ISO/IEC JTC1/SC18/WG8 N1832

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC18/WG8

Document Processing and Relating Communication-

Document Description and Processing Languages

Title:

Meeting Notice and Draft Agenda, Regular Meeting of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC18/WG8, Document Description and Processing Languages, 20 May-24 May 1996, München Germany

Source:

WG8

Project:

All WG8 projects

Status of Document:

Official meeting notice and draft agenda

Requested action:

For information

Summary of major points:

The first meeting of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC18/WG8 in 1996 will be held at the München Park Hilton in Munich, Germany. Please make hotel reservations by 12 April. This meeting is the week after GCA's SGML Europe conference at the same hotel. For further information about the conference, please contact the Graphic Communications Association, 100 Daingerfield Rd., Alexandria, VA 22314, Telephone: +1 703 519-8160, Facsimile: +1 703 548-2867. (GCA is our host for this meeting.)

This meeting is the week before the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC18 Plenary in Helsinki, Finland. Contact your national body for information about the SC18 meeting.

Those bringing documents to the meeting should bring 20 copies.

Distribution:

WG8 and liaisons

Draft Agenda for May 1996
Meeting of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC18/WG8
Document Description and Processing Languages

Dates:

20-24 May 1996

Location:

München Park Hilton

Am Tucherpark

80538 München, Germany

Telephone: +49 89 3845 0

Telefax: +49 49 3845 1845

1. Opening Plenary (0900h-1100h, 20 May, München Park Hilton)

A. Opening of meeting

i. Roll call of delegates

ii. Convenor's remarks

B. Presentation of liaison reports

C. Presentation of national activity reports

D. Status reports on current projects

Project JTC1.18.15

Computer Languages for Processing Text

Work Item JTC1.18.15.1

ISO 8879 Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)

Project Editor:

Charles F. Goldfarb

Work Item JTC1.18.15.2

DTR 11585 Operational Model for Text Description and Processing Languages

Project Editor:

John Oberholzer

Work Item JTC1.18.15.6

Text Composition

JTC1.18.15.6.1:

ISO DIS 10179 Document Style Semantics and Specification Language

Project Editor:

Sharon Adler

JTC1.18.15.6.2:

ISO DIS 10180 Standard Page Description Language

Project Editors:

Steve Zilles and Steve Strasen

Work Item JTC1.18.15.7

SGML Support Facilities-

General Editor:

Charles F. Goldfarb

JTC1.18.15.7.1:

ISO 9069 SGML Document Interchange Format (SDIF)

Project Editor:

Charles F. Goldfarb

JTC1.18.15.7.2:

TR 9573 Techniques for Using SGML

Project Editor:

Anders Berglund

JTC1.18.15.7.3:

ISO 9070 Registration Procedures for Public Text Owner Identifiers

Project Editor:

Charles F. Goldfarb

Project JTC1.18.27

Description and Identification of Glyph Fonts

General Editor:

Alan Griffee

Project JTC1.18.33

Font Services

Project Editor:

Toru Takahashi

Project JTC1.18.36

ISO 13673 Conformance Testing for SGML Systems

Project Editor:

Lynne Price

Project JTC1.18.39.1

DIS 10743 Standard Music Description Language (SMDL)

Project Editor:

Charles Goldfarb

Project JTC1.18.39.2

ISO/IEC 10744 Hypermedia/Time-based Structuring Language (HyTime)

Project Editor:

Charles Goldfarb

Project JTC1.18.40

Abstract Definition of SGML for Binary Encoding (SGML-B)

Project Editors:

Charles Goldfarb, David Abrahamson

Project JTC1.18.43

Standard Multimedia/Hypermedia Scripting Language (SMSL)

Project Editor

Brian Markey

E. Assignments to draft responses to liaison statements

2. Division into technical discussions (Monday, Trinity College Dublin)

Work Item JTC1.18.15.1

Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) and related projects

Work Item JTC1.18.15.6

Text Composition-

JTC1.18.15.6.1

Document Style Semantics and Specification Language

JTC1.18.15.6.2

Standard Page Description Language

Work Item JTC1.18.27

Description and Identification of Glyph Fonts

3. Document distribution for closing plenary (1700 h, Thursday)

4. Closing plenary (0830-1200 h, 24 May)

A. Review of recommendations and documents for circulation to SC18 and liaisons

B. Review of priorities and schedules

C. Assignment of liaisons and editors

D. Review of meeting and assignment of work for next meeting

E. Place and date of next meeting

NOTE: Convenors of RGs should have documents which will be needed for the closing plenary ready for duplication at noon on Thursday and should be ready to indicate to the full working group at that time what items will be presented for decision (recommendations, liaison statements).