| TITLE: | New Project Proposal for Interchange Standard for Modifiable Interactive Documents (ISMID) |
| SOURCE: | JTC1/WG4 (with the support of the U.S. N.B. |
| PROJECT: | Proposed New Project |
| PROJECT EDITOR: | David Cooper, Norm Chenard |
| STATUS: | WG4 approved proposal |
| ACTION: | For information |
| DATE: | 4 December 1997 |
| DISTRIBUTION: | WG4 and Liaisons |
| REFER TO: | WG4 N 1948, 1949 |
| REPLY TO: | Dr. James David Mason
(ISO/IEC JTC1/WG4 Convenor) Lockheed Martin Energy Systems Information Management Services 1060 Commerce Park, M.S. 6480 Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6480 U.S.A. Telephone: +1 423 574-6973 Facsimile: +1 423 574-0004 Network: masonjd@ornl.gov http://www.ornl.gov/sgml/wg8/wg8home.htm ftp://ftp.ornl.gov/pub/sgml/wg8/ |
PROPOSAL FOR A NEW WORK ITEM
| Date of presentation of proposal: 1997-08-15 |
Proposer: ISO/IEC JTC 1/WG4 (in cooperation with NCITS V1) |
| Secretariat: ANSI |
ISO/IEC JTC 1 N XXXX |
A proposal for a new work item shall be submitted to the secretariat of the ISO/IEC joint technical committee concerned with a copy to the ISO Central Secretariat.
Presentation of the proposal - to be completed by the proposer Guidelines for proposing and justifying a new work item are given in ISO Guide 26.
| Title (subject to be covered and type of standard, e.g. terminology, method of test, performance requirements, etc.) Interchange Standard for Modifiable Interactive Documents (ISMID) |
| Scope (and field of application) The scope is to define a document description language that allows interchange of interactive modifiable documents using HyTime, SGML, and DSSSL. The field of application is online technical manuals that include interactive behavior that must be exchanged among development and delivery systems. |
| Purpose and justification - attach a separate page as annex, if necessary |
| An increasing number of technical manuals are being developed and delivered electronically. An important feature of these manuals is the ability to determine dynamically what information is retrieved and presented based on previous user input. There is currently no standardized language for describing this dynamic behavior. A standardized language is important in that it allows interactive documents to retain their device independence, and to be processed by a wide variety of commercial products. The requirement and design for ISMID are based on two independent research research projects sponsored over the past 3 years by government agencies in two ISO member bodies (the U.S. and Canada). ISMID merges the results of these research projects. The research responded to requests from both government and industry. Prototype implementations have been completed and widely distributed. |
| Programme of work
If the proposed new work item is approved , which of the
following document(s) is (are) expected to be developed? |
Relevant documents to be considered
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| Cooperation and liaison
The relevant standards on which ISMID is based are all developed by the former ISO/IEC JTC1/SC18/WG8 (currently . ISO/IEC JTC1/WG4) |
| Preparatory work offered with target date(s) See the attached draft, which is being circulated for final CD balloting in SC18. |
| Signature: |
| Will the service of a maintenance agency or registration
authority be required? ..........No............ - If yes, have you identified a potential candidate? ................ - If yes, indicate name ............................................................. Are there any known requirements for coding?
.........No............ Does the proposed standard concern known patented items?
.......No............ |
Comments and recommendations of the JTC 1 Secretariat - attach a separate page as an annex, if necessary
| Comments with respect to the proposal in general, and
recommendations thereon: It is proposed to assign this new item to JTC 1/WG4 |
Voting on the proposal - Each P-member of the ISO/IEC joint technical committee has an obligation to vote within the time limits laid down (normally three months after the date of circulation).
| Date of circulation: YYYY-MM-DD |
Closing date for voting: YYY-MM-DD |
Signature of JTC 1 Secretary: Lisa A. Rajchel |