| International Standards |

The International Standards Organisation (ISO) and the International Electro-Technical Commission (IEC) issue joint standards in respect of computing and other related technologies. The field of computing is served by a Joint Technical Committee (JTC1).

The organisational structure below JTC1 divides into sub-committees and then Working Groups. JTC1/SC22/WG20 is the working group charged with formulating standards and policy in respect of the internationalisation of computer programs and software.

Two of the principal work items within this working group are ISO/IEC 14652, entitled International string ordering and ISO/IEC 14651, Specification Method for Cultural Conventions.

The Sather-W resources model is a full implementation of the current (final) drafts of these standards. Until it becomes necessary to revise these standards (usually after four or five years of use) there will be no need to revise the Sather resource specification. Refer to the binary file format page for details of the cultural compiler output.

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Comments or enquiries should be made to Keith Hopper . Page last modified: Tuesday, 16 May 2000. |