L2/03-421





Proposed U.S. NB Recommendation to JTC 1 on transfer of ISO/IEC 14651 from  

SC22 to SC2



Noting that the ballots to transfer ISO/IEC 14651 project from SC22 to SC2  

has been completed and successfully passed by both committees, the U.S.  

national body recommends to JTC1 to adopt the following two recommendations  

at the plenary meeting in November 2003; the changes are in italics and  

underlined:



1.	Recommendation 1:  Modification of JTC 1/ SC 2 Scope.



In anticipation of the transfer of ISO/IEC 14651 project from SC22 to SC2,  

the U.S. national body recommends that SC2 modifies its scope by including  

the phrase "including String Ordering" in it to read as follows:

"Standardization of graphic character sets and their characteristics,  

including string ordering, associated control functions, their coded  

representation of characters for information interchange, and code  

extension techniques.  Excluded: audio and picture coding."



2.	Recommendation 2:  Assignment of ISO/IEC 14651 in JTC 1/SC 2.

With reference to the anticipated transfer of ISO/IEC 14651 from SC 22 to  

SC 2, and due to the close relationship between ISO/IEC 10646 and ISO/IEC  

14651, the U.S. national body recommends that JTC 1 requests SC2 to assign  

the project to SC2/WG2 rather than create a new working group.  The title  

of SC2/WG2 should be expanded correspondingly to read: "Multiple-octet  

codes and string ordering".





Here are the relevant two resolutions that SC2/WG2 took at their recent  

meeting # 44 in Mountain View, CA in October 2003.  One is to modify  

slightly the SC2 scope and one that requests SC2 to assign the work to  

SC2/WG2 rather than creating a new working group.



RESOLUTION M44.13 (SC 2 scope and 14651 transfer):

Unanimous

With reference to documents ballot results in N2616 and N2658 on  

transferring of ISO/IEC 14651 from SC22 to SC2, WG 2 notes that the ballots  

to transfer the project to SC 2 have been approved by the respective SCs.   

In anticipation of the above transfer, WG 2 proposes that SC 2 adopt the  

following modified scope for SC2, which includes the phrase "including  

String Ordering" in it:



"Standardization of graphic character sets and their characteristics,  

including string ordering, associated control functions, their coded  

representation of characters for information interchange and code extension  

techniques. Excluded: audio and picture coding."

SC2 is further requested to relay the above to JTC 1 at its next plenary  

in November 2003.



RESOLUTION M44.14 (Future assignment of 14651 within SC 2):

Abstention: Canada

Yes: China, Ireland, Japan, Republic of Korea, the Unicode Consortium  

(liaison) and the USA

With reference to the anticipated transfer of ISO/IEC 14651 to SC 2 from  

SC 22, it is the considered opinion of WG 2 that due to the close  

relationship between the ISO/IEC 10646 and ISO/IEC 14651, the best home for  

14651 in SC 2 is within WG 2, and requests SC 2 to assign the project to  

WG 2, with a corresponding expansion of the title of WG 2 to say  

"Multiple-octet codes and string ordering".