ISO/IEC JTC1/SC18/WG8 **N1062**

**Title:**

Recommendations of the WG8 Plenary, Bath, UK, 2╙8 May 1990

**Source:**

WG8

**Project:**

All WG8 projects

**Status of document:**

WG8 approved recommendations

**Date:**

8 May 1990

**Distribution:**

WG8 and liaisons

**Recommendations of the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC18/WG8 Plenary**

**Bath, United Kingdom, 8 May 1990**

Recommendation 1: Model

WG8 requests permission to distribute a text of its model for
registration and SC18 ballot as a Proposed Draft Technical Report.

Recommendation 2: DSSSL, editor\'s text

WG8 accepts N1002 as editing instructions for DP 10179 and instructs the
editors to produce a new editor\'s draft for the Galway meeting.

Recommendation 3: DSSSL, future progress

WG8 requests permission, on successful resolution of comments on DP
10179, to distribute a revised text of DP 10179 for DIS ballot before
the 1991 SC18 Plenary. In the interim WG8 will determine whether a
second DP ballot is needed.

Recommendation 4: Standard Page Description Language, editors\' text

WG8 accepts N1088 as editing instructions for the current editors\'
draft of DP 10180 and instructs the editors to produce a new editors\'
draft for the Galway meeting.

Recommendation 5: Standard Page Description Language, future progress

WG8 requests permission, on successful resolution of comments, to
distribute a revised text of DP 10179 for DIS ballot before the 1991
SC18 Plenary.

Recommendation 6: Portions of SC18 N2151 (pertaining to project
JTC1.18.15.7.2, extensions to TR 9573)

WG8 accepts N1096 as the dispostion of comments on the parts of SC18
N2151 (WG8 N1067) which pertain to WG8 project JTC1.18.15.7.2,
extensions to TR 9573. WG8 recommends that the multipart structure
proposed in N2151 be adopted and that work be progressed on the basis.

Recommendation 7: SMDL/HyTime drafts

WG8 forwards N1077, the current text of HyTime, and 1078, the current
text of SMDL, to the SC18 Secretariat to be distributed for comment in
SC18. If the work item for this project is approved, WG8 authorizes the
editor to prepare a Disposition of Comments for each and to submit the
revised texts to the SC18 Secretariat for DP registration and ballot.

Recommendation 8: DTR 10037, Guidelines for SGML Syntax-directed Editing
Systems

WG 8 accepts document N1098 as the Disposition of Comments on DTR 10037
and authorizes the Project Editor to prepare a final text for
publication. WG 8 also authorizes the Project Editor to dispose of the
UK editorial comments.

Recommendation 9, User Requirements for SGML-B

WG8 approves N1103 as revised User Requirements for SGML-B and forwards
them to WG1 for comments.

Recommendation 10: Editing instructions on 9541-3

WG8 approves N1090 as editing instructions for for 9541-3 and authorizes
the editor to submit the resulting revised text to the SC18 Secretariat
for DP registration and ballot. WG8 further recommends that upon
successful disposition of comments on the DP ballot, the editor be
authorized to prepare another text to be submitted for DIS ballot.

Recommendation 11: Font Services

WG8 recommends that N1100 be distributed for comment in WG8, with
comments to be received by Jim Flowers, the contributor, before the
Galway meeting.

Recommendation 12: Liaison statements

WG8 accepts the following liaison statements and forwards them to the
appropriate bodies (through the SC18 Secretariat, as appropriate):

N1087 SC24/WG3 On 9541 and CGM

N1089 ECMA TC29 On SPDL and ODA Colour

N1091 WG1 On User Requirments for SPDL

N1092 Japanese NB Response to comments on SPDL

N1095 SC18 On structured names

N1099 U.S. NB Response to contibution on DPI in SPDL

N1101 Japanese NB Response to comments on DSSSL

N1104 SC24/WG3 On comments on WG8 N1047

N1105 to SC24 On SPDL and CGM

Recommendation 13: Programme of work

WG8 accepts N1061 as a statement of its Programme of Work, including
target dates, assignment of editors and liaisons, and schedule of future
meetings.

Recommendation 14: Thanks to the hosts for the meeting

WG8 thanks Paul Ellison, with the financial assistance of the SEMA
Group, for hosting the Bath meeting. WG8 further gives special thanks to
the University of Bath for preparing the facilities and to Lisa Cushney,
Anne Johnston, and Elizabeth Giles for assistance in the WG8 office.