SC22/WG15 N387r2
							SC22/WG15 RIN N141
							25 Oct. 1994

	Proposed NP for "Guide for the Development of Profiles
	for POSIX localization and POSIX <National> Locales"

	Purpose and Justification:
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		The profiles for POSIX localization described in ISO 9945-1
	(POSIX System API) and in ISO 9945-2 ( POSIX Shell and Utilities)
	form a set of profiles for POSIX localization.	A profile for
	POSIX localization (refer to Annex F of ISO 9945-1 and Annex G
	of ISO 9945-2) may be developed by national member bodies of
	ISO/IEC to specify required options, parameters, and extensions
	of POSIX standards that a <National Body> conforming
	implementation shall support.

	A POSIX <National> Locale, as described in ISO 9945-2, is a part
	of user environment specifications that are culture or language
	specific.  Application program interfaces (APIs) and utilities
	refer to POSIX <National> Locales in order to adapt their
	behavior to the users' language and cultural environment.

	The relationship between a profile for POSIX localization and a
	POSIX <National> Locale is that the profile for POSIX
	localization will specify parameters and options to a POSIX
	standard to address culturally-dependent functional requirements
	in addition to those specified within a POSIX <National> Locale.

	National member bodies of ISO/IEC may specify required or
	recommended options and parameters of POSIX standards by using
	profiles for POSIX localization.  Also the national member body
	may specify the culturally-dependent elements relevant to their
	environment through a POSIX <National> Locale, in order to adapt
	an implementation of the POSIX standards to the requirements of
	their regional or cultural environment.  From the view point of
	a <National Body> conforming application, the profiles for POSIX
	localization and Locale specify the functionality that the
	application relies on for being portable within the regional or
	cultural environment.  However, such regional-specific dependency
	may limit international portability of the application.
	Therefore, to maximize international portability of a <National
	Body> conforming application, international harmonization of
	profiles for POSIX localization and POSIX <National> Locales is
	important.  The proposed Technical Report "Guide for the
	Development of Profiles for POSIX Localization and POSIX
	<National> Locales" establishes guidelines that a writer of
	profiles for POSIX localization and POSIX <National> Locales
	would refer to.  Then a National member body of ISO/IEC can
	easily develop profiles for POSIX localization and POSIX
	<National> Locales that are harmonized internationally.

	Program of Work:
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	A preliminary draft of the technical report is available now.  A
	draft suitable for PDTR registration should be available nine (9)
	months after the approval of this NP.