Information Technology - Font Services - Abstract Service Definition

Designation Number:
CAN/CSA-ISO/IEC TR 15413-04 (R2012)
Standard Type:
National Standard of Canada - Adoption of International Standard
Standard Development Activity:
Reaffirmation
Status:
Proceeding to development
SDO Comment Period Start Date:
SDO Comment Period End Date:
Posted On:

Scope:

This Technical Report provides the access facilities which can be used for creation, distribution, management, and use of font resources conforming to the architecture of ISO/IEC 9541.

This Technical Report is intended to be used in a variety of configurations meeting a variety of connectivity needs, including communication protocols, application programming interfaces, and application services.

This Technical Report defines an abstract interface to the font access facilities.

This Technical Report will not specify the concrete syntax for a language binding of font service facilities, nor the concrete protocol used to communicate between the systems that provides or uses the font service facilities.

This Technical Report is intended for use in a wide variety of document processing environments, including: - authoring; - formatting and page layout; - printing and display services; - electronic publishing via removable media and/or information network

Project need:

na

Note: The information provided above was obtained by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) and is provided as part of a centralized, transparent notification system for new standards development. The system allows SCC-accredited Standards Development Organizations (SDOs), and members of the public, to be informed of new work in Canadian standards development, and allows SCC-accredited SDOs to identify and resolve potential duplication of standards and effort.

Individual SDOs are responsible for the content and accuracy of the information presented here. The text is presented in the language in which it was provided to SCC.