From keld@dkuug.dk Sun Sep 20 15:49:51 1992 Received: by dkuug.dk (5.64+/8+bit/IDA-1.2.8) id AA08924; Sun, 20 Sep 92 15:49:51 +0200 Date: Sun, 20 Sep 92 15:49:51 +0200 From: Keld J|rn Simonsen Message-Id: <9209201349.AA08924@dkuug.dk> To: i18n@dkuug.dk Subject: Japanese collating order and input method X-Charset: ASCII X-Char-Esc: 29 Here is some information I got from the XoJIG group. It is forwarded for your information as it is very related to Japanese POSIX profile. Keld > Dear Gary Miller and Ralph Barker (and XoJIG people), > > Wearing a hat of the JSA/INSTAC EDPS-WG3's secretary, I'm sending this letter > to your group(s). As you read, this is a Request For Proposal from the > Japanese Standards Association regarding Japanese Collation and Kana-Kanji > Conversion related standards. > > Please look over the attached materials and let me know your group's interest > and feedback on these subjects in a timely fashion. > > Thank you in advance for your cooperation. > > Best Regards, > > > Yasushi Nakahara > TOSHIBA Corp. Phone: +81 428-33-1346|1347 Fax: +81 428-32-0018 > Email: ynk@ome.toshiba.co.jp | ..!tsbome!ynk | > y.nakahara@ui.org | y.nakahara@xopen.co.uk > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > TO: OSF I18N/L10N groups > UI I18N/L10N groups > X/Consortium I18N(/L10N) group > X/Open I18N(/L10N) group > UniForum I18N(/L10N) group > > FROM: Japanese Standards Association (JSA) > Information Technology Research and Standardization Center (INSTAC) > 4-1-24 Akasaka Minato-ku, Tokyo 107 Japan > Phone: +81 3-3583-8001, Fax: +81 3-3352-0844 > > Electronical Document Processing System Researching Committee > Japanese Collation and Kana-Kanji Conversion Working Group > Chair: Kouji Shibano, Secretaries: Yasushi Nakahara, Kei Furuta > > DATE: 1992-7-31 > > RE: Request for Proposal on Japanese Collation and Kana-kanji Conversion > > > Attached please find a REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) from the Japanese > Standards Association (JSA) entrusted by the Japanese Industrial > Standards Commission (JISC) regarding Japanese Collation and Kana-Kanji > Conversion related standard specifications. > > This RFP is being delivered not only to JSA members but also to the > wider Japanese industry with "open" policy. In addition, in light of > its importance and impact in the industry (possibly world wide), the > Working Group who are in charge of the development of working drafts on > Japanese Collation and Kana-Kanji Conversion related standard > specifications wish to circulate the RFP to appropriate organizations > who are identified as potential collaborators and/or reviewers in this > area. > > Particularly, in the area of POSIX and/or C language, the Working Group > identify your organization as one of the most possible candidates in > such cooperations. We therefore would like to invite your organization > to this program by sending the RFP. > > We are looking forward to hearing good response from your organization. > > Thank you in advance. > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > > Japanese Standards Association (JSA) > Information Technology Research and Standardization Center (INSTAC) > > > Subject: Request for Proposal on Japanese Collation and Kana-Kanji Conversion > > Date: July 31, 1992 > From: Shibano Kouji > EDPS-WG3 Chair > > > 1. Entrusted by the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) > under the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in Japan, > which is the Secretariat of the Japanese Industrial Standards Commission > (JISC), the Japanese Standards Association (JSA) Information Technology > Research and Standardization Center (INSTAC) has started a five year > project on standardization research of electronical document processing > system from 1991. > > Under the project, several working groups have been formed. The WGs are > studying standardization issues of electronical document processing > system in conjunction with Japanese character/text processing. The WGs > will develop appropriate working drafts for new Japanese Industry > Standards (JIS) in harmonizing with the corresponding International > Standards (if such International Standards are identified) and/or in a > Japanese specific way of standardization. > > In particular, Japanese Collation and Kana-Kanji Conversion Working > Group (EDPS-WG3) has started to work on the following topics in the 1992 > time frame. > > (1) development of working draft for Japanese Collation standard > > (2) development of working draft for interchange format of Kana- Kanji > Conversion dictionary > > (3) investigation of potential standards for Kana-Kanji Conversion > Application Program Interface (API) specifications > > Aiming to develop the best or better standards, the JSA/INSTAC and the > EDPS-WG3 have decided to publicly request for proposals of the above > subjects. The outline of submission is described later. > > The proposals will be examined in the Working Group for inclusion in the > working draft and at the same time the result of the proposals will be > informed back to the submitters. > > > 2. When the working draft of Japanese Collation is completed (at > present, it is expected to be the end of this year 1992 through 1993), a > public review of the draft is also planned. Comments from the public > review will be carefully studied and resolved in the Working Group, and > then the (probably modified) working draft will be put into the final > review and the ballot in the Working Group and its parent committee > (EDPS-RC) for submission to the JISC. > > > 3. The working draft of Japanese Collation covers specifications in the > following features and application areas: > > o Features: > > - Japanese character/string comparison > - Japanese sort > - Japanese index ordering > > o Applications: > > - Desktop Publishing > - CDROM Publishing > - Database System > - System Software > - (Application Software) > > From a viewpoint of International Standards, several International > Standards such as C Language (ISO/IEC 9899), POSIX (ISO/IEC 9945), and > SQL (ISO/IEC 9075), have now introduced a certain capability to handle > country/regional specific collation of each national character string. > Therefore, the Japanese Collation standardization also aims at > harmonization with such International Standards. > > The following are three different kinds of Japanese Collation to be > considered in the Working Group. > > (1) Syllable based ordering (Goju-on Jun) > > (2) Radical and strokes based ordering (Busyu-Kakusu Jun) > > (3) Telephone directory ordering (Denwa-cho Jun) > > The development work group of SGML Forum Japan has drafted its proposal > on the syllable collation, based on which the Working Group is going to > deliberate the specifications. > > For those who wish to have the Japanese SGML Forum's proposal (written > in Japanese), the JSA/INSTAC can deliver the document. Please contact > the JSA/INSTAC office. > > Regarding the radical and strokes collation, the Working Group is > looking at a possibility to define a compatible collation with the > International Standard such as ISO 10646 or CJK-JRG's Han unification > efforts. > > > 4. As to Kana-Kanji conversion, the two areas are being considered; one > is data interchange format of Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary, and > another is API of Kana-Kanji conversion. > > Data interchange format of Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary may be > divided into the following three application areas. > > (1) interchange of user defined new (Kanji) words [from one Kana-Kanji > conversion dictionary to another] > > (2) interchange of technical (Kanji) terminology dictionary for a > specific profession (such as a medical doctor, a scientist, a > literary people and etc.) [from one Kana-Kanji conversion to > another] > > (3) interchange of regular words in the basic Kana-Kanji conversion > dictionary > > Standardized interchange format is expected to include: > > - file/record format > - a syllabic (pronunciation) field > - a (Kanji) presentation field > - a part of speech field [noun, verb, and etc.] > > Due to variety of implementation specific specification of a part of > speech field in the existing various Kana-Kanji conversion methods and > systems, a minimum requirement is to standardize a part of speech field > for a noun (a regular noun) and a verb-type noun (or a noun which can be > used as a typical Japanese irregular verb; noun (something) + 'suru' (do > or make), Sa-Hen Meishi in Japanese). As to other parts of speech, > sufficient investigation and wider consensus among the various developers > of Kana-Kanji conversion products are premized on such standardization. > > Regarding API of Kana-Kanji conversion, in terms of portability and > interoperability of the Kana-Kanji conversion related application > programs, an appropriate set of APIs is investigated. This > investigation will cover different aspects of standardized APIs for > Kana-Kanji conversion applications, such as a conceptual model, an > operation level, a function level, and so forth. > > Also, feasibility study of such standardized APIs in different execution > environments (in particular, OS environments) will be done in > determining the scope of standardized APIs for Kana-Kanji conversion > applications. > > Standardization of Kana-Kanji conversion API is not only for the > Japanese input methods in the Japanese application environments, but > also is closely related to multibyte character input methods (in other > Asian languages) and/or more generic native language input methods in > the internationalized application environments. Therefore harmonization > of standardized APIs with such internationalized environments is taken > into account as well. > > > Submission Outline > > > Submission due date: September 30, 1992 (in Japan Standard Time) > > Submission address: Japanese Standards Association (JSA)/ > Information Technology Research and Standardization > Center (INSTAC) > 4-1-24 Akasaka Minato-ku, Tokyo 107 Japan > > Attn: Seiji Watanabe, office secretary > > Phone: +81 3-3583-8001, Fax: +81 3-3352-0844 > > If you wish to submit the proposal by email, > please contact: > > Kouji Shibano [Chair of EDPS-WG3], > Tokyo International University > 1-13-1 Matobakita, Kawagoe, > Saitama 350, Japan > > Phone: +81 492-32-1111, Fax: +81 492-32-1119 > Email: shibano@tiu.ac.jp > ________________________________________________________________________ > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > EOF > > -- Ralph Barker Voice: +1 408-986-8840 FAX: +1 408-986-1645 Director of Technical Services, UniForum (formerly /usr/group) 2901 Tasman Drive, Suite 201, Santa Clara CA 95054 email: ralph@uniforum.org