ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG21 N0970
 
Title: WG20 liaison report 9607
 
Source: WG21 liaison to WG20, Keld Simonsen
                   ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG21  N 0970
 
                   Subj:     WG20 liason statement to WG21
                   Date:     1996-07-10
                   Reply-to: Keld Simonsen
                   Action:   for information
 
WG20 met in Kyoto in April 1996. There were no specific liaison reports
or actions from WG20 with regards to WG21.
 
WG20 is producing the TR 11017 "Framework for internationalization",
which has been sent to DTR ballot July this year. This uses the
C/C++/POSIX model for internationalization.
 
WG20 is producing "Guidelines for the design of programming language
standards", a revised TR 10176. The draft has been out for PDAM
registration ballot and PDAM ballot. There were about 120 comments. The
guideline will contain guidelines affecting C++ standards.
 
WG20 is producing ISO/IEC 14652, a specification standard for cultural
conventions, charmaps and repertoiremaps; this is backwards compatible
with C, C++ and POSIX locales. A specific normative locale covering IS
10646 will be produced as the example cultural conventions
specification. The standard is planned to go to CD registration mid
1996.
 
WG20 is producing ISO/IEC 14651, a sorting standard for the IS 10646
repertoire or subsets thereof. This was sent to CD registration June
1996. The sorting standard will be specified in the format described in
the 14652 standard. The 14651 standard is downwards compatible with C++
APIs on sorting. Added functionality includes comparison regardless of
case, respectively accents, and a thread-safe locale parameter.
 
WG20 has had a New Project out for JTC1 ballot. This failed because too
few members were committing active participation to the project. It is
uncertain what will happen then with this project. There is a
possiblilty that the NP will be changed and sent again for JTC1 ballot,
as only one more participating member body was required and Japan noted
that they would be active if certain conditions were met. Another
possibility is that the project will be taken on by CEN/TC304, this has
been proposed there.