ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 N 3154
DATE: 1998-08-05
  
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 
Coded Character Sets 
Secretariat: Japan (JISC)
 
 
DOC TYPE:   National Body Contribution 
 
TITLE:  
 		 National Body Comments on SC 2 N 3086: Application for Registration No 203, European supplementary Latin set (“Latin 9”)
SOURCE:  
 		 National Bodies of Canada, UK and US
PROJECT:  
 		 --
STATUS:  
 		 These comments are forwarded to the Registration Authority for consideration.
ACTION ID:  
 		 FYI
DUE DATE:    
DISTRIBUTION:   P, O and L Members of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 
WG Conveners, Secretariats 
ISO/IEC JTC 1 Secretariat 
ISO/IEC ITTF 
 
NO. OF PAGES: 
 		 2
ACCESS LEVEL: 
 		 Open
WEB ISSUE #:  
 		 024
Secretariat ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 - Toshiko KIMURA
IPSJ/ITSCJ (Information Processing Society of Japan/Information Technology Standards Commission of Japan)*
Room 308-3, Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg., 3-5-8, Shiba-Koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105 JAPAN
Tel: +81 3 3431 2808; Fax: +81 3 3431 6493; Email: kimura@itscj.ipsj.or.jp
*A Standard Organization accredited by JISC


Canada

Due date 1998 07 31
Document number JTC1/2N3086 - registration #203 - Supplementary Latin-9

Canada agrees with, and strongly supports this registration.


UK

The UK approves Registration Nos. 203, 204, 205, 206.


US

The U.S. Vote for Registration # 203 Latin-9 supplement

 Document: SC2 N 3086

 The U.S. vote is to disapprove.

Comments:
The US still thinks that Latin-9 will introduce chaos in the 8 bit encoding environment by its too close similarity with Latin-1. We would have much preferred a redesign of the 8859 parts with an opening of the C1 part for graphic characters.  This registration is not necessary, since ISO 8859-15 has been approved.