ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34N0707

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34

Information Technology --
Document Description and Processing Languages

TITLE:	Resolution to subdivide ISO/IEC 9541 with a new part 4: Information technology -- Font information interchange -- Part 4: Open Font Format
SOURCE:	SC34 Chairman
PROJECT:	WD 9541-4: Information technology -- Font information interchange -- Part 4: Open Font Format
PROJECT EDITOR:	Dr. Yushi Komachi
STATUS:	SC34 Resolution
ACTION:	P-members are asked to submit any objections to this resolution in the two-week period ending 2006-03-06, or if in support of this resolution, to submit the names of any interested participants from their national body.
DATE:	2006-02-20
DISTRIBUTION:	SC34 and Liaisons
REFER TO:	N0706 - 2006-02-20 - Text for FCD ballot for ISO/IEC FCD 14496-22: Information technology -- Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 22: Open Font Format
REPLY TO:	Dr. James David Mason (ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 Chairman) Y-12 National Security Complex Bldg. 9113, M.S. 8208 Oak Ridge, TN 37831-8208 U.S.A. Telephone: +1 865 574-6973 Facsimile: +1 865 574-1896 Network: masonjd@y12.doe.gov http://www.y12.doe.gov/sgml/sc34/ ftp://ftp.y12.doe.gov/pub/sgml/sc34/ Mr. G. Ken Holman (ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 Secretariat - Standards Council of Canada) Crane Softwrights Ltd. Box 266, Kars, ON K0A-2E0 CANADA Telephone: +1 613 489-0999 Facsimile: +1 613 489-0995 Network: jtc1sc34@scc.ca http://www.jtc1sc34.org

In advance of the upcoming plenary session, the SC34 Chairman puts forth the following Resolution on behalf of the WG2 Convenor to satisfy the need to introduce a new part to an existing standard, as provided for in JTC 1 Directives Section 6.2.2.1. P-members are asked to submit any objections to this resolution in the two-week period ending 2006-03-06, or if in support of this resolution, to submit the names of any interested participants from their national body.

BE IT RESOLVED, that the JTC 1/SC 34 Programme of Work be updated to include a subdivision of the existing ISO/IEC 9541 to introduce Part 4, titled "ISO/IEC 9541-4 Information Technology - Font Information Interchange - Open Font Format", developed as a dual-numbered document in conjunction with ISO/IEC 14496-22 being prepared by JTC 1/SC 29/ WG 11. The scope of this dual-numbered project will be the standardization of OpenType(R) format version 1.4 font format specification as a ISO/IEC standard.