From rinehuls@access.digex.net Fri Aug 8 18:56:11 1997 Received: from access1.digex.net (qlrhmEbBUV1EY@access1.digex.net [205.197.245.192]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id SAA05343 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 18:56:09 +0200 Received: from localhost (rinehuls@localhost) by access1.digex.net (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id MAA16860 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 12:56:06 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 12:56:06 -0400 (EDT) From: "william c. rinehuls" To: sc22docs@dkuug.dk Subject: SC22 N2547 - Correction to WG20 Convener's Report - PLENARY ITEM Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE _______________ 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 N2547 August 1997 TITLE: Correction to the WG20 Convener's Report for the August 1997 JTC 1/SC22 Plenary SOURCE: Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 WORK ITEM: N/A STATUS: Please note that this correction will be added to Agenda Item 8.12 for the August 1997 SC22 Plenary CROSS REFERENCE: SC22 N2492 DOCUMENT TYPE: Correction to Convener's Report ACTION: To SC22 Member Bodies for review. 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 ____________ (Note: This is a replacement for Paragraph 1.2 of the WG20 Convener's Report previously issued as document SC22 N2492.) 1.2=09PROJECTS UNDERWAY Project number Description Editors 22.13 Second edition of TR 10176: "Guidelines for the preparation of programming language standards" Akio Kido and Makoto Noda We are not aware of any similar work anywhere else. But new programming languages, such as Java, do state their requirements for character set and internationalization support in their specifications. 22.30.01 (completed) TR 11017: "Framework for internationalization" T.K. Sato 22.30.02.01 (umbrella project - no standard associated) Functionality of the internationalization of applications Keld Simonsen 22.30.02.02 ISO/IEC 14651: International string ordering Alain LaBont=E9 There are multiple projects under way that deal with aspects of ordering: =20 a) TC37 has developed IS 12199 which is currently in DIS ballot. We do not see that project as a competition, it was approved to specifically addresses the legitimate needs of terminologists and related professions and is more like an application than a generic sorting standard. =20 b) TC46 owns ISO 999 part 9 . Again, the focus of this standard differs from the scope of ISO 14651 which allows ordering of multilingual data, coded in ISO 10646, with a default sequence and culturally correct ordering for specified markets. =20 c) CEN/TC304/WG1's Project 9 is an developing an ordering standard for the European languages. WG20 has established very close cooperation with this group, the experts in both camps work together on the methods and the tables. 22.30.02.03 ISO/IEC 14652: Specification of Cultural Conventions Keld Simonsen CEN TC304's ENV 12005 is quite similar to CD 14652, but also contains registration of specifications. It is limited to European conventions. The experts for both standards are working together closely to avoid duplicate standards with differing contents. 22.15435 ISO/IEC 15435: Internationalization API Keld Simonsen We are not aware of any other standardization work in this area. _______________________ end of SC22 N2547 ____________________________