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From: keld@diku.UUCP (Keld J|rn Simonsen)
Newsgroups: net.internat
Subject: Internationalization meeting
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Date: Sun, 23-Feb-86 22:11:11 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 23 22:11:11 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 26-Feb-86 07:26:42 EST
Organization: DIKU, U of Copenhagen, DK
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The combined European Unix systems User Group (EUUG) and 
/usr/group/UK standardisation committee on international
UNIX held a meeting Thursday 20th February 86 at the City
conference centre in London.

Two speakers presented a talk. Bj|rn Myhrhaug of INDATA A/S
in Oslo, Norway spoke about standardisation in the cold.
They had -20 degrees up there. He emphasised compliance to standards
especially CCITT standards including the Teletext standard.
CCITT is a standardisation body seldom referenced by UNIX
standardisation efforts, but very viable in the real world. 
Bj|rn is also chairman of NUUG, the Norwegian branch of 
EUUG, and regretted the "pipe" in his name. The | is a letter in the
Norwegian standard character set, and he expected that this standard
and similar European standards will be in effect for quite a number of
years in old and new terminal equipment, so UNIX had better support
this.

Eli Lamb of UNIX Europe Ltd presented UEL's and AT&T's current
view on internationalisation (or 'localisation') of UNIX.
They have a new edition of the System V Interface Definition
(SVID edition II) available from the UEL office. This is in two parts
and there is a separate section on future directions, including
local support. The local support is to be provided by National 
language supplements to the UNIX kernel, a japanese supplement is
already available and some European supplements are to be avaliable
hopefully this year (1986). Some, but not all will be available
in source form. The character sets provided will be according
to AT&T's earlier 4 char set proposal, based on ASCII and ISO Latin 1
& 2. There will be no general 7-bit ISO 646 support but work is done
on 7-bit support for ti-troff and C.
There will also be available a System V Verification Suite (SVVS)
of programs.

People were encouraged to put their name on two lists: one for those 
intersted in information on the group's work, including a forthcoming
newsletter, and another list for people who want to actively contribute
to the work of the group, including the newsletter. You are welcome
to mail me (mcvax!diku!keld or Keld Simonsen, DKUUG, Studiestraede 6,
DK-1455 Copenhagen K, Denmark) if you want to be on any of these lists.

The next meeting in the group is planned in conjunction with the
EUUG conference in Florence, on April 25, 1985. More on this event
will be published through various channels, including this group.

Keld Simonsen, EUUG international UNIX standardisation coordinator.