SC 2 N 3462

L2/00-277

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 N 3462

DATE: 2000-08-18

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2
Coded Character Sets
Secretariat: Japan (JISC)

DOC TYPE:	Secretariat Report
TITLE:	Secretariat Report to the Tenth Plenary Meeting of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2, 2000-09-25/26, Athens, Greece
SOURCE:	Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2
PROJECT:	--
STATUS:	For review at the tenth plenary meeting of SC 2 to be held in Athens, Greece, 2000-09-25/26.
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DISTRIBUTION:	P, O and L Members of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 WG Conveners, Secretariats ISO/IEC JTC 1 Secretariat ISO/IEC ITTF
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Secretariat ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 - Toshiko KIMURA
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
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*A Standard Organization accredited by JISC

ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 2 N 3462

Secretariat Report to the Tenth Plenary Meeting of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2,
Athens, Greece, 2000-09-25/26

1. Administrative

1.1 Title
Coded Character Sets

1.2 Scope
Standardization of graphic character sets and their characteristics, associated control functions, their coded representation for information interchange and code extension techniques. Excluded: audio and picture coding.

1.5 Membership:

P - Members (36)
Armenia; Austria; Belgium; Brazil; Canada; China; Denmark; Egypt; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Iceland; India; Iran, Islamic Republic of ; Ireland; Israel; Japan; Korea, Dem. P. Rep. of ; Korea Rep. of; Mongolia; Morocco; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Romania; Russian Federation; Singapore; Slovenia; Sweden; Thailand; Tunisia; Turkey; USA; Yugoslavia

O - Members (9)
Australia; Cuba; Czech Republic; Ethiopia; Estonia; Hong Kong, China; Hungary; Indonesia; Portugal; Viet Nam

L - Members
Internal Liaison

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22	Programming Languages, their Environments and Systems Software Interfaces
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31	Automatic Identification and Data Capture Techniques
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32	Data Management and Interchange
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35	User Interfaces
ISO/TC 46/SC 2	Conversion of written languages
ISO/TC 46/SC 4	Computer applications in information and documentation
ISO/TC 211	Geographic information/Geomatics
IEC/SC 3B	Documentation

External Liaison

AFII	Association for Font Information Interchange	C
CCSD	Consultative Committee on Space Data Systems	B
CEC	Commission of European Communities	A
CEN/TC304	Character Set Technology
GSE	Guide Share Europe	C
HK ITF	Hong Kong Information Technology Federation	C
ISOC	Internet Society	A
ITU-T	International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication Standardization Sector	A
TCA	Taipei Computer Association	C
UNCTAD	United Nations Conference on Trade and Development	A
Unicode	The Unicode Consortium	C
UNU/IIST	United Nations University International Institute for Software Technologies	C
U-ECE/WP4	United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Working party 4	A
W3C	World Wide Web Consortium	C
WIPO	World Intellectual Property Organization	B
WMO	World Meteorological Organization	B
UNU/IIST	United Nations University International Institute for Software Technologies	C

1.6 Working Group Structure:

1.6.1 Working Group 2: Multiple-Octet Codes

Convener: Mr. Mike Ksar (USA) - Appointed: 1997-07

Secretariat :ANSI

Area of Work

To standardize multiple-octet codes.

Programme of Work

To develop further parts of ISO/IEC 10646
To maintain ISO/IEC 10646-1
To allocate additional graphic characters to the BMP and to other planes
To define control functions needed in a multiple-octet coding environment
To define, in liaison with WG 3, the implementation in a multiple-octet environment of the control functions of ISO/IEC 6429
To develop a coherent list of graphic character names
To develop a registration procedure for subrepertories of ISO/IEC 10646
To develop a TR on a Character/glyph model

Ideographic Rapporteur Group (IRG): Mr. Zhang Zhoucai (China) - Appointed 1999-03

1.6.2 Working Group 3: 7-bit and 8-bit codes and their extension

Convener: Mr. Evangelos Melagrakis (Greece) - Appointed: 1997-07

Secretariat: ELOT

Area of Work

To standardize 7-bit and 8-bit codes

Programme of Work

To align with ISO/IEC 10646-1 by revision of ISO/IEC 8859 and 10367
To revise ISO/IEC 6429 and ISO 7350 In co-operation with the Registration Authority for ISO 2375 and ISO/IEC 7350 to maintain the correspondence registration procedures
To maintain ISO/IEC 646, ISO/IEC 2022, ISO 2375, ISO/IEC 4873, ISO/IEC 6429, ISO/IEC 6937, ISO 7350, ISO/IEC 8859, ISO/IEC 9036, ISO/IEC 10367 and ISO/IEC 10538.
To liaise with WG 2, when assigning names to graphic characters and control functions
To revise ISO 1073-2

1.7 Project Editors:

Mr. Michael Everson	02.20.14, 02.04
Mr. Stefan Fuchs	02.20.08
Mr. Alan W. Griffee	02.15285
Mr. Edwin Hart	02.15285
Mr. Karl Ivar Larsson	02.26, 02.20.04 , 02.20.10
Mr. Alain LaBonté	02.20.15
Mr. Evangelos E. Melagrakis	02.20.07
Mr. Iwants Metra	02.20.13
Mr. J. Bruce Paterson	02.02, 02.20.01, 02.18.01and all its subprojects
Mr. Khaled Sherif	02.20.06, 02.19
Mr. Keld Simonsen	02.14.01/02
Mr. Michel Suignard	02.18.02
Mr. Surayuth Boonmatat	02.20.11
Mr. Johan W. van Wingen	02.16, 02.20.02, 02.20.03, 02.20.05, 02.20.11, 02.20.13, 02.22

1.8 Contributing Editors:

Mr. Michael Everson	02.18.01 and 02
Mr. Chen Zhuang	02.18.01 and 02
Mr. Keld Simonsen	02.18.01
Dr. Asmus Freytag	02.18.01
Dr. Ken Whistler	02.18.01

1.9 Liaison Representatives:

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22	Mr. Johan W. van Wingen
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32	Prof. Kohji Shibano
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35	Mr. Alain LaBonté
ISO/TC 46/SC 2	Mr. Michael Everson
CEN/TC304	Mr. Keld Simonsen Mr. Mike Ksar
GSE	Mr. Alain LaBonté
ISOC	Mr. Keld Simonsen
ITU-T/SG 8	Mr. Evangelos Melagrakis (interim)