Title: Organizational
concerns on Cultural Adaptation TD (One of process issues)
Source: Takayuki
K. Sato-Japan (HP-Japan/CICC)
Date: 1997-12-06
Action: For a discussion
at JTC1 CAW in Ottawa (Jan. 1998)
There are, at least, three very different type of projects for the Cultural Adaptation of Information Technologies.
Rather than having a single TD, I would recommend to consider the separated activities described as follow:
1. Cultural data/requirement
collection:
It would be better to have
one TD for this purpose. Current SC2 and some of SC22WG20 activities may
fall into this TD.
Unlike past JTC1 projects,
this TD should have wide participation, and many of the participants may
not be an IT specialists.
And special operational
concern is needed as described in separated paper.
2. Mechanism development
for accommodation of the data/requirements
This is for, mostly, existing
technology. Very good cooperation with the specialists of each technology
is needed. However, need for the specialty for cultural dependent data
itself is relatively lower than that of data collection (if the collection
is done well)
Rather than having a single
dedicated group for this, It would be better to spread the projects for
the related technology group, If this is happen, there is a side benefit.
Each SDO activities should have far higher awareness on cultural adaptation
than it is now.
Some of existing SC22WG20
projects are to be categorized in this group.
Issue on this arrangement
is "who/how to raise an issue? and how to make decision?". Each SDO do
have lower interest on cultural adaptation than their own technology.
3. Develop a new technologies
for further cultural adaptation:
Activity itself for this
type of adaptation is not defined yet, even no consensus formed yet.
Therefore, many of strategic
and fundamental discussion might be needed for this area.
To meet the objective of
this, thus, the group would be an advisory group for JTC1 directly.
May be, this group will
also serve a management group for the "adaptation group".
4. (By the way), projects to be opened for cultural adaptation should be:
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