ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 N 1291
DATE: 2009-09-21
 

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34
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Secretariat: Japan (JISC)

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TITLE Report of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 Meeting held in Seattle, Washington, USA, 2009-09-17
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Secretariat ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 - IPSJ/ITSCJ (Information Processing Society of Japan/Information Technology Standards Commission of Japan)* Room 308-3, Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg., 3-5-8, Shiba-Koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011 Japan *Standard Organization Accredited by JISC
Telephone: +81-3-3431-2808; Facsimile: +81-3-3431-2808; E-mail: kimura@itscj.ipsj.or.jp


Report of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 Plenary Meeting held in Seattle, Washington, USA, 2009-09-17

1. Opening of meeting

Dr. Sam Oh, Chairman of SC 34, opened the meeting at 10:05 a.m.

1.1 Remarks of our host

On behalf of the US National Body, Mr. Dave WELSH welcomed the participants.

2. Roll call of Delegates

The meeting had 39 participants from the following 15 National Bodies and three Liaison organizations:

Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Norway, South Africa, UK, USA, Ecma International, OASIS, and XML Guild

The list of the attendees is attached to this report.

3. Adoption of the Agenda:

The draft agenda in Document N 1273 Rev. was adopted without modifications.

4. Appointment of Drafting Committee

The following are appointed as the drafting committee members: Mr. Robert WEIR, Mr. Dave WELSH, Mr. Francis CAVE, Dr. Yushi KOMACHI, Mrs. Isabelle VALET-HARPER

5. Chairman's Remarks

Dr. Oh thanked the National Body of US for hosting this meeting and for providing meeting facilities. He was pleased the achievement made at the AHG 3 meeting held before this plenary and hoped that the maintenance of major document formats would be handled by SC 34.

6. Secretariat's Remarks

Document: N 1272

The secretariat report was contained in N 1272. Ms. Kimura reported the membership changes since the last plenary.

7. Reports of and review of ISO/IEC Liaisons

7.1 IEC TC 100 - Audio, Video and Multimedia Systems and Equipment

Dr. Komachi said that he has nothing particular to report.

7.2 ISO/TC 46 - Information and documentation

Dr. Oh reported on the activities of TC 46/SC 9: Identification and Description.

7.3 ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 - Coded character sets

No report.

7.4 ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22 - Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces

Mr. Rex Jaeschke reported that Programming language Ruby would become a Japanese standard next year and would be fast-tracked to JTC 1. He also mentioned that, as the SC 22 chair, he would propose establishment of E-mail list for project editors across SCs at the JTC 1 Tel Aviv plenary.

7.5 ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 29 (WG 11) - Coding of Moving Pictures and Audio

Dr. Komachi reported that a draft corrigendum to ISO/IEC 14496-5/Amd. 14 on Open font format reference software has been circulated in SC 29 in response to the liaison statement submitted by SC 34.

7.6 ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 - Data Management and Interchange

No report.

8. Reports of and review of External Liaisons

8.1 Ecma International (TC 45 and TC 46)

Document: N 1254, N 1255

Mr. Rex JAESCHKE reported on the activities of Ecma TC 45 (OOXML) and TC 46 (XPS: XML Paper Specification) based on N 1254 and N 1255.

8.2 OASIS - Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards

Document: N 1260, N 1266

Mr. Dennis HAMILTON reported on the activities of OASIS ODF TC based on N 1260.

8.3 XML Guild

Document: N 1258

Mr. Ken HOLMAN reported on the activities of XML Guild based on N 1258.

8.4 W3C - World Wide Web Consortium

Document: N 1267

Mr. Mohamed ZERGAOUI reported on the activities of W3C based on N 1267.

9. ISO/IEC JTC 1 Activities of Interest to SC 34

9. 1 JTC 1/SWG-Directives

Document: N 1269

Ms. Kimura reported on the informational teleconferences held on 2009-09-09 by the JTC 1 Chair and Secretariat on the new JTC 1 directives and expected procedural changes.

10. Reports of Ad hoc group and Working Groups

10. 1 Ad hoc Group 3 on ISO/IEC 26300 Maintenance

Document: N 1284

Mr. Francis CAVE, Convener of AHG 3, reported on the outcome of the AHG 3 meeting. The adopted Resolutions in relation to AHG 3 are as follows:

The following action items were also noted.

10.2 Working Group 1 - Markup Languages

Document: N 1285, N 1287

Dr. Alex Brown, WG 1 Convener, reported on the progress made at the WG 1 meeting and introduced the WG 1 recommendations contained in N 1285. The adopted SC 34 Resolutions in relation to WG 1 are as follows:

10.3 Working Group 2 - Information Presentation

Document: N 1282, N 1283

Dr. Yushi Komachi, WG 2 Convener, reported on the progress made at the WG 2 meeting and introduced the WG 2 recommendations contained in N 1282. The adopted SC 34 Resolutions in relation to WG 2 are as follows:

10.4 Working Group 3 - Information Association

Document:N 1286

Mr. Graham Moore, on behalf of the WG 3 Convener, reported on the progress made at the WG 3 meeting and introduced the WG 3 recommendations contained in N 1286. The adopted SC 34 Resolutions in relation to WG 3 are as follows:

In addition, it was noted that 13250-5 and 19756 would go to a second FCD ballot.

10.5 Working Group 4 - Office Open XML

Document:N 1289

Dr. MURATA Makoto, WG 4 Convener, reported on the progress made at the WG 4 meetings since the last SC 34 plenary based on N 1289. The adopted SC 34 Resolution in relation to WG 4 is as follows:

10.6 Working Group 5 - Document Interoperability

Document: N 1288

Dr. LEE, Jaeho , WG 5 Convener, reported on the progress made at the WG 5 meetings since the last SC 34 plenary based on N 1288. WG 5 recommended to SC 34 to appoint Mr. Doug MAHUGH as a liaison rep to OASIS/OIC TC as in Resolution 17.

11. Review of Programme of Work and Target Dates

Document: N 1272 Item 4.1

The target dates were updated and are contained in Resolution 15.

12. Appointment/confirmation of officers

(Conveners, Project editors, Liaison officers)

Document: N 1272 Item 6.1

The names of Project Editors and Liaison officers were reviewed and confirmed. The names of newly appointed and confirmed liaison officers are contained in Resolution 17. The names of newly appointed project editors are contained in Resolution 16.

13. Review of SC 34 Meeting Calendar

The approved meeting calendar of SC 34 and its working groups is contained in Resolution 18.

14. Approval of Resolutions

All the resolutions were read upon and approved unanimously. The adopted resolutions are contained in N 1290.

15. Any other business

There was no other businsess.

16. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 12:15.

Attendance list:

SC 34 ChairmanSam Gyun OH
BrazilFernando GEBARA
BrazilMurilo DANTAS
CanadaPaul COTTON
Canada, XML GuildKen HOLMAN
ChinaNan MA
ChinaChunyan FANG
ChinaChangsheng WANG
ChinaDonglin WANG
ChinaNingsheng LIU
DenmarkPia Elleby LANGE
DenmarkJasper BOJSEN
FinlandJuha VARTIAINEN
FinlandKimmo BERGIUS
France, XML GuildMohamed ZERGAOUI
GermanyKlaus-Peter ECKERT
IndiaP. MADHAV
IndiaReena GARG
ItalyAndrea VALBONI
Japan, WG 4 ConvenerMakoto MURATA
Japan, WG 2 ConvenerYushi KOMACHI
Korea, Rep. of, WG 5 ConvenerLEE, Jaeho
Korea, Rep. ofLEE, Seung Yun
NorwayShahzad RANA
NorwayKeld J?rn SIMONSEN
South AfricaGrantham DANIELS
South AfricaJohann EKSTEEN
UKGareth HORTON
UKGraham MOORE
UK, AHG 3 ConvenerFrancis CAVE
UK, WG 1 ConvenerAlex BROWN
USADave WELSH
USAAndrew RIST
USAJohn PELTONEN
USA, OASISRobert WEIR
Ecma InternationalRex JAESCHKE
Ecma InternationalIsabelle VALET-HARPER
OASISDennis HAMILTON
SC 34 SecretariatToshiko KIMURA