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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>As you know, the SC 34 and SC 34/WG4 websites have been down for quite some time. As a result, on the recent SC 34/WG4 teleconference, I took an action item to try to find out if the WG4 site will be available any time soon. Or should WG4 be making plans for an alternate host?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'>As you may recall, the Ecma site <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://members.ecma-international.org/"><span style='color:blue'>https://members.ecma-international.org/</span></a> </span>used to be the official document site for SC 34/WG4, but several years ago, WG4 started its own site, and I maintained the Ecma site for Ecma’s TC45 committee members. That site is up to date to document N 260, and the four documents since then should be posted there in the next 24 hours. As such, Ecma's SC34-WG4 site is currently the only source for WG4 committee documents.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you ever accessed that site, you’ll have been assigned a unique user-ID/password. If you’ve lost that information or never had it, please email me a request to get you one assigned. Please supply your name, email address, National Body or Liaison name, and organization affiliation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Note that the main reason WG4 moved its official site away from Ecma was that the Ecma site does not support an open-to-the-public option. So if WG4 still wants that option, the Ecma site is not a long-term solution.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>BTW, the SC 34 Secretariat has moved the SC 34 site to ISO’s LiveLink, and she has been under pressure from ISO for some time to do so. ISO also hinted that WGs should also consider moving to LiveLink. As part of a separate project, I was asked by the JTC 1 chair to look into this and I did. In my recent report to ISO (based on feedback from SCs and their WGs), I reported major opposition by WGs in moving to LiveLink, so long as various National Bodies insist on denying their own delegates direct access to their own committee documents! Bottom line, I very much discourage WG4 from moving to LiveLink. Doing so would mean that WG4 officers would lose control of their own site especially with regard to who can access its documents.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rex<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>