From carson@siggraph.org Fri Feb 17 17:59:05 1995 Received: from siggraph.org by dkuug.dk with SMTP id AA10562 (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4j for ); Sat, 18 Feb 1995 07:00:27 +0100 Received: from [192.187.162.141] (carson.slip.netcom.com [192.187.162.141]) by siggraph.org (8.6.5/8.6.4) with SMTP id XAA15585 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 1995 23:59:05 -0600 Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 23:59:05 -0600 Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: SC24@dkuug.dk From: carson@siggraph.org (Steve Carson) Subject: JTC1 N3413 Text Only version X-Charset: ASCII X-Char-Esc: 29 ISO/IEC JTC 1 N 3413 Version 1.0 February 13, 1995 JTC1's ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT FORMATTING GUIDELINES TABLE OF CONTENT 1. Scope 3 2. Media 3 3. Formatting and Filing System 3 4. File Format 3 5. Document Format 3 6. Usage of Compression Utilities 4 7. Direct Electronic Distribution 4 8. Packaging 4 1. Scope The purpose of this document is to define the electronic formatting practices that will be used by ISO/IEC/JTC1 and its subsidiary bodies for the distribution of documents. 2. Media 3 1/2 " high density (1.44 MB) diskettes medias shall be used for distribution. 3. Formatting and Filing System The media formatting and filing system used shall be compatible with the DOS 5.0 and higher operating system. 4. File Format For distribution and archiving purpose, the RTF (Rich Text Format) format should be used as the format of choice. The following file formats are also acceptable: - MSWord version 2.0 or later. - Wordperfect version 5.1 or later. For documents embedding graphics, the graphics shall be editable by the MS DOS or MS Window edition of a wordprocessor or editor functionally compatible with the above file format. 5. Document Format Document shall be formatted to be, once printed, as per appropriate ISO guidelines such as Directive 3. 6. Usage of Compression Utilities Under investigation. 7. Direct Electronic Distribution Under investigation 8. Packaging All mailing of documents on electronic media shall follow the following : - All diskettes shall be in a rigid or suitable padded envelope. - All diskettes shall be clearly labelled with the following information: - sequentially numbered "x of y" were "x" is the number of the diskette and "y" is the total number of diskette in the mailing. - the origin (JTC1, SC or WG) of the mailing. - the date of the mailing. - the first diskette shall have a ISO 646:IRV 7 bit ASCII text file named "readme.txt" describing the content of the diskette set as per the following: - file name & suffix - location (diskette number) - document number - document title - word processor and version - file creation date - all files name shall be as per the following convention: file name: eight characters mnemonic using the format YYNXXXX were YY is the originating body (e.g., J1 for JTC1, 7 for SC7, etc..) and NXXXX is the document 'N' number. suffix: three characters or less text files: .txt MS Word: .doc Wordperfect: .wp TTCN.MP .mp