README.TXT for
       An operational model for characters and glyphs


Background

At this time the document, "An operational model for
characters and glyphs", is in the process of being adopted
as an ISO/IEC technical report.

The file, CGOM9606.DOC, is the current draft (dated June
24, 1996) of the proposed technical report.  Note, if
ISO/IEC eventually approves it, the adopted technical report
may be quite different from the current draft.

The primary contributors to the document are:
     Glenn Adams - Spyglass
     Mark Davis - Taligent
     Alan Griffee - IBM
     Edwin Hart - SHARE, Inc.
     John Jenkins - Apple Computer
     Rick McGowan - NeXT Software
     Edwin Smura - Xerox (retired)
     Steve Strasen - Xerox
     Participants in the US X3L2 and X3V1 technical
     standards committees, in the Unicode Technical 
     Committee, and in ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC2 and JTC 1/SC 18.

The Document

The document is in Microsoft Word for Windows, version 6
format.  If you do not have this product, Microsoft has made
a freeware Microsoft Word viewer available.  Look into:

http://www.microsoft.com/msoffice/msword/internet/viewer/

There you will find instructions for downloading the
Microsoft Word viewer. If the address for the viewer
changes, you can go to

http://www.microsoft.com/

go to the search page, and then do a search on 'wordviewer'
and it will give you relevant information.  Microsoft has
both Windows 3.1 and Windows/95 versions of the viewer, so
be sure to download the right one.

Edwin Hart                                      June 25, 1996