var@iris.brown.edu (Victor A. Riley) (07/18/90)
NOTICE: Due to a mixup, the original meeting's notice was mailed
out rather than the notice of this adjournment (extension) of
that meeting. THIS IS THE CORRECT NOTICE!
X3V1.8M MUSIC IN INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS (MIPS) COMMITTEE
operating under the rules and procedures of the
American National Standards Institute
X3V1.8M Secretariat:
c/o Larry Austin, President
The Computer Music Association
P. O. Box 1634
San Francisco, California 94101-1634 USA
MEETING NOTICE DRAFT AGENDA - Adjournment of THIRTEENTH MEETING
MEETING NOTICE:
Meeting times:
Tuesday, July 24, 1990, 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM.
Wednesday, July 25, 1990, 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday, July 26, 1990, 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM.
Friday, July 27, 1990, 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM.
Meeting Host:
Graphic Communications Association, Marion
Elledge, Director, Information Technologies
Meeting Location:
Graphic Communications Association
1730 North Lynn Street
Suite 604
Arlington, Virginia 22209-2085
703/841-8160 (fax 703/841-8178)
WRITTEN CONTRIBUTIONS
There is no mailing of papers accompanying this
announcement, since this is merely an extension of the
June 11-14 meeting. However, if you wish your paper(s)
to be distributed at the meeting, please send them to
Vice-chairman Steven R. Newcomb before July 15, 1990.
His address is: Center for Music Research, School of
Music, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
32306-2098 USA. In any case, your paper will be
included in the next regular mailing.
A new version of portions of X3V1.8M/SD-7, the Journal
of Development for the HyTime Hypermedia/Time-based
Document Representation Language, will be distributed
and reviewed at the meeting. This new version will
reflect the work done at the June 11-14 meeting on
hyperlinks, etc.
ABOUT OUR HOST, THE GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION (GCA)
The Graphic Communications Association organizes
several conferences each year intended to inform and
serve the needs of the entire community of publishers
and the systems makers who serve them. The GCA is
particularly interested in promoting the development of
powerful standards for the representation of various
kinds of documents, including both musical and hyper-
media documents.
NOTES TO NEW PARTICIPANTS/OBSERVERS:
1. Prospective members and observers are welcome at
any time to participate in the current technical
work of the committee. (You can be most effective
in conveying your viewpoint if you can present it
in the context of the current work -- in other
words, please be familiar with X3V1.8M/SD-6, SD-7
and SD-8. If you don't have these, they can be
obtained for a nominal charge from the X3V1.8M
Secretariat.) New participants are also urged to
obtain and read ISO 8879 (Standard Generalized
Markup Language). ISO 8879 is not obtainable from
the committee's secretariat; it can be obtained
from Graphic Communications Association, 1730
North Lynn Street, Suite 604, Arlington, Virginia
22209-2085, for $67.50 (156 pp.). You should also
obtain International Standard ISO 8879:1986/Amend-
ment 1 from the same organization.
2. As usual, a portion of the second day's meeting
(Wednesday) has been set aside for persons who
wish to address the committee on topics of their
own choosing, relating to the subject matter or
methodology of the committee's work.
3. New participants are asked (but not required) to
inform Charles Goldfarb (c/o Debbie Perez, IBM
Almaden Research Center, 408/927-2577) or Steve
Newcomb (Florida State University Center for Music
Research, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2098, 904/644-
5786) if they plan to attend.
DRAFT AGENDA:
Tuesday
Administrative matters, including: Opening, Appro-
val of Agenda, Attendance (including introduction
of new participants). Schedule for Fourteenth
meeting, now tentatively scheduled at IBM Almaden
Research Center, San Jose, CA., November 12 - 16
(adjournment at 1:00 pm on the 16th), 1990.
Technical work will include a review of the
changes to SD-7, particularly clause 7 (hyper-
links), made at the June 11-14 meeting.
Wednesday
Development of an operating model of a HyTime
implementation. HyTime engines and their rela-
tionship to SGML parsers, etc.
Thursday
Operating model of HyTime implementation, contin-
ued.
Friday
Operating model of HyTime implementation, contin-
ued.