From rinehuls@access.digex.net Thu Sep 3 19:01:32 1998 Received: from access2.digex.net (qlrhmEbBUV1EY@access2.digex.net [205.197.245.193]) by dkuug.dk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA26530; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 19:01:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rinehuls@access.digex.net) Received: from localhost (rinehuls@localhost) by access2.digex.net (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id MAA22449; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 12:55:09 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 12:55:08 -0400 (EDT) From: "william c. rinehuls" To: sc22docs@dkuug.dk cc: keld simonsen Subject: SC22 N2811 - Report of Convener, Resolution of Comments Meeting on , DIS 15897 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 N2811 TITLE: Report of the Convener, Resolution of Comments Meeting on DIS 15897 - Information technology - Procedures for European Registation of Cultural Elements (Fast-track Process) DATE ASSIGNED: 1998-09-02 SOURCE: Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 BACKWARD POINTE: N/A DOCUMENT TYPE: Other PROJECT NUMBER: JTC 1.22.15897 STATUS: N/A ACTION IDENTIFIER: FYI DISTRIBUTION: Text CROSS REFERENCE: SC22 N2717, N2812 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 _________ Convener's Report Resolution of Comments Meeting Fast-track DIS 15897 26-27 August 1998 Introduction The Ballot Resolution meeting for DIS 15897, Procedures for European Registration of Cultural Elements, was held on Wednesday and Thursday, 26-27 August 1998, at Snekkersten, Denmark, during the plenary meeting of Subcommittee 22. The National Bodies of Canada, Denmark, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States were in attendance. Ireland was represented by a proxy held by Canada. Present during portions of the meeting were the National Bodies of Finland, France and Germany. The Project Editor, Keld Simonsen, was also present. The ITTF Table of Replies is in document SC22 N2717. Seven National Bodies voted to disapprove the DIS, resulting in initial disapproval of the document. These NBs were Canada, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. All except Sweden participated in the ballot resolution meeting. Sweden was notified of the meeting but did not send a representative. Comment Resolution A draft Disposition of Comments Report was prepared in advance by the project editor and distributed to the participants in the meeting. The comments in N2717 from each National Body were reviewed and discussed, along with the text of the draft disposition of comments. A new Disposition of Comments Report was prepared and agreed upon. A principal issue in several NB comments concerned the European nature of the document (due to the fact that it originated in CEN). It was felt that this was inappropriate for an International Standard. The draft DIS was reviewed in detail and all items of text specifically relating to Europe and CEN were modified to refer to the appropriate international counterparts. The word "European" was removed from the title of the standard. These changes are covered in detail in the Disposition of Comments Report. Reconsideration of ballot positions In view of the changes to the DIS, the National Bodies of Canada and Ireland changed their ballots from disapproval to approval. The National Bodies of Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States retained their negative votes. Sweden was not present so its negative vote could not change. The final result is a total of five negative votes. A recalculation indicates that the DIS approval criteria has been met and therefore the DIS ballot is approved. Request to SC22 In anticipation of the assignment of the project to SC22/WG20, the ballot resolution group requested SC22 to instruct WG20 to take the comments in N2717 and the responses in the Disposition of Comments Report into account when maintaining the standard. Ballot Resolution Group concerns At the conclusion of the meeting, the Ballot Resolution Group expressed its desire that this process not be repeated in the future. In particular, the group felt that the document being balloted should contain the text as it is intended to be adopted for international use such that the ballot resolution group is not required to make changes to "internationalize" a more restricted document. Robert H. Follett Convener DIS 15897 Ballot Resolution Group _____________ end of SC22 N28111 ______________________________________-