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From: isaak@csac.ljo.dec.com (Jim Isaak- isaak@csac.enet.dec.com)
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Subject: WG15 Convenor feedback on online draft access
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	WG15 has expressed a strong interest in having
documents available online.  The productivity value of
this has been presented by others already.  One key point
raised in WG15 is the need to evaluate how specific words
are used in the context of the standard (hot words include
"byte" and "character", but also "conformance" and such).
Evaluation may be needed from a perspective of a technical
view (how does this affect security), or a language
perspective (can we translate this and understand it), 
or broader domain (does this accomodate the full range
of international character sets).

	In any case, there is real value to technical
experts for online access.

	There are also real savings in terms of costs,
online access can be used to reduce or eliminate some of
the duplication that is needed.  This also affects the
willingness of some countries to engage their experts in
review.  Reproducing a 1000 page document is not something
you do for "review and comment".  But you might be quite
willing to send along an internet pointer to a draft
document to let the experts who will pursue it to do so.

Thanks,
Jim Isaak
WG15 Convener