ISO/IEC JTC1/WG4 N1932

ISO/IEC JTC1/WG4

Document Processing and Related Communication—

Document Description and Processing Languages

Title:

Meeting Notice and Draft Agenda, Regular Meeting of ISO/IEC JTC1/WG4, Document Description and Processing Languages, 1 December–8 December 1997, Alexandria, Virginia

Source:

WG4

Project:

All WG4 projects

Status of Document:

Official meeting notice and draft agenda

Requested action:

For information

Summary of major points:

The second meeting of ISO/IEC JTC1/WG4 in 1997 will be held at the Graphic Communications Association in Alexandria, Virginia.

This meeting will be before the GCA conference "SGML/XML'97" (Washington, DC: see http://www.gca.org/conf/sgml97/index.htm).

We expect GCA to collect a meeting fee of $50.00.

Hotel and travel information is enclosed. Please make hotel reservations before November 8

There will be SWGs for DSSSL, SGML, and Hypermedia at this meeting. This document also serves as the calling notice for those meetings.

Documents for this meeting should be sent to the Convenor in electronic (i.e., SGML/XML/HTML) form at least two weeks before the meeting so they can be posted on the WG4 Web Site.

Distribution:

WG8 and liaisons

Draft Agenda for December 1997

Meeting of ISO/IEC JTC1/WG4

Document Description and Processing Languages

Dates: 1 December–8 December 1997

Location: GCA Conference Room, 5th Floor

Graphic Communications Association

Printing Industries of America

100 Daingerfield Road

Alexandria, VA 22314-2888 U.S.A.

Voice: +1 703-519-8160

Fax: +1 703-548-2867

http://www.gca.org/

1. Opening Plenary (0900h–1100h, 1 December, Alexandria)

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 JTC1.18.15.6 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: Yushi Komachi

Project JTC1.18.33 Font Services

Project Editor: Yushi Komachi

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, Eliot Kimber, Peter Newcomb, Steve Newcomb

Project JTC1.18.67 Topic Navigation Maps

Project Editor: Martin Bryan, Michel Biezunski

Project JTC1.18. Standard HTML

Project Editor: David Abrahamson, Roger Price

E. Assignments to draft responses to liaison statements

2. Division into technical discussions (Monday, Alexandria)

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 (optional: 1700 h, Thursday)

4. Closing plenary (0830–1200 h, 8 December)

  1. Review of recommendations and documents for circulation to JTC1 and liaisons
  2. Review of priorities and schedules
  3. Assignment of liaisons and editors
  4. Review of meeting and assignment of work for next meeting
  5. 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).

Hotel Information for Alexandria, December 1997

Hotel:

Embassy Suites Alexandria (268 Rooms)

1900 Diagonal Rd.

Alexandria, VA 22314

+1 703 684-5900

+1 800 EMBASSY

There is a map of the area linked to this page.

Room Rate:

A block of rooms is reserved under GCA, and the conference rate of $129.00.

Please per night mention our host, the Graphic Communications Association when making reservations to get this rate.

Please also contact Mr. Marion Elledge (Graphic Communications Association, 100 Daingerfield Rd., Alexandria, VA 22314, U.S.A., Telephone: +1 703 519-8160, Facsimile: +1 703 548-2867, Internet: mle@gca.org) if you want more information about the conference "SGML/XML'97 the week following the meeting.

Parking:

The hotel has parking available.

Shuttle service:

The hotel is near the Alexandria stop on the Washington Metro. This stop is the second south of Washington National Airport. Shuttle services are also available at the airport. The Washington Flyer shuttles connect National with Dulles International Airport and Baltimore/Washington International Airport.

General

For more information, try the City of Alexandria Web Site: http://www.bcn.es/http://ci.alexandria.va.us/alexandria.html This site also has extensive tourist information at http://ci.alexandria.va.us/visitor/visitor.html

Alexandria, just across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., is one of the most historic cites in North America. It was the home of George Washinton, Robert E. Lee, and many other famous Americans. There are many historic homes and buildings in Alexandria, including the preserved district

Washington, across the river, is, of course, famous for its government institutions, cultural attractions, and museums.