ISO/IEC JTC1/WG4 N1961

ISO/IEC JTC1/WG4

Document Description and Processing Languages

Title:

Meeting Notice and Draft Agenda, Regular Meeting of ISO/IEC JTC1/WG4, Document Description and Processing Languages, 11-15 May 1998, Paris France

Source:

WG4

Project:

All WG4 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/WG4 in 1998 will be held at the offices of AIS Berger-Levrault in Paris, France.

This meeting will be before the GCA conference "SGML/XML Europe '98" (Paris, France: see http://www.gca.org/conf/paris98/paris.htm).

Hotel and travel information is enclosed. Please make hotel reservations before 31 March 1998.

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

WG4 will also host a Workshop on Guidelines for Accessing SGML-encoded Data and Metadata from Databases, Knowledge Bases and Search Tools on 22 May, after the GCA Conference, at the conference hotel (Azuirte Room, 0900 h). Organizations intending to send representatives to this meeting should notify the WG4 Convenor by 1 May.

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:

WG4 and liaisons

Draft Agenda for May 1998

Meeting of ISO/IEC JTC1/WG4

Document Description and Processing Languages

Dates: 11–15 May 1998

Location: AIS Berger-Levrault

AIS S.A.

15-17, rue Remy Dumoncel

75014 Paris, France

Voice: +33 1 40 64 43 00

Fax: +33 1 40 64 43 10

1. Opening Plenary (0900h–1100h, 11 May, Paris)

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

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, Paris)

Work Item JTC1.18.15.1 Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) and related projects

The editor expects much of the week to be devoted to SGML revision and completing another TC.

Work Item JTC1.18.15.6 Text Composition—

JTC1.18.15.6.1 Document Style Semantics and Specification Language

There may be a discussion of DSSSL revisions at this meeting.

Work Item JTC1.18.27 Description and Identification of Glyph Fonts

The future of this project and related items should be discussed.

Project JTC1.18.39.2 ISO/IEC 10744 Hypermedia/Time-based Structuring Language (HyTime)

The amendment submitted in December and a proposed TC will be discussed.

Project JTC1.18.67 Topic Navigation Maps

The editor expects a discussion before submitting a Final CD.

Project (pending approval) Interchange Standard for Modifiable Interactive Documents (ISMID)

The ballot on this project should have closed before the meeting; discussion of results is expected.

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

4. Closing plenary (0830–1200 h, 15 May)

  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).

5. Workshop on Guidelines for Accessing SGML-encoded Data and Metadata from Databases, Knowledge Bases and Search Tools

Date: 22 May

Location: Azurite Room, Hotel Sofitel Paris Forum Rive Gauche

Time: 0900 -- 1700 h

For further information, see WG4 N1946.

Participants should norify the WG4 Convenor by 1 May.

Hotel Information for Paris, May 1998

Hotel:

Hotel Sofitel Paris Forum Rive Gauche (797 rooms)

17 boulevard Saint-Jacques

75014 PARIS

Tél : (33) 01 40 78 79 80

Fax : (33) 01 45 88 43 93

E-Mail : Sofitel.Poste5@wanadoo.fr

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 950 FF until 31 March.

Please per night mention our host, the Graphic Communications Association and the conference SGML/XML Europe 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'98 the week following the meeting.

Parking:

The hotel has parking available.

Shuttle service:

The hotel is near the Saint Jacques and Glacière stops on the Paris Metro, Line 6. These stops are just east of Denfert-Rochereau station, which is a major junction on the Metro and on the RER, the suburban railways that connect with Charles De Gaulle Airport.

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