SC22/WG20 N951
From:
Matthew Deane [[email protected]]
Sent:
Friday, May 31, 2002 2:57 PM
Subject: Late UK Comments on DTR 14652
Dear
Arnold and Keld,
Please
see the message below from the UK National Body regarding their vote
on DTR
14652. I think that it makes sense to
include these comments during
your
discussions at the WG 20 meeting, as well as in the disposition of
comments
report. You can include a note in the
disposition of comments
indicating
that these comments were received after the JTC 1 ballot closed,
but
were reviewed by WG 20 at the request of the SC 22 Secretariat.
If you
have any questions, let me know.
Thanks,
Matt
-----Original
Message-----
From:
David Keech [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent:
Thursday, May 30, 2002 4:35 AM
Subject:
UK Position in respect o J1N6721
Dear
Lisa
Position
in respect of the UK's vote of ABSTENTION on:
J1N6721
90-Day Letter Ballot: ISO/IEC DTR 14652 - Functionality for
Internationalization
Specification Method for Cultural Conventions
Due to
unfortunate circumstances, the UK's position in respect of this
ballot
was not received by us at BSI until after the ballot closed on 24
May 2002.
The
UK's position is that we would have voted 'NO' in the ballot.
The
reasons for our negative position are:
(i) The
UK believes that comments submitted at previous stages of the
development
of this standard have not been dealt with to the UK's
satisfaction.
(ii)
The phrasing of the Technical Report remains as if it were a
putative
standard, and would be very confusing to readers who did not
understand
the significance of the Type classification of Technical
Report
(iii)
The purpose of the standard and its value to the wider community
of
users of standards is not clear.
Once
again, we regret that we were unable to submit this position to
the
formal time scale and offer our apologies. The UK would be grateful
the
above position could be passed on to SC22 for consideration.
Regards
David
Keech
BSI
DISC (UK ref: 02/640821)
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