RE: [africa] [OT] Draft for a complementary international keyboard layout (ISO/IEC 9995-3)

From: Erkki I. Kolehmainen (eik@iki.fi)
Date: Tue Mar 18 2008 - 11:17:00 CST

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    Peter, two points:

    1) The CEN/ISSS MEEK (Functional Extensions to European Keyboard Layouts)
    Workshop will NOT define any pan-European keyboard layout standard.
    2) The voluntary project team for MEEK has not been formally set up, but Mr.
    Pentzlin is likely to be a PT member. Indeed, the last thing we need is the
    multiplicity you refer to.

    Regards, Erkki

    Erkki I. Kolehmainen
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    -----Alkuperäinen viesti-----
    Lähettäjä: Peter Constable [mailto:petercon@microsoft.com]
    Lähetetty: 18. maaliskuuta 2008 18:22
    Vastaanottaja: Karl Pentzlin; Erkki I. Kolehmainen; unicode@unicode.org
    Aihe: RE: [africa] [OT] Draft for a complementary international keyboard
    layout (ISO/IEC 9995-3)

    So, how does this project relate to what appear to me to be similar CEN
    projects, such as work that Erkki has been doing? (The last thing we need it
    a multiplicity of pan-European keyboard-layout standards.)

    Peter

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: africa-bounce@unicode.org [mailto:africa-bounce@unicode.org] On
    > Behalf Of Karl Pentzlin
    > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 2:58 AM
    > To: 'Unicode List'; africa@unicode.org
    > Cc: Uhlherr, Martin
    > Subject: [africa] [OT] Draft for a complementary international
    > keyboard layout (ISO/IEC 9995-3)
    >
    > As a member of DIN NA 043-01-35-01 GAK, a German group related to
    > ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35/WG 1, I am concerned with the ISO/IEC 9995
    > standard, Keyboard layouts for text and office systems.
    >
    > I have compiled an early draft for a possible new version of ISO/IEC
    > 9995-3 (Keyboard layouts for text and office systems – Part 3:
    > Complementary layouts of the alphanumeric zone of the alphanumeric
    > section). This work may eventually become an official German position.
    >
    > This draft (which is still "work in progress") is found at:
    > http://www.europatastatur.de/material/ISO-IEC-9995-3-alternative-draft
    > -
    > 3.pdf
    >
    > All comments are welcome.
    >
    > One of the goals of the work is to enable the input of the characters
    > of all current languages which use the Latin script. Thus, references
    > to characters missing in the draft are appreciated especially.
    >
    > - Karl Pentzlin
    >
    >

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