-----Original Message-----
From: YAMAZAKI Koiti [mailto:koiti@chance.cti.co.jp]
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 08:22
To: Hart, Edwin F
Cc: YAMAZAKI Koiti
Subject: RE: Revised 2375 Flow Chart

Dear Mr. Ed Hart,

. . .

I have questions about clause 15.2.
In the FCD, clause 15.2 says:
“The Registration Authority shall then make the mapping available in machine-readable form.”

From this sentence I understood that the RA is responsible for creating the mapping in machine-readable form.  But on the flow chart, the RA only adds the machine-readable mapping provided by someone else.  Now I (as a member of RA) support your idea, but who makes the machine-readable mapping? I think it is ambiguous in the FCD. In order to resolve this problem, I can propose two different answers.

A.1:
When an application of registration includes a mapping to ISO/IEC 10646, SA shall attach machine-readable mapping. This requirement should be added to clause 12.1.4.

A.2:
(A change of clause 15.2)
When the mapping to ISO/IEC 10646 in a registration is approved, the Registration Authority shall record the date of approval.  Then the Sponsoring Authority shall send the mapping in machine-readable form to the Registration Authority.  The Registration Authority shall make it available through the Internet.

. . .

Best regards,

YAMAZAKI Koiti
CTI Co., Ltd.
(Meieki-Minami Bldg. 6F)
3-16-6, Meieki-Minami, Nakamura-Ku
Nagoya, 450-0003,
JAPAN
Phone +81-52-589-1211

-----Response-----
From: Hart, Edwin F
To: YAMAZAKI Koiti
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 10:06
Cc:  ‘Aliprand, Joan’; ‘Everson, Michael’
Subject: RE: Revised 2375 Flow Chart

Yamazaki-San,

Thank you for your response.

. . .

Regarding who provides the machine-readable copy of the mapping table, I always thought that the Sponsoring Authority provides the machine-readable copy when it submits an application to the Registration Authority.  Both clause 10.2.2.6 under the "Sponsoring Authority" and clause 12.1.4 under the "Application for registration" refer to clause A.2 for the description of the mapping table.  FCD Clause A.2.5 states:

A.2.5 The mapping to ISO/IEC 10646 shall be in machine-readable form. (A registration application should include a printed copy of the mapping.)

I suggest that we resolve your concern by changing the sentence in parenthesis to: 

In addition to the machine-readable copy of the mapping, a registration application should also include a printed copy.

I believe that this change should help resolve your concern in A.1.

Regarding A.2, I think I understand your concern plus I found another concern:  If the table requires updating as a result of the RA-JAC review or the SC 2 review, who is responsible for making the changes?  I think that the SA has this responsibility.  However, as a practical matter, the RA-JAC may make the agreed-upon changes and then ask the SA for approval of the changes.

I think that the RA would prefer to have the updated mapping available before the RA does the processing in clause 15.2.  I suggest that we resolve this concern by adding the following sentence to the end of clauses 14.4 and 14.7:  

The Sponsoring Authority is responsible for making any changes to the mapping and submitting the updated mapping to the Registration Authority.

. . .

Please let me know what you think.

Best regards,
Ed

Edwin F. Hart
Applied Physics Laboratory
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