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Defect Report Number: 8632-1/014

 

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Submitter: Henderson

 

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Addressed to: JTC1/SC 24/WG 6 Rapporteur Group on ISO/IEC 8632, CGM

 

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WG secretariat: NNI

 

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Date Circulated by WG secretariat:

 

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Deadline on response from editor: :

 

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Defect Report concerning IS 8632:1992 Computer Graphics: Metafile for the storage and transfer of picture description information (CGM) Part 1, Functional

specification.

 

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Qualifier (e.g. error, omission, clarification required): Correction.

 

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References in document (e.g. page, clause, figure and/or table numbers):

clause 5.8.1.

 

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Nature of defect (complete, concise explanation of the perceived problem):

 

The second sentence of the non-normative NOTES is incorrect.

 

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Solution proposed by the submitter (optional):

 

Replace "GENERALIZED DRAWING PRIMITIVE" by "ESCAPE" and "primitives"

by "attributes and controls".

 

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Editor's response (any material proposed for processing as a technical corrigendum to, an amendment to, or a commentary on the International Standard or DIS final text is attached separately to this completed report):

 

Replace the first two sentences of the Note with: "ESCAPE is designed for access to non-standardized attribute and control functions, whereas the GENERALIZED DRAWING PRIMITIVE is designed for access to non-standardized geometric primitives."