ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnical Commission) form the specialized system for worldwide standardization. National bodies that are members of ISO or IEC participate in the development of International Standards through technical committees established by the respective organization to deal with particular fields of technical activity. ISO and IEC technical committees collaborate in fields of mutual interest. Other international organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO and IEC, also take part in the work.
In the field of information technology, ISO and IEC have established a joint technical committee, ISO/IEC JTC 1. Draft International Standards adopted by the joint technical committee are circulated to national bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the national bodies casting a vote.
International Standard ISO/IEC 10036 was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology, Subcommittee SC 18, Document Processing and related communication.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO/IEC 1OO36: 1993), which has been technically revised.
Annex A forms an integral part of this International Standard. Annexes B, C and D are for information only.
The use of text processing in an open system for the interchange of documents in both once and publishing environments has prompted the development of an International Standard for the interchange of font resource information. A font resource, as defined by ISO/IEC 9541, includes glyph shape and glyph positioning information for a collection of glyphs. ISO/IEC 9541 provides for the unique identification of font resources, each glyph for which information is provided in a font resource and the unique identification of the collection of glyphs comprising a font resource.
This International Standard specifies the procedures to be followed by the Registration Authority in preparing, maintaining, and publishing registers of identifiers which identify font-related objects. The purpose of these registers is to provide a common reference source to be used in the creation and interchange of font resources.
The registration process aims to be comprehensive, to assign unique and unambiguous identifiers, and to avoid changes in identifiers over time.
The publication of the registers should promote compatibility in interchange of font resource information and avoid duplication of effort in developing application-oriented font reference information. Registration provides an identifier, but registration should not be regarded as a Standardization procedure. Nevertheless, as a matter apart from registration, the registered object may, but need not, be the subject of an international, national, or other standard.