From rinehuls@access.digex.net Mon Aug 31 23:36:30 1998 Received: from access1.digex.net (qlrhmEbBUV1EY@access1.digex.net [205.197.245.192]) by dkuug.dk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA11852; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 23:36:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rinehuls@access.digex.net) Received: from localhost (rinehuls@localhost) by access1.digex.net (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id RAA14360; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 17:29:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 17:29:45 -0400 (EDT) From: "william c. rinehuls" To: sc22docs@dkuug.dk cc: keld simonsen Subject: SC22 N2801 - SC2 Liaison Report for Plenary 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 N2801 TITLE: Report of the Liaison Representative of SC22 to SC2 for the August 1998 SC22 Plenary DATE ASSIGNED: 1998-08-17 SOURCE: Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 BACKWARD POINTER: N/A DOCUMENT TYPE: Liaison Report PROJECT NUMBER: N/A STATUS: Discussion of this document will be an agenda item 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 Telephone: +1 (703) 912-9680 Fax: +1 (703) 912-2973 email: rinehuls@access.digex.net _______ end of title page; beginning of report ____________________ REPORT OF THE LIAISON REPRESENTATIVE OF SC22 TO SC2 From: J. W. van WINGEN 1998-08-14 To SC22 Plenary meeting, Snekkelsen, Denmark, 25-28 September 1998 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2, Coded character sets, had its 1998 Plenary meeting 24-25 March in Redmond (Seattle), USA, preceded by meetings of its two WGs. There were less NBs represented than last year (some only at the WG meetings), perhaps due to the Asian crisis (no Korea, Vietnam, Thailand), and a varying number of delegates (35-40). The changes in SC2 regarding Secretariat and Chairman have now been effectuated. Responsibilities have been transferred to Japan. The new SC2 Chairman is Professor Shibano, and the new Secretary Ms. Kimura. The new WG3 convener is Mr. Melagrakis from Greece. Also ECMA wanted to transfer the Registration Authority for ISO 2375 and 7350 it helds to another body. SC2 agreed to recommend JTC1 to transfer these to Japan. This has now been decided, and the registers are now located in Japan. The concern already expressed in my report of last year about the course SC2 is taking was not diminished, and the Netherlands NB considered the situation so serious that it went to complain to JTC1. The request is contained in JTC1 N 5449. It culminates in the following four points. 1. We request JTC1 to check the present functioning of its SC2, in particular the disrespect shown to user needs, and to restore regular practice, not in the least by enforcing SC2 to keep to JTC1 Directives. 2. We request JTC1 to examine critically the program of work of SC2 and to remove everything serving only a small audience. 3. We request JTC1 to instruct SC2 to properly address the issue forwarded in the Position Statement of our NB (contained in Attachment B). 4. We request JTC1 to investigate the validity of SC2 decisions with respect to technical changes to the approved DISs 8859, parts 1-6,9,10, and to suspend publication of any part until the result is known. The next plenary meeting of JTC1 will be in January 1998 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The next SC2 plenary will be in Japan, April 1998. ___________________ end of SC22 N2801 _______________________________