ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC34 N003

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC34

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TITLE: Proposed SC 34 Structure
SOURCE: U. S. National Body
PROJECT: All SC34 projects
PROJECT EDITOR: All SC34 editors
STATUS:
ACTION: For information
DATE:
DISTRIBUTION: SC34 and Liaisons
REFER TO:
REPLY TO: Dr. James David Mason
(ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34 Chaiman)
Lockheed Martin Energy Systems
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U. S. Contribution on SC34 Structure

TO: JTC 1/SC 34

FROM: U.S.

SUBJECT: Proposed SC 34 Structure

 

Recognizing that no structure has been defined for the newly formed SC34, the U.S. national body offers the following for consideration as the structure for SC34.

The U.S. national body fully agrees with the area of work as defined by JTC 1, as linked from http://www.jtc1.org.

One standing committee and three working groups have been identified. These are the Management / Advisory / Architecture Committee and the Information Description, Information Presentation, and Information Association working groups.

The Management / Advisory / Architecture Committee

Its activities may include, but are not limited to:

  • Program of Work
  • Business Plan
  • Architecture
  • Public Relations

The Information Description Working Group

Its activities may include, but are not limited to:

  • SGML (ISO 8879)
  • SDIF (ISO 9069)
  • Registration Procedures for SGML Public Identifiers (ISO 9070)
  • Technical Reports TR 9573
  • Conformance Testing for SGML System (DIS 13673)
  • SMDL (DIS 10743)
  • APIs for document processing

The Information Presentation Working Group

Its activities may include, but are not limited to:

  • DSSSL (ISO 10179)
  • Fonts (ISO 9541)
  • Font Registration (ISO 10036)
  • SDPL (ISO 10180)
  • HTML (CD 15445)

The Information Association Working Group

Its activities may include, but are not limited to:

  • Hypermedia
  • HyTime (ISO 10744)
  • Topic Navigation Maps (CD 13250)
  • ISMID - Interchange Standard for Modifiable Interactive Documents