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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Murata:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Directives (Part 2, clause 7) are clear about statements regarding requirements (use “shall” or “shall not”), recommendations (use “should” / “should not”) and
permission (use “may”). It also describes words to use to describe possibilities: use “can” or “cannot”.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">However, the latter doesn’t adequately cover the scenario of possibility of a non-event. “Can” means that an event could occur</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">—</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">>0%
possibility; “cannot” means the event will not occur</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">—</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">0%
possibility. But it doesn’t recommend language when you want to advise the reader of <100% possibility, i.e., the possibility the event does not occur. While I haven’t checked all occurrences of “may not”, the occurrences I did check were all attempting to
state the possibility of non-occurrence. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">If you are aware of terminology guidance in the Directives for that situation, I’d be interested to know where it is.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Peter Constable<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>MURATA via mpeg-otspec<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 12, 2024 4:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> MPEG OT Spec list (mpeg-otspec@lists.aau.at) <mpeg-otspec@lists.aau.at><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: [MPEG-OTSPEC] Text of ISO/IEC 14496-22/CD is now available for review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To the editors,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have not read this CD carefully yet, but I am happy to report that neither "MUST" nor "must" appears in this document.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately, "may not" is still used. I will try to make JP raise a comment.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">While editing the OOXML specification (ISO/IEC 29500-1, 2, 3, and 4), ISO instructed SC34/WG4 not to use normative modal verbs (such as "shall", "may", and "should") in non-normative descriptions such as examples and notes. So, I wrote
a program for enumerating all such occurrences. I will modify this program and use it for this document.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Makoto<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2024<span lang="JA">年</span>7<span lang="JA">月</span>12<span lang="JA">日</span>(<span lang="JA">金</span>) 5:10 Vladimir Levantovsky via mpeg-otspec <<a href="mailto:mpeg-otspec@lists.aau.at">mpeg-otspec@lists.aau.at</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The text of the Committee Draft of the 5th edition ISO/IEC 14496-22/CD "Open Font Format" is now available for download and review: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.mpeg.org/wp-content/uploads/mpeg_meetings/146_Rennes/w23797.zip" target="_blank">https://www.mpeg.org/wp-content/uploads/mpeg_meetings/146_Rennes/w23797.zip</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Once the ballot is open, any changes you wish to make in the current text need to be submitted via your respective National Bodies as comments, using the following
<a href="https://www.iso.org/resources/publicly-available-resources.html?t=MGTmD5TwK496A_y6JsbrKdnDBmIZ6L0rvjNNXYvKmXhIpfLuCJx5JQWQqL5GcGPw&view=documents#section-isodocuments-top" target="_blank">
ISO commenting template</a>. The CD text is available for download as both "tracked changes" and "clean" versions - when submitting comments, please reference the clean version of the text for clarity and correct page number references.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please note that if the proposed change requires a substantial amount of text to be replaced, it is allowed to submit a comment referencing a future input contribution document with detailed proposed changes. Any such document would have
to be registered and uploaded in advance - to reserve the document number and provide comments prior to ballot closing date (which is yet to be announced).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please also note that different National Bodies have their own additional processes for comments submission and may impose earlier deadlines than the ballot closing date.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your contributions and hard work!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Vladimir<o:p></o:p></p>
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