<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Dear AHG members,<div><br></div><div>The proposed delay in issuing the OFF CDAM2 ballot has been confirmed, and the new ballot will be issued in the end of July, after the next WG3 MPEG Systems meeting that will take place the week of July 12-16. The new ballot will be a two-months long ballot; having it opened by the end of July will give us an opportunity to collect ballot comments by end of September and have them processed at the next WG3 (October 11-15) meeting, so that our target publication schedule won’t be affected by the delayed ballot.</div><div><br></div><div>This means that we can continue unrestricted discussions of any proposed changes in the text of the AMD2 draft, and can utilize the next WG meeting opportunity to introduce additional changes and updates by submitting input contributions for discussion at the next WG meeting. Considering the upcoming US holidays (Independence Day weekend, July 3-5), we should consider the July 2nd to be our target deadline for registration and submission of the input contributions.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Thank you,<div>Vladimir </div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 11, 2021, at 5:00 PM, Vladimir Levantovsky <vladimir.levantovsky@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear AHG members,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Like I mentioned in my earlier emails announcing new AHG mandates (see below), our first mandate is to review and discuss the text of the Committee Draft amendment (CDAM2). There is a healthy debate happening on GitHub among spec contributors / collaborators and implementers (see <a href="https://github.com/MPEGGroup/OpenFontFormat/issues/47">https://github.com/MPEGGroup/OpenFontFormat/issues/47</a> for details), which would likely result in a substantial number of changes to be proposed. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">According to the ISO Directives, Working Groups are prohibited from conducting the discussions of documents that are currently balloted. However, as of right now, the OFF CDAM2 ballot has not yet been issued, which gives us a unique opportunity to delay the issuance of the ballot until after the next WG3 (MPEG Systems) meeting in July (July 12-18), and to use this opportunity to continue the discussion and update the text of the CDAM2 document prior to balloting. If we decide to do so, we’d need to communicate our decision to the parent subcommittee (SC29), and then recommend that the WG3 would adopt a new resolution to issue a regular, 2-months CDAM2 ballot. The results of that ballot (if issued in the end of July) would be readily available by the next WG3 meeting scheduled in mid-October, so the delay in issuing the ballot _<i>at this time</i>_ will not in any way affect the overall timeline of the AMD2 project.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I propose that we should ask SC29 to delay the OFF AMD2 ballot giving us another opportunity to discuss and review the future proposed changes during the WG3 July meeting. If you have any objections or concerns regarding this proposal, please respond to this email by June 15<sup>th</sup>. As usual, no comments or objections will be treated as silent approval of the proposal to delay the ballot, and I will communicate our desire to postpone the issuance of the AMD2 ballot to SC29.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Vladimir<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Vladimir Levantovsky [mailto:vladimir.levantovsky@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 10, 2021 11:12 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'MPEG OT Spec list' <mpeg-otspec@lists.aau.at><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: New AHG mandates and other news!<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">And the <a href="https://www.mpegstandards.org/meetings/mpeg-134/?fbclid=IwAR0Hr8eVBsLuO_84nB3O-UkAsrCxgYsjEywS0LJPfXLLVMvbNuISvoMZbGY">press release summarizing the results of the last MPEG 134<sup>th</sup> meeting</a> (where the promotion of the COLR v1 amendment to the Committee Draft status is highlighted among other developments) is now published.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Vladimir Levantovsky [<a href="mailto:vladimir.levantovsky@gmail.com">mailto:vladimir.levantovsky@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 4, 2021 6:37 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'MPEG OT Spec list' <<a href="mailto:mpeg-otspec@lists.aau.at">mpeg-otspec@lists.aau.at</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> New AHG mandates and other news!<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Dear AHG members,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I am happy to report that at the recent WG3 “MPEG Systems” meeting (conducted last week, April 26-30) the new set of AHG mandates have been approved:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:KO">1. Review and discuss the text of ISO/IEC CD 14496-22 Committee Draft amendment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:KO">2. Explore potential future changes and updates, and propose new work items (if applicable) for consideration in the future new edition of the OFF specification.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I also would like to bring your attention to the fact that based on our recommendations and WG3 Resolutions – the Working Draft amendment of ISO/IEC 14496-22:2019 (AMD2) has been promoted to Committee Draft stage and will be published by ISO Secretariat under review and approval ballot. The document has been approved for public distribution and is <a href="https://www.mpegstandards.org/wp-content/uploads/mpeg_meetings/134_OnLine/w20285.zip">now available for download</a>. I would like to encourage you all to share this information and solicit for wide review and comments from the implementers and all interested parties.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">As part of the mandate #2, we are also encouraged to start exploration activities to discuss the next round of changes that will become the basis for the new OFF 5<sup>th</sup> edition work item – your contributions to these topics (both on this list and / or new issues on <a href="https://github.com/MPEGGroup/OpenFontFormat">MPEGGroup/OpenFontFormat GitHub</a>) are much appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Vladimir<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>