ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 N723

Title: Danish activities report for 9705 meeting
Date: 1997-05-18
Source: Danish Standards Association and Keld Simonsen
Action: for information

This is the Danish response to the WG15 Action Items


9610-03  Denmark - report at the May, 1997 WG15 meeting what the state of
their LIS work is, and	what they expect to be able to accomplish. (rolled
over from 9510-23, 9505-24 and 9605-05).
Response: Due to unfortunate conditions we have not been able to do much.
We plan to give it a try, tho.

9605-08  Denmark  - look for a solution to the problem of extended
identifiers in 1003.2 (from RIN  issue 0) and report back. (rolled over
from 9605-21).
Response: we should use the guidance in TR 10176 and the locale of CD 14652
for identifiers. C and C++ is following this recommendation.

9605-09  Netherlands & Denmark -  have their technical experts identify any
specific elements of the  Single UNIX Specification that should be included
in POSIX. (rolled over from 9605-46).
Response: still investigating.

9610-10  Keld Simonsen	- set	up a restricted access web server for
WG15 use on which we can put  up drafts or other controlled access
documents. (rolled over from 9605-30).
Response: done.

9610-13  Denmark and  Japan - work with the WG15 SGFS liaison (Willem
Wakker) to figure out  how  National Profiles could be incorporated into
TR-10000. (rolled over from 9605-33).
Resopnse: no progress.

9610-15  Denmark -  create a proposed scope and purpose for new IEEE 1003.2
utilities, which can  then be used for both an SC22 work item and an IEEE
PAR. (rolled over from 9605-36).
Response: We are working on it.

9610-16  Editor of POSIX National Profiles and Locales	-  incorporate N658
into that document.  (Keld is editor). (rolled over from 9605-48).
Response: Not done yet, base doc is not yet recieved from Japan.

9610-30  National Bodies  -  review Draft 8.1 of 1003.1f (SC22 N2212) for
market relevance and reply  to U.S. HoD (Roger Martin) by 1996.12.31.
Response: no comment.

9610-31  WG20 Liaison  -  ask WG20 for an interpretation of non-break
space, soft hyphen (see N674  items 1 and 2) and 'toupper i' (see N674 item
3).
Response: Resonse is done in current WD of IS 14652.

9610-32  Keld Simonsen	-  Update WG15 Web page with a pointer to the WG20
document on Cultural Convention Specifications.
Response: done.

9610-33  National Bodies  -  Review the Web pages, especially the document
on Cultural Convention	Specifications and report any comments to Keld
Simonsen.
Response: We have no comments at this time.

9610-34  WG20 Liaison  -  Forward N694 (section answering action item
9605-40) to WG20 for their  consideration.
Response: An answer is given in the current WD of IS 14652.

9610-37  National Bodies  -  inform Martin Kirk if you want a CD-ROM
(Windows version) of Single  UNIX Specification.
Response: done.

9610-41  National Bodies  -  Send any nominations for a Project Editor for
JTC1 22.21.04.01.01  (IEEE 1003.1j) Advanced Real Time Extensions to the
convener by 1996.12.31.
Response: No nominations.

9610-43  National Bodies  -  To provide any input they would like in the
synchronization plan, to the  convener by 1996.12.31.
Response: done.

9610-48  Keld Simonsen	-  Forward SC22WG15.859 to Development body
(1003.2), pointing out	that this is where WG14 sees possible alignment for
additional features which 1003.2 might	want to consider in their future
work, specifically currency and ISO date formats.
Response: done.

9610-49  National Bodies  -  Review EWOS OSE Conformance Testing Documents
"EGT009R2,  Vocabulary" and "EGT0059, Analysis" which are available in Word
format at http://www.ewos.be/ct/edocs.htm
and provide feed back to Dave Raynor (dr@waffle.cise.npl.co.uk) by Feb.
1997.
Response: no comments.

9610-52  Project Editor (Keld Simonsen)  -  Prepare an example of a LIS
function of 9945-1 using  both IDL and LID. Distribute these examples to
WG15, requesting National Bodies to review  and comment on the work.
Response: outstanding.

9610-53  National Bodies  -  Notify Keld Simonsen of any available experts
in the area of LID and/or  IDL usage.
Response: we can offer Keld Simonsen.

9610-61  National Bodies  -  Submit the names of any additional experts who
might wish to take part  in the Interpretations work, to the Convener by
1996.12.31.
Response: no additional experts.

9610-62  National Bodies  -  Review the proposed records of response and
submit any comments to	the WG15 reflector and be prepared to discuss them
at the May 1997 WG15 meeting. Any  comments requiring change MUST be
submitted in writing to the Convener by 1997.04.01.
Response: no comments

9610-65  National Bodies  -  Consider changing the frequency of WG15
meetings to be on an annual  basis.
Response: This is a possiblity.

End of Danish report for 1997-05 WG15 meeting