Secretariat Report to the 12th Plenary Meeting of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2,
Tokyo, Japan, 2002-12-12/13


|1. Administrative | 2. Meeting | 3. Programme of Work |

1. Administrative

1.1 Title
Coded Character Sets

1.2 Scope
Standardization of graphic character sets and their characteristics, associated control functions, their coded representation for information interchange and code extension techniques. Excluded: audio and picture coding.

1.3 Chairman
Professor Kohji Shibano
Information Processing Center,
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies,
Institute for the study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa,
3-11-1 Asahi-chou, Fuchuu,
Tokyo 183-8534

Tel:     +81-42-330-5648
Fax:    +81-42-330- 5610
Email: shibano@aa.tufs.ac.jp

1.4 Secretariat
JISC
Attn.: Toshiko Kimura
IPSJ/ITSCJ
Room 308-3, Kikai-shinko-kaikan
Minato-ku, Shiba-koen,
Tokyo 105-0011
Japan

Tel:    +81 3 3431 2808
Fax:   +81 3 3431 6493
Email: kimura@itscj.ipsj.or.jp

1.5 Membership

1.5.1  P - Members (35)
Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Dem. P. Rep. of Korea, Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovenia, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, USA, Yugoslavia

1.5.2  O -  Members (11)
Brazil, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Estonia, Hong Kong - China, Hungary, Indonesia, Malaysia, Portugal, Viet Nam

1.5.3  L - Members
 Internal Liaison (7)
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31 Automatic identification and data capture techniques
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 Data management and interchange
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35 User interfaces
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 Learning technology
ISO/TC 46/SC 2 Conversion of written languages
ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics

External Liaison (14)
CCSD B Consultative Committee on Space Data Systems 
CEC A Commission of European Communities 
CEN/TC304 (dormant) European Localization Requirements
GSE C Guide Share Europe
HK ITF C Hong Kong Information Technology Federation 
IETF A Internet Engineering Task Force
ITU-T  A International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication Standardization Sector 
TCA C Taipei Computer Association 
UNCTAD A United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNICODE C The Unicode Consortium 
UNU/IIST  C United Nations University International Institute for Software Technologies
U-ECE/WP4 A United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
W3C C World Wide Web Consortium
WIPO B World Intellectual Property Organization 
WMO B World Meteorological Organization 

1.6 Working Group Structure:

1.6.1 Working Group 2: Multiple-Octet Codes

Convener:
Mr. Mike Ksar (Appointed : 2000-09)
Senior Program Manager
International Standards Strategy
Microsoft
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
USA

Tel: +1 425 707-6973
Fax: +1 425 936-7329
Email: mikeksar@microsoft.com
Secretariat :ANSI

Area of Work

To standardize multiple-octet codes.

Programme of Work

Ideographic Rapporteur Group (IRG)

Rapporteur:
Mr. Zhang, Zhoucai (Appointed 2000-09)
CCID, IRG No.14, 3/F, ZhiXinCun XiaoQu,
Haidian District
Beijing 100083
CHINA
Tel:  +8610 6232 2178  / +8610 6234 0198
Fax: +8610)6231 2924
Email: joezhg@public.bta.net.cn

1.6.2 Working Group 3: 7-bit and 8-bit codes and their extension

Convener:
Mr. Evangelos Melagrakis (Appointed: 2000-09)
ELOT
Acharnon 313
GR-111 45 ATHENS
GREECE
Tel: +30 1 201 50 25
Fax: +30 1 292 59 17
Email: eem@elot.gr

Secretariat: ELOT

Area of Work

To standardize 7-bit and 8-bit codes

Programme of Work

1.7 Project Editors/Contributing Editors (active projects only):
 
02.18.01 (10646-1) WG 2 Mr. Michel Suignard
02.18.02 (10646-2) WG 2 Mr. Michel Suignard
02.04 (2375) WG 3 Mr. Michael Everson
02.20.07 (8859-7) WG 3 Mr. Evangelos E. Melagrakis

1.8Contributing Editors (active projects only):
02.18.01 (10646-1)  WG 2 Mr. Chen, Zhuang 
Mr. Michael Everson 
Dr. Asmus Freytag 
Mr. Keld Simonsen 
Dr. Ken Whistler 
Mr. Zhang, Zhoucai 
Ms. Wang, Xiaoming
02.18.02 (10646-2)  WG 2 Mr. Chen, Zhuang 
Mr. Michael Everson 
Dr. Asmus Freytag 
Dr. Ken Whistler 
Mr. Zhang, Zhoucai 
Ms. Wang, Xiaoming
02.20 (8859) WG 3 Mr. Karl Ivar Larsson

1.9 Liaison Representatives:
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22 Mr. Mike Ksarr
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31 Mr. Karl Ivar Larsson
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 Mr. Kohji Shibano
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35 Mr. Alain LaBonté
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 Mr. Shigenobu Katoh
ISO/TC 46/SC 4 Mr. Michael Everson
GSE Mr. Alain LaBonté
ISOC/IETF Mr. Keld Simonsen
CEN/TC 304 Mr. Keld Simonsen, Mr. Mike Ksar
Unicode Mr. Mike Ksar
W3C Mr. Mike Ksar