ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34N0491

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ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34

Information Technology --
Document Description and Processing Languages

TITLE: Summary of Voting - PDAM2 to ISO/IEC 10179, Document Style Semantics and Specification Language (DSSSL)
SOURCE: SC34 Secretariat
PROJECT: 10179:1996/PDAM2: Information technology -- Processing languages -- Document Style Semantics and Specification Language (DSSSL) -- Amendment 2: Extensions to DSSSL
PROJECT EDITOR: Mr. Takashige Noguchi
STATUS: Voting summary
ACTION: According to the JTC 1 Directives, the ballot passes; the editors and all national bodies are directed to consider all of the comments
DATE: 2004-03-28
DISTRIBUTION: SC34 and Liaisons
REFER TO: N0469 - 2003-12-07 - PDAM2 to ISO/IEC 10179, Document Style Semantics and Specification Language (DSSSL)N0480 - 2003-12-12 - Ballot due 2004-03-12 - PDAM2 to ISO/IEC 10179, Document Style Semantics and Specification Language (DSSSL)
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P-Member APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT AS PRESENTED APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT WITH COMMENTS AS GIVEN ON THE ATTACHED DISAPPROVAL OF THE DRAFT FOR REASONS ON THE ATTACHED Acceptance of these reasons and appropriate changes in the text will change our vote to approval ABSTENTION (For Reasons Below) NO RESPONSE
Canada X     
China X     
Italy X     
Japan  X (editorial)    
Korea, Republic of X     
Netherlands X     
Norway X     
United Kingdom   X   
United States      X

Japan's Comments (editorial)

(1) The format should be harmonized with that of ISO/IEC 10179:1996.

(2) Clarify the locations within ISO/IEC 10179, where the specifications defined in the Amendment are added.


UK's Comments (disapproval)

The UK have returned a DISAPPROVAL vote on the text contained in Document No: 34N0469 because the proposed amendments are not expressed in sufficiently comprehensible English to be properly understood.

The UK recommends that the document is not progressed further until the text has been edited by an expert whose natural language is English.