Draft Report for SC 34

[robert_weir at us.ibm.com]

Hi Alex, 

You currently have:

"The principal output of this work had been a draft NWIP (see SC 34 Nxxxx) 
proposing how Zip may be standardized as a multi-part International 
Standard."

I don't believe this is correct.  We're proposing not to standardize ZIP 
at all, but to standardize a "document container file".

Your draft also says:

"The essence of the proposal is that Part 1 of this Standard should 
describe the core Zip format..."

Again, the draft NWIP is explicit that we do not duplicate descriptions of 
any core ZIP format features. 


So I'd recommend something more like this (to replace your third 
paragraph):

-----------------------------------------------------------

The study group concluded that it was in the best interest of all 
concerned that the maintenance of the core ZIP technology remain with 
PKWARE and their "App Note" specification.  However, in order to ease the 
referencing of this technology from International Standards, and to 
standardize certain document-related conventions built on top of core ZIP, 
the study group is proposing a draft NWIP (see SC 34 Nxxxx). The essence 
of the proposal is that Part 1 of this multi-part standard should 
normatively reference the PKWARE "App Note" using a Referencing 
Explanatory Report (RER) mechanism as described in the JTC 1 Standing 
Document on normative referencing. PKWare, Inc. have indicated that they 
will be happy to work on revising their existing documents to maximise 
their suitability for this purpose.

-----------------------------------------------------------

I think my proposed language more accurately reflects what we've agreed 
on, and would lead to less confusion, e.g., with SC29 on the scope of work 
that we are proposing.

Alternatively, it would also be acceptable to me if we simply removed all 
editorializing from the report and stuck to the facts of when we met, 
etc., and pointed to the draft NWIP as the outcome.  That reduces the risk 
that the report and the NWIP express diverge intents.

Regards,

-Rob


sc34wg1study-bounces at vse.cz wrote on 01/28/2011 06:44:25 AM:

> 
> Dear all,
> 
> Please find below a draft of what I propose to send to SC 34 as a 
> convenor's report on the Zip study work. My intention is to keep it 
> brief and factual - but any thoughts, comments, suggestions for 
> improvement etc. gratefully received.
> 
> - Alex.
> 
> -------
> 
> At its plenary meeting in Tokyo on 2010-09-10, SC 34 initiated a 
> preliminary stage activity to investigate the basis on which the 
> "Zip" file format might be standardized.
> 
> The activity, taking place in SC 34/WG 1, has been progressed in 
> three meetings to date, two teleconference meetings (see SC 34 N 
> 1545 and N 1552), and during WG 1's face-to-face meeting in Beijing 
> on 2010-12-09. Additionally, discussions have taken place on a 
> mailing list[1] - which has 21 subscribers - and a Wiki page is live
> containing some further points of discussion[2].
> 
> The principal output of this work had been a draft NWIP (see SC 34 
> Nxxxx) proposing how Zip may be standardized as a multi-part 
> International Standard. The essence of the proposal is that Part 1 
> of this Standard should describe the core Zip format by normatively 
> referencing documentation (the "appnote") from PKWare, Inc. using a 
> Referencing Explanatory Report (RER) mechanism as described in the 
> JTC 1 Standing Document on normative referencing. PKWare, Inc. have 
> indicated that they will be happy to work on revising their existing
> documents to maximise their suitability for this purpose.
> 
> [1] http://mailman.vse.cz/pipermail/sc34wg1study/
> 
> [2] http://www.xmlopen.org/wg1-wiki/index.php/Zip_Study
> 
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