ISO/IEC JTC 1 N 3413
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                      Version 1.0
                                                February 13, 1995

                                                                 

                                                                 

                                                                 

                                                                 

JTC1's




ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT FORMATTING



GUIDELINES






                                
                        TABLE OF CONTENT
                                
1. Scope                                                                3
2. Media                                                                3
3. Formatting and Filing System                                         3
4. File Format                                                          3
5. Document Format                                                      3
6. Usage of Compression Utilities                                       4
7. Direct Electronic Distribution                                       4
8. Packaging                                                            4

1. Scope

The purpose of this document is to define the electronic
formatting practices that will be used by ISO/IEC/JTC1 and its
subsidiary bodies for the distribution of documents.


2. Media

3 1/2 "  high density (1.44 MB) diskettes medias shall be used
for distribution.


3. Formatting and Filing System

The media formatting and filing system used shall be compatible
with the DOS 5.0 and higher operating system.


4. File Format

For distribution and archiving purpose, the RTF (Rich Text
Format) format should be used as the format of choice.  The
following file formats are also acceptable:

          MSWord version 2.0 or later.
          WordPerfect version 5.1 or later.
For documents embedding graphics, the graphics shall be editable
by the MS DOS or MS Window edition of a wordprocessor or editor
functionally compatible with the above file format.


5. Document Format

Document shall be formatted to be, once printed, as per
appropriate ISO guidelines such as Directive 3.


6. Usage of Compression Utilities

Under investigation.


7. Direct Electronic Distribution

Under investigation


8. Packaging

All mailing of documents on electronic media shall follow the
following :

     ·    All diskettes shall be in a rigid or suitable padded
       envelope.
     ·    All diskettes shall be clearly labelled with the following
       information:
       ·    sequentially numbered  "x of y" where "x" is the number of
          the diskette and "y" is the total number diskette in the mailing.
       ·    the origin (JTC1, SC or WG) of the mailing.
       ·    the date of the mailing.
          
     ·    the first diskette shall have a ISO 646:IRV 7 bit ASCII text
       file named "readme.txt" describing the content of the diskette
       set as per the following:
       ·    file name & suffix
       ·    location (diskette number)
·    document number
·    document title
       ·    word processor and version
       ·    file creation date
          
     ·    all files name shall be as per the following convention:
       file name: eight characters mnemonic using the format
                YYNXXXX
                where YY is the originating body (e.g., J1 for
                         JTC1, 7 for SC7, etc.) and
                NXXXX is the document 'N' number.
                         
       suffix: three characters or less
                text files:         .txt
                MS Word: .doc
                WordPerfect:        .wp
                TTCN.MP  .mp