From rinehuls@access.digex.net Thu Jul 2 01:15:30 1998 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 BAA06368 for ; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 01:15:28 +0200 Received: from localhost (rinehuls@localhost) by access4.digex.net (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id TAA15480 for ; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 19:15:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 19:15:13 -0400 (EDT) From: "william c. rinehuls" To: sc22docs@dkuug.dk Subject: SC22 N2747 - WG20 Business Plan and Convener's Report 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 N2747 TITLE: WG20 Business Plan and WG20 Convener's Report for the August 1998 JTC 1/SC22 Plenary DATE ASSIGNED: 1998-06-30 SOURCE: Secretariat, ISO/iEC JTC 1/SC22 BACKWARD POINTER: N/A DOCUMENT TYPE: WG Convener's Report PROJECT NUMBER: N/A STATUS: This document will be on the agenda for the August 1998 JTC 1/SC22 Plenary ACTION IDENTIFIER: FYI DUE DATE: N/A DISTRIBUTION: Text CROSS REFERENCE: N/A DISTRIBUTION FORM: Def Address reply to: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat William C. Rinehuls 8457 Rushing Creek Court Springfield, VA 22153 USA Telphone: +1 (703) 912-9680 Fax: +1 (703) 912-2973 email: rinehuls@access.digex.net _______________ end of title page; beginning of report ________________ Business plan and convenor's report: ISO/IEC JTC1 SC22/WG20 - INTERNATIONALIZATION PERIOD COVERED: June 1997 - June 1998 SUBMITTED BY: Convenor WG20 Arnold F. Winkler Unisys B203-14 2476 Swedesford Road Malvern, PA 19355 Tel: 610-648-2055 Fax: 610-695-5473 E-mail: Arnold.Winkler@unisys.com 1. MANAGEMENT SUMMARY 1.1 SCOPE Identification of elements relevant to the work of SC22 that may be affected by differences in language, culture, customs and habits; and for these elements, develop standards that enable applications to be portable across differing cultural practices; and develop a Technical Report that describes a framework for nations to provide those elements 1.2 PROJECTS UNDERWAY Project number Description Editors 22.13 (completed) Second edition of TR 10176: "Guidelines for the preparation of programming language standards" Akio Kido and Makoto Noda 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 22.30.02.03 ISO/IEC 14652: Specification of Cultural Conventions Keld Simonsen 22.15435 ISO/IEC 15435: Internationalization API Keld Simonsen 1.3 For details see later discussion of projects. 2. PERIOD REVIEW 2.1 MARKET REQUIREMENTS WG20 believes that through the proliferation of PCs and the world wide web, internationalization has become a very important factor in the creation of programs and thus all programming languages. =20 3. Membership of SC22/WG20 3.1 Liaisons and representatives to and from SC22/WG20 3.1.1 Liaisons from WG20 Liaison from WG20=09Organization=09Subject Arnold Winkler=09SC2/WG2=09Character Sets Keld Simonsen=09SC22/WG15=09POSIX Miles Ellis=09SC22/WG5=09Fortran Keld Simonsen=09SC22/WG14=09C Keld Simonsen=09SC22/WG21=09C++ Alain LaBont=E9=09GUIDE/SHARE-Europe=09I18n Keld Simonsen=09CEN TC 304=09I18n, character set technology Alain LaBont=E9=09SC35=09User System Interface Keld Simonsen=09TC37/SC2/WG3=09Alphabetic ordering 3.1.2 Liaisons to WG20 Liaison to WG20=09Organization=09 Subject Arnold Winkler=09SC2/WG2=09 Character Sets Keld Simonsen=09SC22/WG15=09 POSIX Ann Wallace=09SC22/WG4=09 COBOL Miles Ellis=09SC22/WG5=09 Fortran Jim Melton=09SC32/WG3 =09 SQL (see requests to SC22) Keld Simonsen=09SC22/WG14=09 C Keld Simonsen=09SC22/WG21=09 C++ Alain LaBont=E9=09GUIDE/SHARE-Europe=09I18n =DEorvar=F0ur =D3lafsson=09CEN TC 304=09I18n, character set technology Keld Simonsen=09CEN TC 304=09 I18n, character set technology Keld Simonsen=09SC22/WG22=09 PCTE note: CEN TC 304 is now called European Localization Requirements 3.1.3 Liaison requests SC22/WG20 wants to establish liaisons with the Unicode consortium and the newly formed SC35 on user interfaces. See request section at the end of the report. 3.1.4 Representatives None at this moment. Note: Co-operation with CEN may require official representatives for both directions. 3.2 Meetings of SC22/WG20 1=09November 1991=09Sunnyvale=09USA 2=09April 1992=09Paris=09 France 3=09October 1992=09Qu=E9bec=09 Canada 4=09April 1993=09Copenhagen=09Denmark 5=09October 1993=09Tokyo=09 Japan 6=09April 1994=09Oxford=09 United Kingdom 7=09October 1994=09Cupertino=09USA 8=09May 1995=09Paris=09 France 9=09September 1995=09Copenhagen=09Denmark 10=09April 1996=09Kyoto=09 Japan 11=09September 1996=09Vienna=09 Austria 12=09Spring 1997=09Qu=E9bec=09 Canada 13=09November 1997=09Cairo=09 Egypt 14=09June 1998=09Dublin=09 Ireland planned meetings: 15=09October 1998=09Tel Aviv=09Israel 16=09Spring 1999=09Malvern=09 USA 17=09Fall 1999=09Copenhagen=09Denmark 18=09Spring 2000=09Qu=E9bec=09 Canada 4. Projects of SC22/WG20 4.1 Status of active projects 4.1.1 TR 11017: Framework for internationalization a=09Framework for internationalization b=09JTC1 22.30.01 c=09A type 3 Technical Report d=09T. K. Sato e=09The TR 11017 is being published in English and French. The project is completed. 4.1.2 Second edition of TR 10176=09 a=09Guidelines for the preparation of programming languages=20 standards b=09JTC1 22.13 c=09An amendment to a type 3 Technical Report d=09A. Kido and M. Noda e=09The TR is being published. The project is completed. Maintenance is needed due to the rapid additions to the repertoire of ISO 10646. =20 4.1.3 International string ordering (future ISO/IEC 14651) a=09International string ordering (Method for Comparing Character Strings and Description of the Common Template Tailorable Ordering) b=09JTC1 22.30.02.02 c=09International Standard ISO/IEC 14651 d=09Alain LaBont=E9 e=09SC22 Letter Ballot N2607 for FCD 14651 - ballot closed May 15, 1998 after ballot period being extended due to Australian request. Summary of voting and comments is in document SC22 N2719. Disposition of comments is being developed by the editor, based on direction from the WG20 meeting in Dublin, June 15-19, 1998. A BFN specification method is being introduced, replacing the POSIX format; all API related sections have been eliminated; a new draft is prepared and will be submitted in November 1998 for another FCD ballot. =20 4.1.4 Cultural convention specification standard (future ISO/IEC 14652) a=09Specification [method] for cultural conventions b=09JTC1.22.30.02.03 c=09International Standard ISO/IEC 14652 d=09Keld Simonsen e=09SC22 Letter Ballot N2638 - FCD Approval for FCD 14652 - closed on June 4, 1998. Summary of voting and comments are in SC22 N2732. Disposition of comments is being developed by the editor, a new document will be submitted for ballot to SC22 in by the end of 1998. Change of title is requested to read: "Specification method for cultural conventions". 4.1.5 Internationalization API standard (future ISO/IEC 15435) a=09Internationalization API standard b=09JTC1 22.15435 c=09International Standard ISO/IEC 15435 d=09Keld Simonsen e=09A combined registration and CD ballot will be requested by the end of 1998. 4.2 =09Candidate projects 4.2.1 Functionality of Internationalization a=09Functionality of the internationalization of applications b=09JTC1 22.30.02.01 c=09A number of standards, see subproject descriptions below d=09Keld Simonsen e=09This is an umbrella project=20 This project is the umbrella project for the development of specific standards for functionality of the internationalization of applications, such that users can specify their cultural requirements, and obtain consistent behavior across system platforms and applications. Work is being done on the following projects: - =09International string ordering (IS 14651) - =09Specification method for cultural conventions (IS 14652) - =09Internationalization APIs (IS 15435) WG20 has presently no specific plans for additional projects, but is considering work on character properties of ISO 10646. 5. Conclusions and requests 5.1 Issues 5.1.1 Cultural adaptability The JTC1 plenary has decided that WG20 shall organizationally remain in SC22, while being part of the new Technical Direction "Cultural and Linguistic Adaptability". WG20 has nominated 3 representatives to the TD planning meeting in New York. 5.1.2 Resources for standards development The biggest issue in SC22/WG20 - as in most other standards developing organizations - is that many companies can not afford to make enough resources available for speedy development of standards. For many participants in our meetings, the meeting time is the only time they can spend on the projects. Additionally, travel budgets are tight, thus restricting the participation even further. 5.1.3 WWW home page for SC22/WG20 SC22/WG20 maintains its WWW home page. The home page address is http://www.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC22/WG20/ The home page includes: =09Introduction and explanation of SC22/WG20 activities =09Important documents about it's activities =09Working drafts of standards from SC22/WG20 =09Summary of the key SC22/WG20 documents and standards Keld Simonsen (DKUUG) is appointed as a maintainer of the home page. 5.2 Requests to the SC22 plenary 5.2.1=20 Approve combined CD registration and CD consideration ballot for IS 15435 - Internationalization APIs. 5.2.2 Change of title to project 22.30.02.03: Approve change of title from "Specification for cultural conventions" to "Specification method for cultural conventions". 5.2.3 Liaison with SQL (SC32/WG3) Approve liaison of SC22/WG20 with SC32/WG3 - SQL. Jim Melton is the liaison from SQL. WG20 had a long liaison relationship with SC21/WG3 for SQL related subjects. With SC21 gone, the SQL related work has been assigned to SC32/WG3 - SC32/WG3 and WG20 want to maintain the liaison relationship. 5.2.4 C-Liaison with the Unicode Consortium Approve C-Liaison with the Unicode consortium. This liaison will support synchronisation of the ordering standards and implementation related tables for Unicode / ISO 10646. It will further enable and enhance internationalization work on character properties. 5.2.5 Liaison with SC35 Approve liaison with SC35 - new subcommittee for user interfaces. This subcommittee is in the same Technical Direction for cultural and linguistic adaptability. Both committees will benefit from each others experience and work.=20 _________________ end of SC22 N2747 _________________________________