ISO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION -------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) -------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 N 1265 Date: 1995-09-26 TITLE: Report on Letter Ballot of PDAM5 to ISO/IEC 10646-1 (Hangul): Proposed Disposition of Comments from National Bodies SOURCE: Bruce Paterson, Project Editor STATUS: Project Editor's Draft ACTION: For review by WG2 DISTRIBUTION: Members of JTC1/SC2/WG2 Responses to the letter ballot on PDAM5 appear in document JTC1/SC2 N 2623. National bodies that submitted comments are listed below in alphabetical order. Where a national body has submitted a Negative vote the indication (N) appears after its name in the list below. Canada (N) (Principal comment) - WG2 to decide. Notes. 1. If the comment is accepted then the text of the pDAM will be revised accordingly. Sections A, B, & C will be merged into a single section, and the two introductory paragraphs will be deleted, as shown on the pages attached herewith. Minor clarifications will be added to the conformance clauses (2.2 and 2.3). 2. The practical consequence of accepting the comment will be as follows: A CC-data-element will be able to include Hangul characters that are coded: - either as specified in ISO/IEC 10646 1st Edition, - or as specified in Amendment no.5, - but not both. Devices (implementations) will be able to support Hangul characters: - either as specified in ISO/IEC 10646 1st Edition, - or as specified in Amendment no.5, - or both, if the two different encodings are in separate CC-data-elements, and a method is provided for distinguishing between these two types of CC-data-element, e.g. by user- controlled switching of the device and/or by identifiers in the interchange protocol. Any statements of conformance must clearly indicate which of these cases is applicable. (Additional comments) - Accepted in principle. The appropriate paragraphs in clauses 2.2 and 2.3 will be slightly extended to indicate that the Edition number of ISO/IEC 10646, or the highest current Amendment number, should be mentioned in any statement of conformance. The exact wording of the statement will depend on the form in which DAM 5 will be published by ITTF (which is not yet known). However the date when a new Edition, or Amendment, applies to implementations is a matter for private agreement between the interchange parties. China (N) 1. WG2 to decide. Note. Some annotation could perhaps be added to the new Annex "Additional information on characters" to indicate those Hangul syllables that are not in common use. 2. Not accepted. The comment is contrary to the principles on which the pDAM is based. 3. WG2 to decide. Note. The comment will be resolved if the comment from Canada (and other NBs) is accepted. Ireland (N) - WG2 to decide. Japan (N) Procedures and general principle G-1 WG2 to decide whether action by the SC2 Secretariat is required. G-2 WG2 to decide. Note. The comment will be resolved if the comment from Canada (and other NBs) is accepted. G-3 WG2 to decide. G-4 WG2 to decide. G-5 WG2 to decide. See also comment T-3 below. Technical T-1 WG2 to decide. T-2 WG2 to decide. Note. If the comment from Canada (and other NBs) is accepted, then the existing HANGUL block will be deleted, and a change of name is no longer required. WG2 must decide whether the name of the new Hangul block should be the same or different. If a different name is required then the name HANGUL EXTENDED may be apropriate. T-3 WG2 to decide. Also see comment from Ireland. T-4 WG2 to decide. If accepted, an action must be placed for preparation of the proposed new Annex. T-5 WG2 to decide. If accepted, an action must be placed for preparation of the proposed new Annex. Editorial E-1 Accepted in principle. Figure 3 will be included in the text for the next ballot (DAM). E-2 Accepted. E-3 Accepted in principle. Final tables will be included in the text for the next ballot (DAM). Singapore (N) - (same as for comment from Canada) U.S.A. - (same as for comment from Canada) * * * Proposed Draft Amendment No.5 to ISO/IEC 10646-1 [Revised text for review by SC2/WG2 - September 1995] Page 1, Clause 2 In 2.2, line 3, insert " this edition of " before " ISO/IEC 10646". In 2.3, line 1, insert " this edition of " before " ISO/IEC 10646". Page 8, Clause 12 After the NOTE add a new note as follows: In Amendment no. 5 [or 2nd edition] of ISO/IEC 10646 the coding allocation of the HANGUL character collection was changed. This was due to an exceptional circumstance, arising from a major revision in the corresponding Korean national standard shortly after the final text of the First edition of ISO/IEC 10646 was agreed. It is not intended to be regarded as a precedent for other changes of allocation in future editions of ISO/IEC 10646. Page 12, Clause 19 (a) In the list of Block names delete the following entries: HANGUL 3400 - 3D2D HANGUL SUPPLEMENTARY-A 3D2E - 44B7 HANGUL SUPPLEMENTARY-B 44B8 - 4DFF (b) In the list of Block names, after the entry CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPHS insert new entry as follows: HANGUL AC00 - D7A3 Page 14, Clause 25 At the end of paragraph 1 replace pages by pages and in Amendment No. 5 Page 15, Figure 3 (a) Replace the following three blocks: Row-octet 34 to 3D Hangul 3E to 44 Hangul Supplementary-A 45 to 4D Hangul Supplementary-B by a single block consisting of a cross-hatched background with no text. In the left-hand margin delete Row-octet numbers 3D, 3E, 44, & 45. (b) Divide the block identified as Row-octet A0 to DF into three separate blocks, by inserting two horizontal lines across the full width of the Figure. In the central block so created insert the words Hangul (see Amendment no.5) in a white background (i.e. delete the cross- hatching). In the left-hand margin insert Row-octet numbers AC and D7 to identify the new central block. Pages 130 to 233, Clause 26 Delete Tables 58 through 109. Page 700, Annex A In the list of collection numbers and names: (a) In the list of collection numbers and names delete the entries: 57 HANGUL 3400 - 3D2D 58 HANGUL SUPPLEMENTARY-A 3D2E - 44B7 59 HANGUL SUPPLEMENTARY-B 44B8 - 4DFF (b) after 70 SPECIALS insert a new line to read: 71 HANGUL AC00 - D7A3 Page 709, Annex E In paragraph 1 delete the words: HANGUL SUPPLEMENTARY-A, HANGUL SUPPLEMENTARY-B, Page 751, Annex L (a) Delete the entry for KS C 5657 - 1991 (b) Amend the entry for KS C 5601 - 1987 as follows: KS C 5601 - 1992 Korean Industrial Standards Association. Jeongho gyohwanyong buho (Code for Information Interchange). After Page 754 Attach the set of new tables herewith. NOTE: The tables attached here are in a draft layout only, with title - HANGUL 11172 SYLLABLE TABLE. The layout of each page of these draft tables is as follows (columns are numbered from left to right across the page; a vertical ruling separates columns 1 - 4 from columns 5 - 8): columns 1 & 5 - serial number of character [not for inclusion in the Amendment] columns 2 & 6 - code position of character, in two-octet BMP form columns 3 & 7 - graphic symbol for character columns 4 & 8 - name of character In the final text of the Amendment the tables will have the same appearance and layout as the existing Tables 58 and 59, and will be titled in sequence starting from: TABLE 124 - Row AC : HANGUL and ending at: TABLE 211 - Row D7 : HANGUL [END OF AMENDMENT No. 5]