From dave@rc.gc.ca Mon Jul 6 17:00:34 1998 Received: from blackhole.rc.gc.ca (blackhole.rc.gc.ca [205.150.42.41]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id RAA21607; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 17:00:31 +0200 Received: from hodgson.rc.gc.ca (hodgson.rc.gc.ca [142.136.252.250]) by blackhole with SMTP (DuhMail/2.0) id KAA14968; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 10:54:29 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: blackhole: Host hodgson.rc.gc.ca claimed to be hodgson.rc.gc.ca From: "D. J. Blackwood" X-Mailer: SCO System V Mail (version 3.2) To: iso14766@dkuug.dk Subject: Re: (SC22WG15.1287) progression of 14766 Cc: sc22wg15@dkuug.dk Date: Mon, 6 Jul 98 10:49:25 EDT Message-ID: <9807061049.aa22295@hodgson.rc.gc.ca> > I wrote some time ago: > > > Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 14:18:59 +0200 > > > > I have now completed my editing round on the comments from the Dallas > > meeting, so here is the resulting draft (WD3). Please submit comments to > > me or the list before 1998-06-26. > > > > The draft is also available in Word perfect 5.1 format (which can be > > read by microsoft Word and other packages) in the file > > http://www.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc22/wg15/iso14766/gnp3.wp > > Well, I have had no comments, so I will propose that we can progress > the document. I hereby propose to conduct a WG15 email ballot > to send the document for PDTR registration ballot. > > Kind regards > Keld Simonsen > Editor 14766. On a third attempt I was able to retrieve the document in a readable format. My comments follow: 1. Since the base document was a working draft of an IEEE PASC working group, it is inappropriate for ISO/IEC copyright to be claimed for it. 2. The entire document requires a major editorial review for correct English. In some cases the meaning is even obscured by the incorrect wording. 3. Section 2 references a paragraph that I am to provide, the source document for which is a draft IEEE standard. Intellectual property issues need to be resolved (see 1. above) before this can occur. 4. Section 10.1 references ISO/IEC 15897 which does not exist as an approved IS. 5. The draft does not contain all of the discussed changes from each of the last two working group meetings. Substantial work is required before this document can be progressed further. Dave -- D. J. Blackwood Manager, Internet Services Room 2169, 875 Heron Road Information Highway Initiatives Division Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L5 Revenue Canada Voice: 613 957-9305 Fax: 613 941-2257 Internet: dave@rc.gc.ca