ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 N670


	Title:	WG20 liaison report

	Date:	1996-05-20

	Source: WG15 liaison to WG20, Keld Simonsen

	Action: for information

	This is information on what is going on in WG20 -
	internationalization, of relevance to WG15.  Please refer to the
	WG20 web page, http://www.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC22/WG20/ for further
	information.

	1. The TR "Framework for Internationalization" is being forwarded
	to ISO/CS for DTR ballot - DTR 11017.  This is essentially
	building on the C and POSIX models in i18n.

	2. The TR "Guidelines for the design of programming languages"
	PDTR 10176 is out for PDTR ballot ending 1996-05-26.  This has a
	number of new recommendations on 10646 and i18n support.

	3. The standard on international string ordering, 14651 is
	scheduled for CD registration and possible CD ballot mid-summer
	1996.  It uses enhanced POSIX localedef syntax.

	4. The standard on cultural data specification, 14652 is
	scheduled for CD registration and possible CD ballot mid-summer
	1996.  This specifies enhanced POSIX localedef and charmap
	formats, and a standard locale.

	5. WG20 has invited CEN/TC304 or a member body to progress the
	cultural registry standard ENV 12005, which registers ISO/IEC
	9945-2:1993 conforming locales and charmaps, for international
	standardization, either via the Vienna Agreement or by fasttrack.

	6. WG20 has had a NP on i18n APIs out for JTC1 ballot, this has
	failed due to lack of participation.

	7. WG20 has created a home page as noted above, and will
	according to the new JTC1 document distribution policy publish a
	number of documents on the web, including Committee Draft level
	documents.