From carson@siggraph.org Fri Jul 8 09:18:42 1994 Received: from siggraph.org by dkuug.dk with SMTP id AA22196 (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4j for ); Sat, 9 Jul 1994 02:19:22 +0200 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 TAA26054; Fri, 8 Jul 1994 19:18:02 -0500 Message-Id: <199407090018.TAA26054@siggraph.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 8 Jul 1994 17:18:42 -0800 To: SC24@dkuug.dk From: carson@siggraph.org (Steve Carson) Subject: SC24 Resolutions, Text Only Version Cc: puk@megatek.com X-Charset: ASCII X-Char-Esc: 29 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 N1169 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 Resolutions =46inal All resolutions passed by unanimous vote of the eleven nations voting and present I. PROGRAMME OF WORK 1. Project Status ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 approves the programme of work and project editors as listed in ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 N1198 . 2. Documents for Study and Comment ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 requests National Bodies to study and comment on the following documents: Doc. No. Title Deadline (yy-mm) SC24 N1183 GKS-94 Binding to Fortran 90 WD 94-09 GKS-94 Part 3 -- Audit Trail 95-04 GKS-94 Part 4 -- Picture Part Archive 95-04 3. Documents for CD/PDAM Registration ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 approves the following documents for CD/PDAM registration: Doc. No. Title SC24 N1190 PREMO Part 1 SC24 N1191 PREMO Part 2 SC24 N1205 Amendment 2 to PHIGS Part 2--Enhanced Control SC24 N1206 Amendment 2 to PHIGS Part 3--Enhanced Control SC24 N1209 Amendment 4 to PHIGS Part 2--Registration Items SC24 N1210 Amendment 4 to PHIGS Part 3--Registration Items SC24 N1211 CGM Am. 3: Use of CGM in MHS/MOTIS SC24 N1213 GKS Part 2: NDC metafile ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 approves the following documents for CD registration, subject to the following conditions: Doc. No. Title Conditions SC24 N1184 PHIGS Am2 Binding to C Text revised to match the functional specification GKS-94 Binding to Fortran 90 Text revised according to National-Body comment 4. Documents for Publication ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 agrees to forward the following documents to ITTF for final publication as International Standards, subject to the following conditions: Doc No./Title Conditions DIS 7942-1: 1994/ GKS-94 Functional Specification Text to be revisied according to the disposition of comments contained in SC24 N1225 DIS 8651-4 / GKS-94 Binding to C Text to be revised according to the disposition of comments contained in SC24 N1229 DIS 9638-3 / CGI Binding to Ada Text to be revised according to the disposition of comments contained in SC24 N1230 DIS 9973/ ISO Procedures for Registration of Graphical Items Text to be revised according to the disposition of comments contained in SC24 N1217 5. Progression to DAM ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 agrees to forward the following documents to ISO Central Secretariat for DAM letter ballot: Doc. No. Title SC24 N1201 Amendment 2 to PHIGS Part 1--Direct Interpretation (formerly Non-retained Data) SC24 N1202 Amendment 1 to PHIGS Part 4--Direct Interpretation (formerly Non-retained Data) SC24 N1203 Amendment 4 to PHIGS Part 1--Enhanced Input 6. Delegation of Authority a. To WG4 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 delegates authority to WG4 to forward the final text of 12088-4, IPI Binding to C, to JTC1 for publication as an International Standard. The text should be revised according to the disposition of comments contained in SC24/WG4 N231 and circulated to WG4 for a 4 week review period. ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 delegates authority to WG4 to register the GKS-94 Binding to Fortran 90 as CD 8651-5, when revised according to National-Body comments. b. To WG6 Convener ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 delegates authority to the WG6 Convener to approve the following documents for DAM. Upon successful incorporation of the results of processing the PDAM comments, the SC24 Secretariat will forward the following documents to ISO Central Secretariat for DAM letter ballot: Doc. No. Title SC24 N1204 Amendment 3 to PHIGS Part 1--Enhanced Control SC24 N1207 Amendment 2 to PHIGS Part 4--Enhanced Control SC24 N1208 Amendment 6 to PHIGS Part 1--Registration Items SC24 N1205 Amendment 2 to PHIGS Part 2--Enhanced Control SC24 N1206 Amendment 2 to PHIGS Part 3--Enhanced Control SC24 N1209 Amendment 4 to PHIGS Part 2--Registration Items SC24 N1210 Amendment 4 to PHIGS Part 3--Registration Items c. To WG7 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 delegates authority to WG7 to make decisions regarding progression of the following work. The delegated decisions are to be made during the WG7 meeting to be held in October 1994: Doc. No. Title Action ISO/IEC 12087-4 IPI-PIKS DTC registration as a CD ISO/IEC 12089 -1 IPI-IIF ASN.1 Encoding forward the final text to ITTF for publication as an IS ISO/IEC 12089-2 IPI-IIF Binary Encoding registration as a CD ISO/IEC DAM 12087-3 IPI-IIF Am. 1 forward the final text to ITTF for publication as an IS 7. Abandonment of Projects ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 agrees to delete the following projects from its programme of work at its next plenary meeting unless an editor volunteers: Project No. Title 1.24.02.10 GKS-94 Binding to Ada 8. Withdrawal of Technical Report ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 asks the ISO Central Secretariat to withdraw the document TR 9973 on publication of the ISO/IEC 9973 standard. 9. Processing Comments on Registration Proposals ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 requests the SC24 secretariat to forward the Summary of Voting and Comments on future Registration Proposal Letter Ballots to Sponsoring Authorities of the proposals. The Sponsoring Authority shall assign an expert within its member body to submit draft responses to the Registration Rapporteur Group on all comments prior to the next SC24/WG4/Registration Rapporteur Group meeting. 10. Progression of Registration Items ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 resolves that the graphical items contained in SC24 N1084 (excluding proposal #196), as modified by Disposition of Comments contained in SC24 N1216, be forwarded by the SC24 secretariat to the Registration Authority for inclusion in the ISO Register of Graphical Items. These registered items include Registration Proposals #199 - 217. 11. Withdrawal of Registration Items ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 resolves that the proposals contained in SC24 N967 be withdrawn by the proposer in light of the comments received and the fact that the PHIGS Amendment in this area is scheduled for progression to DAM status. This includes Registration Proposals #155 - 191, 193 - 195. Disposition of Comments are contained in SC24 N1215. 12. Registration Proposal #196 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 delegates authority to its Registration Rapporteur to resolve the outstanding UK comments on Registration Proposal #196 (Compression Type LZW) with the original proposer, draft a response to the comment, and then forward the item (modified if necessary) to the Registration Rapporteur to be entered into the ISO Register of Graphical Items. 13. Progression of GKS-94 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 agrees to progress GKS-94 as recorded in the minutes of the GKS Rapporteur Group ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 N1221, in particular: - GKS-94 Part I (ISO/IEC 7942-1: 1994) to be published as specified in Resolution 4; - GKS Fortran (ISO/IEC 8651-1: 1988) to be retained with a technical corrigendum; - GKS-94 Fortran 90 (ISO/IEC 8651-5) to be progressed as a separate binding document; - GKS-94 C (ISO/IEC 8651-4:1994) (a superset of ISO/IEC 8651-4:1991) to be published as specified in Resolution 4. 14. Appointment of External Liaison Officers ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 confirms the following external liaison officers: Representative Liaison to Topic A. Mumford JTC1 SGFS Functional Standardization & Profiles D. Bernardini SC1 Vocabulary A. Ducrot SC2 Character Sets & Coding L. Kotsch SC18 Text and Office Systems L. Kotsch SC18/WG4 Document Processing & Related Communication S. Carson SC18/WG8 Text Processing Languages S. Carson SC21 Information Retrieval,Transfer & Management for OSI M. Bakker SC22/WG14 C Language G. Paquette SC22/WG21 C++ Language R. Puk SC22/WG3 Ada Language I. Grieger SC22/WG5 Fortran Language Ch. Blum SC29 Coded Representation of Picture, Audio, & Multimedia/Hypermedia W. Herzner SC29/WG12 MHEG J. Rix TC184/SC4 Product Data Description P. ten Hagen IMA PREMO P. ten Hagen OMG PREMO 15. Liaison Statements SC24 approves the following liaison statements from ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 to Other Organizations: Doc. No. Recipient Subject SC24 N1187 SC21/WG7 Object Services SC24 N1195 OMG & SC21/WG7 Formal Description Techniques (FDTs) SC24 N1196 OMG Object Technology in PREMO SC24 N1197 JTC1 Formal Description Techniques (FDTs) SC24 N1199 SC18/WG3 Character Set Version 16. Response to Liaison Statements SC24 approves the following response to liaison statements from other organizations: Doc. No. Organization Subject SC24 N1193 SC18/WG4 Body Parts for Message Handling Systems (MHS), (SC18 N4672), (SC24 N1192) III. ADMINISTRATION 17. SC24 Chair SC24 encourages the US National Body to nominate G S Carson as SC24 Chairman= . 18. Disbanding of WG1 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 agrees to disband WG1. SC24 agrees to reassign its work from its terms of reference contained in the minutes of the WG1 Bordeaux meeting (SC24 N1173) and as summarized in the following table: Old WG1 Task New Responsible Party Maintenance of ISO 11072 Project Editor Maintenance of ISO 10641 Project Editor Management of External Liaisons SC24 Chair and Secretariat Solicitation of User Requirements Special Rapporteurs Guidance of New Projects prior to Approval of the NPs Existing WGs or a New WG Specification Techniques General: Special Rapporteur Specific Projects: by WGs SC24 Internal Management Information and Strategic Plan If done at all, by SC24 volunteers working by email under direction of SC24 Chair 19. Appointment of Conveners ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 approves the following Conveners: WG Conveners Group 4 Ingolf Grieger Language Bindings and Registration 6 Paul ten Hagen Multimedia Presentation and Interchange 7 William Puckett* Image Processing and Interchange * Subject to USA National Body nomination 20. Appointment of Rapporteurs ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 approves the following Rapporteurs: WG Rapporteur Group 4 M. Skall Validation & Testing 4 S. Sherrick Registration 6 A. Mumford CGM 6 K. Brodlie GKS 6 H. Stenzel PREMO 21. Vacant Positions ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 notes that the following positions are vacant and requests National Bodies to submit nominations for candidates to fill the following positions: * PHIGS Rapporteur * Liaison to TC130 22. Special Rapporteur for Graphical User Interfaces ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 accepts the report of the Special Rapporteur for GUI, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 N1114, and encourages WG6 to pursue the GUI proposal, as outlined by the Rapporteur in ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 N1194 (Follow-Up on SC24 Study on GUIs). 23. Encouragement of Electronic Availability of Standards ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 encourages JTC1 to use its own standards (e.g., SGML, CGM) for the storage and distribution of the text of ISO standards. SC24/WG6/CGM RG experts are asked to investigate further. 24. Encouragement to Use CGM in Network Tools ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 believes that CGM is the best format for the exchange of picture information across networks. SC24 encourages the CGM RG to investigate the use of CGM in network tools, including MIME and World Wide Web. (Note that CGM is being progressed as a body part for MHS.) 25. Encouragement of Conformance Requirements in Standards ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 notes that the CGM RG work on profile rules reflects a commitment to the need for conformance requirements in standards and a basis for subsequent testing of implementations. SC24 encourages all WGs and RGs to make these aspects an important part of their standards. 26. Encouragement to Use Formal Description Techniques ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 actively endorses and encourages the use of formal description techniques during the development of SC24 standards. 27. Endorsement to Use Formal Description Languages in the Development of P= REMO ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 endorses the use of the formal description language, OBJECT-Z, in the development of PREMO. 28. Publication of Formal Descriptions of SC24 Standards ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 encourages the publication of formal descriptions of SC24 standards according to the guidelines in Annex F of JTC1 Directives, Second Edition, 1992. This includes publication as an ISO Technical Report, if the Formal Description is not published with the standard. 29. Liaison Encouragement to Use Formal Description Techniques ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 agrees to forward the Report of the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC24 Special Rapporteur Group on Formal Description Techniques, SC24 N1152, to JTC 1 (for information) and to the appropriate liaisons (including OMG and SC21/WG 7). 30. Revision of JTC1 Directives ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 notes that the JTC1 directives are being updated. Although the document, JTC1 N 2664, Revision of the JTC 1 Directives Version 2, is still under review, its provisions are being followed. SC24 wishes to draw attention particularly to: - the provision for a 4 month period for DIS/DAM ballots, unless the JTC1 secretariat is advised otherwise; - criteria for the use of defect procedures (14.4.2.3) (see UK Input SC24 N1088). 31. CGI Defects Editor ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 appoints Graham Reynolds as Defects Editor for CGI (IS 9636) and requests all National Bodies to nominate experts to the CGI Defects Editing Group. 32. Involvement of V&T Rapporteur ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 agrees that the Validation and Testing Rapporteur should continue to be included in any team of experts reviewing the text of SC24 standards before the final submission of the text to ITTF. The V&T Rapporteur will coordinate editorial input from V&T experts on the final text relating to conformance. 33. 5-Year Meeting Plan ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 adopts the following 5-year meeting plan: Date (yy-mm-dd) Location 95-07-05 to 14 Ottawa, Canada * 96-06 to 07 Japan 97-05 to 06 Sweden 98-06 to 07 UK 99 USA * See the Meeting Plan SC24 N1222. 34. Future Meetings ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 approves the meeting schedule contained in document SC24 N1214. IV APPRECIATION ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 thanks: - its retiring Chairman, Barry Shepherd, for his long service to SC24; - its retiring WG1 convener, Peter Bono, for his long service to SC24; - its retiring WG7 convener, Detlef Kr=F6mker, for his long service to= SC24; - Christof Blum for his work as editor of ISO/IEC 12087 Part 3; - Christine Hieaux for her work as the editor of the French version of CGM:1992; - Satoshi Kasai for his work as the editor of PHIGS PLUS/Fortran; - William Pratt for his work as editor of ISO/IEC 12087 Part 2; - Richard Puk for his work as the editor of PHIGS PLUS/Ada; - Lynne Rosenthal for her work as the editor of CGM:1992 Amendment 1; - Susan Sherrick for her work as editor of the ISO Procedures for Registration of Graphical Items; - Steve Wampler for his work as the editor of PHIGS PLUS/C; - Dave Larson for his work as PHIGS Defects Editor; - Bill Clifford for his work as PHIGS rapporteur; - Graham Reynolds for his work as special rapporteur on Formal Description Techniques; - Karl Soop for his work as special rapporteur on Graphical User Interfaces; - Michelle Davis for her work as Registration Rapporteur; - Norbert Gerfelder for his liaison report on ITU relationships - Steve Carson for standing in as SC24 Chair at the meeting; - Christof Blum for standing in as WG7 Convener at the meeting; - Paul ten Hagen and Dick Puk for standing as rapporteurs at the meeti= ng; - AFNOR for hosting the meeting; - IBM for providing meeting space; - Jean-Michel Borde, Andr=E9 Ducrot, and Jo=EBl Qu=E9vat for their= work as local organizers; - Christine Hieaux, Jean Stride, and Elaine Bono for the smooth operation of the Secretariat; - the drafting committee, Chris Cartledge, Karl Soop, Jerry Smith and Jean Stride.