From martin@ocfmail.ocf.llnl.gov Tue Feb 21 04:32:25 1995 Received: from ocfmail.ocf.llnl.gov by dkuug.dk with SMTP id AA26044 (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4j for ); Tue, 21 Feb 1995 21:32:30 +0100 Received: by ocfmail.ocf.llnl.gov (4.1/SMI-4.0) id AA10548; Tue, 21 Feb 95 12:32:25 PST Date: Tue, 21 Feb 95 12:32:25 PST From: martin@ocfmail.ocf.llnl.gov (Jeanne T Martin) Message-Id: <9502212032.AA10548@ocfmail.ocf.llnl.gov> To: SC22WG5@dkuug.dk Subject: Document Form X-Charset: ASCII X-Char-Esc: 29 There are some new JTC1 document guidelines that go into effect Mar. 1. See attached from the SC22 Secretariat: Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 13:04:19 -0500 (EST) From: "william c. rinehuls" To: SC22@dkuug.dk, keld@dkuug.dk Subject: (SC22.729) JTC 1's Electronic Document Formatting I just received the following Guidelines for JTC 1's Electronic Document Formatting which are supposed to go into effect March 1, 1995. It will apply to all DISs forwarded to ITTF. Since it was very late arriving, I am e-mailing this to all of you. A formal transmission, with other backup documentation will be included in the next SC22 mailing as SC22 N 1793. All DISs submitted to the SC22 Secretariat should include a paper copy of the DIS. Similarly, any other documentation forwarded to the SC22 Secretariat via diskette in accordance with these guidlines should also include a paper copy. _______ "1. SCOPE The purpose of this document is to define the electronic formatting practices that will be used by ISO/IEC/JTC 1 and its subsidiary bodies for the distribution of documents. 2. MEDIA 3 1/2" high density (1.44 MB) diskettes medias shall be used for distribution. 3. FORMATTING AND FILING SYSTEM The media formatting and filing system used shall be compatible with the DOS 5.0 and higher operating system. 4. FILE FORMAT For distribution and archiving purpose, the RFT (Rich Text Format) should be used as the format of choice. The following file formats are also acceptable: - MSWord version 2.0 or later. - Wordperfect version 5.1 or later. For documents embedding graphics, the graphics shall be editable by the MS DOS or MS Window edition of a wordprocessor or editor funtionally compatible with the above file format. 5. DOCUMENT FORMAT Document shall be formatted to be, once printed, as per appropriate ISO guidelines such as Directive 3. 6. USAGE OF COMPRESSION UTILITIES Under investigation. 7. DIRECT ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION Under investigation. 8. PACKAGING All mailing of documents on electronic media shall follow the following: - All diskettes shall be in a rigid or suitable padded envelope. - All diskettes shall be clearly labelled with the following information: - sequentially numbered "x of y" where "x" is the number of the diskette and "y" is the total number of diskette in the mailing. - the origin (JTC 1, SC or WG) of the mailing. - The date of the mailing - The first diskette shall have a ISO 646:IRV 7 bit ASCII text file named "readme.txt" describing the content of the diskette set as per the following: - file name and suffix - location (diskette number) - document number - document title - word processor and version - file creation date - All files name shall be as per the following convention: - file name: eight characters mnemonic using the format YYNXXXX where YY is the originating body (e.g., J1 for JTC 1 7 for SC7, etc.,) and NXXXX is the document "N" number. - Suffix: three characters or less text files: .txt MS Word: .doc Wordperfect: .wp TTCN.MP .mp " _______ Best Regards Bill Rinehuls Secretariat, JTC 1/SC22