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Subject: Re: Fwd: CGM Profiles -- Input needed
Lofton,
These should be retained as technical reports. Standards should be
maintained only when used in the real world.
Bruce
Lofton Henderson wrote:
>
> CGM Open Members --
>
> I have assumed the role of liaison to ISO SC24, the ISO home committee of
> the CGM standard. This job was formerly held by John Gebhardt.
>
> I'd like to get opinions about the attached -- what do we feel about these
> ISO profiles? For background, they were developed following a workshop in
> the UK, which identified a small number of potentially useful standard
> profiles of CGM. One aligned roughly with the ATA/CALS tradition, another
> aligned roughly with PIP. In some sense, they were intended to be a family
> of alternate model profiles, which had functional richness targeted at
> certain typical application sectors (the real Model Profile is "maximally
> rich for any reasonable profile").
>
> They are, to my knowledge, not actually called out as a requirement by any
> application community.
>
> One possibility, which is not mentioned and which I have not investigated
> yet, would be to change their status to Technical Reports. Then they would
> not be standards per se (as they are now -- ISP, International Standardized
> Profile), but would continue to exist in ISO for reference purposes.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Regards,
> Lofton.
>
> >Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 20:53:05 -0400
> >From: jean stride <100434.3031@compuserve.com>
> >Subject: CGM Profiles
> >Sender: jean stride <100434.3031@compuserve.com>
> >To: Lofton Henderson <lofton@rockynet.com>
> >X-RCPT-TO: <lofton@rockynet.com>
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >Do you remember being involved with the work led by
> >Anne Mumford in the developing of CGM Profiles
> >(ISO/IEC ISP 12071 Parts 1 - 4) developed in JTC 1-SGFS
> >
> >They are up for 5yr review and we need to make some recommendations
> >on whether to confirm, withdraw or revise - can you help ??
> >Jean
>
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