ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34N0783

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34

Information Technology --
Document Description and Processing Languages

TITLE:	Summary of Voting on JTC 1/SC 34 N 745 - Text for CD Ballot - ISO/IEC CD 24754 - Information technology - Document description and processing languages - Minimum requirements for specifying document rendering systems
SOURCE:	SC34 Secretariat
PROJECT:	CD 24754: Information technology - Document description and processing languages - Minimum requirements for specifying document rendering systems
PROJECT EDITOR:	Mr. Keisuke Kamimura; Dr. Soon-Bum Lim
STATUS:	Summary of voting
ACTION:	Based on the ballot responses, this CD is APPROVED and the project status changes to 30.60. Project Editors are requested to review comments and advise the Secretariat regarding (1) the change to status 30.92 or 30.99, and (2) the next project status and anticipated date that project status will change.
DATE:	2006-09-06
DISTRIBUTION:	SC34 and Liaisons
REFER TO:	N0745b - 2006-05-31 - Ballot due 2006-08-31 - ISO/IEC CD 24754 - Information technology - Document description and processing languages - Minimum requirements for specifying document rendering systems N0745 - 2006-05-31 - Text for CD Ballot - ISO/IEC CD 24754 - Information technology - Document description and processing languages - Minimum requirements for specifying document rendering systems
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

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1. Technical

(1) Environment this international standard can apply

Clarify the environment this international standard can apply, which may consist of user, implementer and software agent. Within the environment, the document formats in clause 4.1.2 should be clarified.

(2) 1. Scope

The scope should show that rendering of moving image and audio is outside the scope of this international standard.

(3) 3. Definitions

Add the definitions of paged media and scrolled media.

2. Editorial

(1) 4. Features of a document rendering system

The 1st para in clause 4 should be moved to clause 1, replacing "this standard" with "this international standard".

The features listed in clause 4 should be classified into media independent rendering, scrolled media rendering and paged media rendering.

(2) 4.1.11 Font substitution

"Support for font substitution mechanism based on ISO/IEC 9541-1:1991, Information technology -- Font information interchange, is described."
should be
"Support for font substitution mechanism, e.g. font substitution based on ISO/IEC 9541-1, is described."

(3) Embedding of non-standard characters and glyphs

"Support for the embedding of glyphs registered via ISO/IEC 10036, Font-related Identifier, is described."
should be
"Support for the embedding of non-standard characters and glyphs, e.g. glyphs registered by ISO/IEC 10036, is described."

(4) 4.2 Description of pagination and rendering of page layout

Clarify whether the page features specified in clause 4.2 can be applied to non-paged media or not.

(5) 4. Annex A

Add an Annex A which shows examples of expressing rendering systems in accordance with this international standard.