KLENSIN@INFOODS.MIT.EDU (John C Klensin) (05/16/91)
Information Technology Announcements from ANSI Standards Action Vol 22, No. 7 April 5, 1991 Ordering information for particular documents and general information appears at the end of this digest. Call for Comments (public review), Comment Deadline May 21, 1991. ------------------------------ DRAFT INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ISO/IEC JTC1, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Dates shown are the deadlines for comments to ANSI. ISO/IEC JTC 1, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ISO/IEC DIS 8859-10, Information technology--8-bit single- byte coded graphic character sets -- Part 10: Latin alphabet No. 6 -- June 21, 1991, $18.00 lSO/IEC DIS 8882-1.2, lnformation technology -- X.25 DTE Conformance Testing -- Part 1: General principles -- May 7, 1991, $11.00 ISO/IEC DIS 1O168-4, Information technology -- Open Systems Interconnection -- Conformance test suite for the session protocol -- Part 4: Test management protocol specification -- July 7, 1991, $14.00 ISO/IEC DIS 1O179, lnformation technology -- Test and office systems -- Document Style Semantics and Specification Language (DSSSL) -- June 28, 1991, $58.OO ISO/IEC DIS 1 O994, Information technology -- Data interchange on 90 mm flexible disk cartridges using MFM recording at 31 831 ftprad on 80 tracks on each side -- ISO type 303 -- June 21, 1991, $41.00 ISO/IEC DIS 11319, lnformation technology -- 8 mm wide magnetic tape cartridge for information interchange -- Helical scan recording -- June 21, 1991, $62.O0 ISO/IEC DIS 11321, Information technology -- 3,81 mm wide magnetic tape cartridge for information interchange -- Helical scan recording -- Data/Dat format -- June 21, 1991, $69.00 ------------------------------ Ground rules and boilerplate: The information above is provided for the information and use of ACM members. The information is obtained from the issue of ANSI Standards Action designated. The intent is to include announcements that are likely to be of interest to the ACM membership. For a given draft standard or other reference, all information provided in Standards Action is given. This listing will include, insofar as possible, relevant solicitations of comments (announcements of availability for public review). As time and resources permit, it will also include announcements of newly published Standards, final action on Standards, and other relevant announcements including, eventually, notification of relevant new project initiations. While a reasonable effort is applied to ensure the accuracy of the listings, omission of important material is possible and typographic errors are likely, so appropriate caution should be used. The ANSI public comment process solicits comments "to ensure that the views of all interested parties have been given full consideration." If you choose to order and review a draft document, your response should "specify whether you approve of disapprove of the proposal as an American National Standard. If you provide technical comments with your approval, indicate whether approval is contingent upon considering them for inclusion (1) in the current proposal or (2) in future revisions of the current proposal. If you disapprove, give your reasons." Draft documents are not, in general, available from the source indicated after the closing date for comments. Comments should be addressed to the person or organization, with copies to the ANSI Board of Standards Review (BSR), 1430 Broadway, NY, NY 10018. Comments on draft ISO, IEC, or ISO/IEC Draft International Standards should be addressed, in the USA, to Gary W. Kushnier, Vice President, Standards Technology, at ANSI headquarters (address above). These comments should be made considerably before the date given if you expect them to have any impact. Outside the US, comments on these documents should be addressed to the relevant national ISO Member Body. ANSI Standards may be obtained from the ANSI Sales Department, 11 West 42nd Street, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10036. ISO and IEC drafts and final Standards may be obtained from the International Sales Department, ANSI, 11 West 42nd Street, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10036. Place separate orders for ISO and IEC Draft Standards. Order BSR proposals and newly published ANSI and ISO and IEC Standards separately. Readers outside the US are likely to be able to obtain ISO and IEC materials more efficiently through their own ISO Member Bodies. In only extremely rare cases (which will be noted if known) are these documents available for electronic distribution.