From jwagener@trc.amoco.com Wed Sep 2 19:37:05 1992 Received: from noc.msc.edu by dkuug.dk via EUnet with SMTP (5.64+/8+bit/IDA-1.2.8) id AA01556; Wed, 2 Sep 92 19:33:57 +0200 Received: from uc.msc.edu by noc.msc.edu (5.65/MSC/v3.0.1(920324)) id AA12791; Wed, 2 Sep 92 12:33:51 -0500 Received: from [129.230.11.2] by uc.msc.edu (5.65/MSC/v3.0z(901212)) id AA09817; Wed, 2 Sep 92 12:33:59 -0500 Received: from trc.amoco.com (apctrc.trc.amoco.com) by netserv2 (4.1/SMI-4.0) id AA15765; Wed, 2 Sep 92 12:33:42 CDT Received: from crmac1 by trc.amoco.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA19773; Wed, 2 Sep 92 12:33:39 CDT Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 12:33:39 CDT Message-Id: <9209021733.AA19773@trc.amoco.com> From: Jerrold L. Wagener To: SC22WG5@dkuug.dk Subject: word processing decision X-Charset: ASCII X-Char-Esc: 29 To X3J3: The word processing discussion has gone on long enough. (It's a bit reminiscent of that mid-fifties jihad between assembly language and a paradigm-busting upstart called Fortran. :-) Clearly one size will not fit all in this case, so here's what we're going to do for the 1995-96 revision. (1) X3J3/editorial will make a fully formatted Frame-readable revision document available to all X3J3 and WG5 members in a form that can be processed with available tools on Unix, PCs, and Macs; the X3J3 FTP server will be used to distribute this, along with flat ASCII and postscript versions. (2) X3J3/editorial will be provided with complete Frame capability and will accept material in any form that can be processed by Frame, including: - Frame - SGML - Word - MIF (or any SGML/MIF-compatible mark-up language) - Wordperfect (apparently that filter is now available) - flat ASCII This does not specify what format X3J3/editorial uses for the document - X3J3/editorial makes that determination, consistent with policy (1) - nor does it guarantee that a recipient of the formatted version will be able to do anything with it (if the requisite tool is not acquired, for example). Policy (2) makes it possible for individuals to prepare material in pretty much the way they find most effective and gives X3J3/editorial the capability to utilize that material. To facilitate some degree of consistency in submitted materials, X3J3/editorial may choose to publish the details of paragraph/font styles and/or markup language macros that will be used in the revision document. Jerry