hoc felt that each document should be complete. Use of this document will diminish quickly whereas use of the web document will rapidly increase. We will be discussing this entire subject at our plenary in Ottawa. Robert H. Follett Chairman, JTC1/SC22 __________________________ end of document SC22 N2511 ________________