SC22/WG15 N371

Title: Response to some 9210 action items.

Source: Keld Simonsen

Date: 1993-05-11

Summary: all actions except number 4 closed.

> All Member Bodies	21,39
>
> Denmark		4,10,78
> All RIN rapporteurs	72
> RIN Lead Rapporteur	3,32
> CEN/CENELEC Liaison	26
> SC22/WG20 Liaison	67,69
>
>
> Action 9210-4:	Denmark: Expand and clarify proposal contained in RIN
> N0047 regarding usage of national characters (as defined in
> ISO 646 national positions), giving consideration that such
> proposal:
>
>	1)  addresses all aspects of proposed standard, rather than
> JUST the shell, (e.g. it should work with not only shell, but also
> regular expressions, awk, etc.)
>
>	2)  should allow use of all features of the proposed standard,
> maintaining conformance, (e.g. currently proposed use of "  "
> would conflict with existing use)
>
>	3)  should provide a general solution for similar requirements
> of other countries
>
>	4)  should be sensitive to the cost/benefit ratio of imposing the
> solution in relation to existing implementations.
>
>	(open action item 9111-25 and 9205-11).
>

Not done. This is a big request and we have not yet been able
to produce the specifications.

> Action 9210-10:	Denmark: Provide to the US detailed proposals for areas
> identified in their 9945-2.2 comments #s 2, 5, and 9 addressing
> resolution comments in N281. (open action 9205-31).

The action solution is reported for each of the comments:
2. Japan has taken over the responsibility of solving this
action (on extended identifiers).
5. the current iconv utility in .2b includes charmap based
character set conversion.
9. Further specifications on reorder-after has been produced.
The action is considered done from the Danish member body.

> Action 9210-21:	Member Bodies: Identify experts who could participate in a
> meeting on character sets and character set concepts in
> Copenhagen, April 21-23, 1993. Input should be sent to the
> WG15 convenor by December 1st.

Done. Keld Simonsen was appointed and attended the meeting.

> Action 9210-26:	CEN/CENELEC Liaison: Forward contributions received in
> CEN/CENELEC TC304 to WG15.

A draft paper on a registry standard including POSIX locale and
charmap registration and the approved programme of work has
been forwarded to WG15. It is assumed that this is an ongoing action.

> Action 9210-32:	RIN Lead Rapporteur: Investigate the production of guidelines
> for standards developers for the usage of the terms character
> and byte in the definition of interfaces, with especial attention
> to the internationalisation issues arising from character-based
> interfaces.

Done. RIN has looked at this issue and offers a draft guideline paper.

> Action 9210-39:	Member Bodies: Review N302 and N305 and provide input to
> the US regarding any concerns or recommendations that they
> may have regarding synchronisation as soon as possible. Work
> will be done on this at the Jan. 10 1993 TCOS meetings.

Done. A Danish comment is provided.

> Action 9210-67:	SC22/WG20 Liaison: Forward the Liaison Statement
> WG15/N328 to SC22/WG20.

Done. No response from them.

> Action 9210-69:	SC22/WG20 Liaison: Forward the Liaison Statement
> WG15/N329 to SC22/WG20.

Done. A response from WG20 is available.

> Action 9210-78:	Denmark: Provide more information related to WG15/N304 in
> time for consideration at the May 1993 WG15 meeting.

Done. A paper is available on the requirement for authification.