JTC1/SC2/WG2 N2797

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 N 3737
DATE: 2004-06-03

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

DOC. TYPE

Secretariat Report

TITLE

Secretariat Report to the 13th Plenary Meeting of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2, Markham, Ontario, Canada, 2004-06-24/25

SOURCE

SC 2 Secretariat

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STATUS

For information and review at the 12th plenary meeting of SC 2 to be held in Markham, Ontario, Canada, 2004-06-24/25.

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P, O and L Members of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 ; ISO/IEC JTC 1 Secretariat; ISO/IEC ITTF

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Secretariat ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 - 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: +81-3-3431-6493; E-mail: kimura@itscj.ipsj.or.jp

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Secretariat Report to the 13th Plenary Meeting of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2,
Markham, Ontario, Canada, 2004-06-24/25

1. Administrative

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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.

1.3 Chairman
Professor Kohji Shibano
Information Processing Center,
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies,
Institute for the study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa,
3-11-1 Asahi-chou, Fuchuu,
Tokyo 183-8534

Tel:     +81-42-330-5648
Fax:    +81-42-330- 5610
Email: shibano@aa.tufs.ac.jp

1.4 Secretariat
JISC
Attn.: Toshiko Kimura
IPSJ/ITSCJ
Room 308-3, Kikai-shinko-kaikan
Minato-ku, Shiba-koen,
Tokyo 105-0011
Japan

Tel:    +81 3 3431 2808
Fax:   +81 3 3431 6493
Email: kimura@itscj.ipsj.or.jp

1.5 Membership

1.5.1  P - Members (32)
Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia and Montenegro, Singapore, Slovenia, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, USA

1.5.2  O -  Members (14)
Cuba, Czech Republic, Estonia, Ethiopia, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

1.5.3  L - Members
Internal Liaison (6)

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22	Programming languages, their environments and system 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 211	Geographic information/Geomatics

External Liaison (14)

CCSD	B	Consultative Committee on Space Data Systems
CEC	A	Commission of European Communities
CEN/TC304 (dormant)		European Localization Requirements
HK ITF	C	Hong Kong Information Technology Federation
IETF	A	Internet Engineering Task Force
ITU-T	A	International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication Standardization Sector
TCA	C	Taipei Computer Association
UNCTAD	A	United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNICODE	C	The Unicode Consortium
UNU/IIST	C	United Nations University International Institute for Software Technologies
U-ECE/WP4	A	United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
W3C	C	World Wide Web Consortium
WIPO	B	World Intellectual Property Organization
WMO	B	World Meteorological Organization

1.6 Working Group Structure:

1.6.1 Working Group 2: Multiple-Octet Codes

Convener:
Mr. Mike Ksar (Re-appointed : 2000-09)
Senior Program Manager
International Standards Strategy
Microsoft
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
USA

Tel: +1 425 707-6973
Fax: +1 425 936-7329
Email: mikeksar@microsoft.com
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)

Rapporteur:
Mr. Zhang, Zhoucai (Re-appointed 2002-12)
CCID, IRG No.14, 3/F, ZhiXinCun XiaoQu,
Haidian District
Beijing 100083
CHINA
Tel:  +8610 6232 2178  / +8610 6234 0198
Fax: +8610)6231 2924
Email: joezhg@public.bta.net.cn

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

Convener:
Mr. Evangelos Melagrakis (Re-appointed: 2000-09)
ELOT
Acharnon 313
GR-111 45 ATHENS
GREECE
Tel: +30 1 201 50 25
Fax: +30 1 292 59 17
Email: eem@elot.gr

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/Contributing Editors (active projects only):

02.14651		Mr. Alain LaBonté (acting, to be confirmed at 13th plenary)
02.10646	WG 2	Mr. Michel Suignard

1.8Contributing Editors (active projects only):

02.10646

WG 2

Mr. Chen, Zhuang  Mr. Michael Everson  Dr. Asmus Freytag  Dr. Ken Whistler  Mr. Zhang, Zhoucai  Ms. Wang, Xiaoming

1.9 Liaison Representatives:

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22	Mr. Mike Ksar
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32	Mr. Kohji Shibano
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35	Mr. Alain LaBonté
ISO/TC 46/SC 4	Mr. Michael Everson
CEN/TC 304	Mr. Michel Suignard
Unicode	Mr. Mike Ksar
W3C	Mr. Mike Ksar

2. Meetings

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SC 2 Plenary

Future meetings:

No.	Date	Place	Agenda
13	2004-06-24/25	Markham, Canada	3718
14	TBD	TBD	--

Past meetings:

No.	Date	Place	Agenda	Resolutions	Meeting Report
12	2002-12-12	Tokyo, Japan	3657	3668	3675
11	2001-10-18/19	Singapore, Singapore	3570	3574	--
10	2000-09-25/26	Athens, Greece	3490	3492	3521
9	1999-03-16/17	Fukuoka,  Japan	3260	3296	3324
8	1998-03-24/25	Redmond, Washington, USA	3073	3077	--
7	1997-07-08/09	Iraklion - Crete, Greece	2935	2940	3012
6	1996-08-20/21	Quebec, Canada	2735	2749	2756
5	1995-06-26/28	Helsinki, Finland	2583	2616	2635
4	1993-05-24/26	Athens, Greece	2428	2466	2468
3	1991-10-14/17	Rennes, France	2228	2296, 2297
2	1990-04-09/12	Washington DC, USA		2166

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WG 2

Future meetings:

No.	Date	Place	Agenda
45	2004-06-21/24	Markham, Canada	3717
46	2005-Late April or early May - (tentative),	China (tentative)
47	2006-April / May (tentative)	Europe (tentative)

Past meetings:

No.	Date	Place	Agenda	Resolutions	Meeting Report
44	2003-10-20/23	Mountain View, USA	3693	3701
43	2002-12-09/12	Tokyo, Japan	3634	3658	3691
42	2002-05-20/23	Dublin, Ireland	3593	3614	3644
41	2001-09-15/18	Singapore, Singapore	3551	3568	3607
40	2001-04-02/05	Mountain View, CA, USA	3508	3518	3547
39	2000-09-19/25	Athens, Greece	3448	3489	3517
38	2000-03-21/24	Beijing, China	3404	3442	3464
37	1999-09-20/24	Copenhagen, Denmark	3335	3357	3425
36	1999-03-09/15	Fukuoka, Japan	3238	3291	3352
35	1998-09-21/25	London, UK	3123	3175 Rev	3255
34	1998-03-16/20	Redmond, WA, U.S.A	3021	3073	3148
33	1997-06-30/07-04	Iraklion - Crete, Greece	2860	2927	3009
32	1997-01-20/24	Singapore, Singapore	WG 2 N 1465	2808	2872
31	1996-08-12/16	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada	WG 2 N 1387	2747	WG 2 N 1453
30	1996-04-22/26	Copenhagen, Denmark	WG 2 N 1327	2683	WG 2 N 1353
29	1995-11-06/10	Tokyo, Japan	WG 2 N 1245	2646	WG 2 N 1303
28	1995-06-26/28	Helsinki, Finland	WG 2 N 1211	2609	WG 2 N 1253
27	1995-04-03/07	Geneva, Switzerland		2577	WG 2 N 1203
26	1994-10-10/14	San Francisco, Calif. U.S.A.		2549	2559
25	1994-04-18/25	Antalya, Turkey		2536	WG 2 N 1203
24	1993-11-01/05	Washington, DC, U.S.A		2478	2504
23	1993-04-24/26	Athens, Greece	2416	2458	WG 2 N 903

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WG 3

Future meeting: None

Past meetings:

No.	Date	Place	Agenda	Resolutions	Meeting Report
16	2000-09-18/19	Athens, Greece	3460	3477
15	1999-09-16/17	Copenhagen, Denmark	3344	3379
14	1998-09-25	London, UK	3143	3176
13	1998-03-20, 23	Redmond, Washington, U.S.A	3026	3072
12	1997-07-04,07	Iraklion - Crete, Greece	2837	2933
11	1996-08-19	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada		2748	2757
10	1995-04-03/07	Helsinki, Finland		2608	2638
9	1994-10-07	California, USA
8	1994-04-22	Antalya, Turkey		2521	2522
7	1993-05-26	Athens, Greece	2427	2453	2489

3. ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 Programme of Work

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SC 2 Project # (JTC 1.02.)	Reference	TITLE	Project Editor	Current Stage	Target Date (Top)/ Actual Date (Bottom) *=completion
					WD	CD	FCD	FDIS	IS
SC 2
14651	ISO/IEC 14651: 2001	International string ordering and comparison -- Method for comparing character strings and description of the common template tailorable ordering		--	Published: 2001-02-15
14651.00.01	ISO/IEC 14651: 2001/ Amd 1	International string ordering and comparison -- Method for comparing character strings and description of the common template tailorable ordering -- Amedment 1		--	Published: 2002-07-15
14651.00.02	SC 2 N 3710	International string ordering and comparison -- Method for comparing character strings and description of the common template tailorable ordering -- Amendment 2	A. LaBonté (acting)	3	04-03*	04-03*
WG 2: Multiple-Octet Codes
10646	ISO/IEC 10646: 2003	Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS)	M. Suignard	--	Published: 2003-12-15
10646.00.01	SC 2 N 3714	Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character set (UCS) -- Amemdment 1: Glagolitic, Coptic, Georgian and other characters	M. Suignard	3	04-01*	04-05* 04-05*	04-11*	05-08*
15285	ISO/IEC TR 15285: 1998	An Operational Model for Characters and Glyphs [Technical Report Type 3]	A. Grifee E. Hart	-	Published: 1998-12-15
WG 3: 7-bit and 8-bit codes and their extension
01	ISO 646:1991	ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange	--	-	Published: 1991-12-01 (Third Edition)
02	ISO/IEC 2022: 1994	Character code Structure and extension techniques	--	-	Published: 1994-12-01 (Fourth Edition)
02.00.01	ISO/IEC 2022/  Cor.1: 1999	Character code Structure and extension techniques -- Technical Corrigendum 1		-	Published: 1999-04-15
04.00.00	ISO/IEC 2375: 2003	Procedure for registration of escape sequences	M. Everson	-	Published: 2003-02-15
08	ISO/IEC 4873: 1991	ISO 8-bit code for information interchange -- Structure and rules for implementation	--	-	Published: 1991-12-15
13	ISO/IEC 6429: 1992	Control functions for coded character sets	--	-	Published: 1992-12-15 (Third Edition)
14.01/02	ISO/IEC 6937: 2001	Code graphic character set for text communication	K.Simonsen	-	Published: 2001-12-15
14.03/04	ISO/IEC 10538: 1991	Control functions for text communication	--	-	Published: 1991-09-15
16	ISO/IEC 7350: 1991	Registration of repertories of graphic characters from ISO 10367	J. W. van Wingen	-	Published: 1991-12-15 (Second Edition)
19	ISO 9036: 1987	Arabic 7-bit coded character set for information interchange	K. Sherif	-	Published: 1987-04-15
20.01	ISO/IEC 8859-1: 1998	8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -- Part 1: Latin alphabet No.1		-	Published: 1998-04-15
20.02	ISO/IEC 8859-2: 1999	8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -- Part 2: Latin alphabet No. 2	J. W. van Wingen	-	Published: 1999-01-15
20.03	ISO/IEC 8859-3: 1999	8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -- Part 3: Latin alphabet No. 3	J. W. van Wingen	-	Published: 1999-01-15
20.04	ISO/IEC 8859-4: 1998	8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -- Part 4: Latin alphabet No. 4	K. I. Larsson	-	Published: 1998-07-01
20.05	ISO/IEC 8859-5: 1999	8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -- Part 5:  Latin/Cyrillic alphabet	J. W. van Wingen	-	Published: 1999-01-15
20.06	ISO/IEC 8859-6:1999	8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -- Part 6: Latin/Arabic alphabet	K. Sherif	-	Published: 1999-01-15
20.07	FDIS 8859-7	8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -- Part 7: Latin/Greek alphabet	E. Melagrakis	-	Published: 2003-10-15
20.08	ISO/IEC 8859-8: 1999	8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -- Part 8: Latin/Hebrew alphabet	S. Fuchs	-	Published: 1999-01-15
20.09	ISO/IEC 8859-9:1999)	8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -- Part 9: Latin alphabet No. 5	J. W. van Wingen	-	Published: 1999-01-15
20.10	ISO/IEC 8859-10: 1998	8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -- Part 10: Latin alphabet No. 6	K. I. Larsson	-	Published: 1998-07-15
20.11	ISO/IEC 8859-11: 2001	8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -- Part 11: Latin/Thai character set	S. Boonmatat J. W. van Wingen	-	Published: 2001-12-15
20.13	ISO/IEC 8859-13: 1998	8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -- Part 13: Latin alphabet No.7	I. Metra J. W. van Wingen	-	Published: 1998-10-15
20.14	ISO/IEC 8859-14: 1998	8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -- Part 14: Latin alphabet No.8 (Celtic)	M. Everson	-	Published: 1998-11-15
20.15	ISO/IEC 8859-15: 1999	8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -- Part 15: Latin alphabet N. 9	A. LaBonté	-	Published: 1999-03-15
20.16	ISO/IEC 8859-16: 2001	8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets -- Part 16: Latin alphabet N. 10	M. Everson	-	Published: 2001-07-15
22	ISO/IEC 10367: 1991	Standardized coded graphic character sets for use in 8-bit codes	--	-	Published: 1991-12-15
22.00.00.01.01	ISO/IEC 10367/ Cor. 1	Standardized coded graphic character sets for use in 8-bit codes -- Technical Corrigendum 1	J. W. van Wingen	-	Published: 2001-06-01
00962	ISO 962: 1974	Implementation of the 7- bit coded character set and its 7- bit and 8-bit extensions on 9- track 12,7 mm (0.5 in) magnetic tape	--	-	Published: 1974
01113	ISO 1113: 1979	Representation of the 7- bit coded character set on punched tape	--	-	Published: 1979
01154	ISO 1154: 1975	Punched paper tape -- Dimensions and location of feed holes and code holes	--	-	Published: 1975
01681	ISO 1681: 1973	Unpunched paper cards -- Specification	--	-	Published: 1973
02033	ISO 2023: 1983	Coding of machine readable characters (MICR and OCR)	--	-	Published: 1983
02047	ISO 2047: 1975	Graphical representations for the control characters of the 7- bit coded character set	--	-	Published: 1975
03275	ISO 3275: 1974	Implementation of the 7- bit coded character set and its 7- bit and 8-bit extensions on 3,81 mm magnetic cassette for data interchange	--	-	Published: 1974
06586	ISO 6586: 1980	Implementation of the ISO 7- bit and 8- bit coded character sets on punched cards	--	-	Published: 1980
06936	ISO 6936: 1988	Conversion between the two coded character sets of ISO 646 and ISO 6937-2 and the CCITT international telegraph alphabet No. 2 (ITA 2)	--	-	Published: 1988
05426	ISO 5426: 1983	Extension of the Latin alphabet coded character set for bibliographic information interchange	--	-	Published: 1983-11-01
05427	ISO 5427: 1984	Extension of the Cyrillic alphabet coded character set for bibliographic information interchange	--	-	Published: 1984-09-15
05428	ISO 5428: 1984	Greek alphabet coded character set for bibliographic information interchange	--	-	Published: 1984-11-01
06438	ISO 6438: 1983	Documentation - African coded character set for bibliographic information interchange	--	-	Published: 1983-08-01
06862	ISO 6862: 1996	Information and documentation -- Mathematical coded character set for bibliographical information interchange	--	-	Published: 1996-10-01
10585	ISO 10585: 1996	Information and documentation - Armenian alphabet coded character set for bibliographic information interchange	--	-	Published: 1996-12-15
10586	ISO 10586: 1996	Information and documentation - Georgian alphabet coded character set for bibliographic information interchange	--	-	Published: 1996-12-15
11822	ISO 11822: 1996	Information and documentation - Extension of the Arabic alphabet coded character set for bibliographic information interchange	--	-	Published: 1996-12-15

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Target Dates:WD: Introduction of the first edition of WD by editors, CD: Registration of the first CD/PDAM (and subsequent CDs/PDAMs), FCD: Registration of FCD/FPDAM, FDIS: Submission of text for FDIS/FDAM processing, IS: Publication

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Stages:0: A study period under way, 1: An NP is under consideration, 2: A WD is under consideration, 3: A CD/FCD is under consideration, 4: An FDIS is under consideration, 5: An IS is being prepared, -: Published

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