[MPEG-OTSPEC] AHG Kick-off and work / meeting planning

[Behdad Esfahbod]

Thanks Vlad. I have a flight to catch on Feb 21st. So I prefer the 20th.

On Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 11:23 AM Vladimir Levantovsky via mpeg-otspec <
mpeg-otspec at lists.aau.at> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> During last week, at the SC29/WG3 meeting, the AHG on Font Format was
> re-established by the WG3 to conduct our work until the next WG meeting
> that will take place on April 22-26. As usual, the input contribution
> registration deadline for the next meeting is Monday, April 15 (a week
> prior to the meeting).
>
> The updated AHG mandates approved by the SC29/WG3 are as follows:
> 1. Review the text of the updated Working Draft of ISO/IEC 14496-22 5th
> edition (WG03N01099).
> 2. Work on developing and finalizing specification changes to accommodate
> new ‘dmap’ table and new Feature Variations proposal, prepare input
> contributions and provide recommendations for the WG3 on how these changes
> should be integrated in the “Open Font Format” standard.
> 3. Explore potential future changes and updates, and propose new items (if
> applicable) for consideration in the 5th edition of the OFF specification.
>
> Due to significant changes being introduced in the Working Draft, the WG
> has approved an extended editing period and the text of the WD of ISO/IEC
> 14496-22 5th edition (WG03N01099) will not be available for review until
> after the edits are made. This, however, should not stop us from
> continuing our work on the second mandate to finalize the 'dmap' table and
> new "Feature Variations" proposals. I would like to ask the prospective
> authors to start preparing the detailed drafts that can be discussed by the
> AHG members online and during our Zoom meetings.
>
> As far as meeting schedule is concerned, I'd suggest to consider
> scheduling the first AHG meeting on either Feb. 20 (Tuesday) or Feb. 21
> (Wednesday) at our usual time (15:00 UTC) to give authors and the AHG
> members enough time to work on the proposals and still have reasonable time
> left for follow up discussions. Please let me know (prospective authors in
> particular) if you believe this would be a reasonable timeline for early
> draft discussions, or if we should consider postponing the first AHG
> meeting until the last week of February. The AHG meetings have to be
> announced at least 2 weeks ahead of the meeting date, so we have until Feb.
> 6 to decide whether this proposed AHG meeting schedule would work.
>
> Thank you,
> Vladimir
>
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