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Defect Report Number: 8632-1/037

 

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Submitter: Mumford

 

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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: 1 February 1993

 

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Deadline on response from editor: : 1 May 1993

 

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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): Clarification.

 

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

 

 

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

SAVE PRIMITIVE CONTEXT and RESTORE PRIMITIVE CONTEXT are inappropriate in the CGM standard.

 

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Solution proposed by the submitter (optional):

Deprecate the use of the elements in this version of the standard and remove when the standard next revised.

 

Add at end of subclauses/notes the following Note:

 

Part 1 5.5.11, 5.5.12

Part 2 8.4.11, 8.4.12

Part 3 Table 6 Note 11, Table 6 Note 12

Part 4 6.5 SAVE PRIMCONTEXT, RESTORE PRIMCONTEXT

 

Note - This element is deprecated and may be removed in a future revision of the standard.

 

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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):

These elements are used in some profiles and so they should be retained. No change.