Re: [chairs] OASIS given liaison membership at JTC1 SC34

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com>]

At 2002-01-30 15:18 -0500, Karl F. Best wrote:
>I have very good news to announce. ISO/IEC JTC1 SC34 has granted OASIS a
>Category A Liaison membership in that committee. (See
>http://www.y12.doe.gov/sgml/sc34/document/0291.htm for the official
>decision.) This means that representatives from OASIS can work with SC34
>in doing their technical work, which is document description and
>processing languages including SGML, Topic Maps, HyTime, etc.

I'm glad to hear this, Karl, because against my recommendation Canada voted 
for a Category "C" Liaison membership.

>Ken or James: could you add a few words here about what SC34 is up to
>these days?

The work of SC 34/WG 2 is fonts and presentation, where DSSSL is very 
active in the Orient.

The work of SC 34/WG 3 is linking and relationships, where Topic Maps are 
very active ... many SC 34 members are in the OASIS Topic Maps Member Section.

The newest project in SC 34/WG 1 is DSDL (Document Schema Definition 
Language) ISO 19757, where James is providing technical direction and I'm 
trying my first hand at project editing.  This is a framework bringing 
together validation and modeling standards including RELAX-NG, Schematron, 
DTDs and W3C XML Schema.

That's the two-bit overview ...

................ Ken


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