[MPEG-OTSPEC] Input contributions - upcoming registration and submission deadlines

[Vladimir Levantovsky]

William Overington wrote:

I was not seeking to participate in the meeting. I was simply hoping to
send a document about my idea for a Many to many substitution and
localization feature to be added.

And if you do so, your document would end up being seen by the same group
of experts that already gave you very elaborate detailed feedback on your
idea.

I do not know what are the ISO rules.

Our work is governed by the Declaration for participants in ISO activities
<https://www.iso.org/declaration-for-participants-in-iso-activities.html> and
by the ISO Directives
<https://www.iso.org/sites/directives/current/consolidated/index.html#_Toc165304981>
.

Should my suggestion of a Many to many substitution and localization
feature not have been posted in this mailing list?

At some point in time, the AHG mandates included exploration activities of
new technologies, but since the new 5th edition text is now finalized, no
new proposals can be accepted at this time. Besides, your idea has already
received a preliminary review of experts and has been rejected primarily
because it violates the basic principles of separation between textual
content and its visual representation.

Is there a way that a future Working Group mandate could include a Many to
many substitution and localization feature please?

No, because the mandates for future work are developed by consensus of the
Working Group experts. Your idea has already been discussed at lengths, and
the reasons for its rejection have been clearly stated. Repeated
discussions of the same idea are not going to yield a different outcome.

With kind regards,
Vladimir


On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 12:55 PM William_J_G Overington via mpeg-otspec <
mpeg-otspec at lists.aau.at> wrote:

> Vladimir Levantovsky kindly replied to my enquiry.
>
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> Thank you for replying.
>
>
> Vladimir Levantovsky wrote as follows.
>
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> > ISO Working Group meetings are not open to general public, they’re open
> only to registered delegates that are nominated as Working Group experts by
> their respective National Bodies.
>
>
> I was not seeking to participate in the meeting. I was simply hoping to
> send a document about my idea for a Many to many substitution and
> localization feature to be added.
>
>
> > Once you become an NB member nominated as the WG delegate, you would be
> eligible to gain access to members-only WG resources, including documents
> registry.
>
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> I do not have the necessary expertise in font technology to perform such a
> role. I have made a few fonts, including some with glyphs for symbols that
> I have designed in relation to my research in communication through the
> language barrier in some particular circumstances using encoded localizable
> sentences, but I am not an expert in font technology.
>
>
> > I also need to remind you that although this ad-hoc group and the
> associated mailing list are accessible to public, we operate according to
> ISO rules. You do need to be a registered delegate nominated by your NB.
>
>
> Oh! I did not know that. Though in fairness, there is nothing about that
> on the
>
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> https://lists.aau.at/mailman/listinfo/mpeg-otspec
>
>
> webpage. It looks like anyone can join and post.
>
>
> I do not know what are the ISO rules.
>
>
> Should my suggestion of a Many to many substitution and localization
> feature not have been posted in this mailing list?
>
>
> > Also, our scope of work is limited by what is expressly defined by the
> Working Group mandates. These mandates are approved at WG meetings -
> participants of this AHG are not at liberty to amend them.
>
>
> Is there a way that a future Working Group mandate could include a Many to
> many substitution and localization feature please?
>
>
> William Overington
>
>
> Friday 25 October 2024
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