ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34N0814cvr

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34

Information Technology --
Document Description and Processing Languages

TITLE:	Cover letter to ITTF for FCD ballot for ISO/IEC 24754: Information technology - Document description and processing languages - Minimum requirements for specifying document rendering systems
SOURCE:	Mr. Keisuke Kamimura; Dr. Soon-Bum Lim
PROJECT:	FCD 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:	FCD cover letter
ACTION:	For ITTF notification of FCD ballot
DATE:	2007-01-22
DISTRIBUTION:	SC34 and Liaisons
REFER TO:	N0814 - 2007-01-22 - Text for FCD ballot for ISO/IEC 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

JTC 1 Directives Section 12.6.2.1

The SC Secretariat distributes the CD (see Form G5). For an FCD (see Form G7), the Secretariat also forwards the FCD to ITTF for notification of availability to other NBs and organisations in liaison for information and comments. The introductory note should indicate, as appropriate, the sources used as a basis for the proposal and the background and aim of the proposal. The note should include among other things:

• The date when the work item was introduced into the programme of work;
• Identification of the original proposer; and
• Extent of liaison with other internal and external organisations.

Introductory note accompanying FCD 24754

When a structured document is interchanged between an originator and a recipient, the recipient refers to the style specifications that the originator provides to reconstruct the presentation. However, when the recipient does not have sufficient rendering functionality, it may fail to reconstruct the presentation output as the originator expected. In order to preserve presentation output in the course of interchange, the originator and recipient need to negotiate over functionalities referring to the specifications of document rendering systems. The work for Minimum Requirements for Specifying Document Rendering Systems was initiated by the two editors, Mr Keisuke Kamimura and Dr Soon-Bum Lim, in order to satisfy this requirement.

The work was initially proposed by the SC 34 (N0559res) at the plenary meeting in Washington, DC, USA. It was officially added to the programme of work of the SC 34 and commenced in May 2005. After going through three Working Drafts, the advancement of the work to a Committee Draft was approved by the SC 34 (N0754resRev) on 31 May 2006 in Seoul, Korea, which was then approved by majority vote (N0783). The text for FCD ballot (N0807) was prepared before the SC 34 in Boston, USA in December 2006.

Keisuke Kamimura,
Project Editor, ISO/IEC 24754