1、Reference numberISO/IEC TR 15413:2001(E)ISO/IEC 2001Information technology Font services Abstract service definitionTechnologies de linformation Services de police de caractres Dfinition du service abstraitNational Standard of CanadaCAN/CSA-ISO/IEC TR 15413:04(ISO/IEC TR 15413:2001)Technical Report
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24、uld be addressed to Canadian Standards Association 5060 Spectrum Way, Suite 100, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4W 5N6 1-800-463-6727 416-747-4044www.csa.caReference numberISO/IEC TR 15413:2001(E)ISO/IEC 2001TECHNICALREPORTISO/IECTR15413First edition2001-03-15Information technology Font services Abst
25、ract service definitionTechnologies de linformation Services de police de caractres Dfinition du service abstraitISO/IEC TR 15413:2001(E)PDF disclaimerThis PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobes licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall notbe edited u
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30、001 All rights reservedISO/IEC TR 15413:2001(E) ISO/IEC 2001 All rights reserved iiiContentsForeword.ivIntroduction.v1 Scope 12 References13 Terms and definitions .14 Font service model 35 Data types.46 Notation 77 Abstract Font Service Interface (AFSI)7Annex A The abstract font service interface C
31、language binding13ISO/IEC TR 15413:2001(E)iv ISO/IEC 2001 All rights reservedForewordISO (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 I
32、ECparticipate in the development of International Standards through technical committees established by therespective organization to deal with particular fields of technical activity. ISO and IEC technical committeescollaborate in fields of mutual interest. Other international organizations, govern
33、mental and non-governmental, inliaison with ISO and IEC, also take part in the work.International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 3.In the field of information technology, ISO and IEC have established a joint technical committee, ISO/IEC JTC 1
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35、d data of a different kind from that which isnormally published as an International Standard (“state of the art“, for example), it may decide by a simple majorityvote of its participating members to publish a Technical Report. A Technical Report is entirely informative in natureand does not have to
36、be reviewed until the data it provides are considered to be no longer valid or useful.Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this Technical Report may be the subject of patentrights. ISO and IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.I
37、SO/IEC TR 15413 was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology,Subcommittee SC 34, Document description and processing languages.ISO/IEC TR 15413:2001(E) ISO/IEC 2001 All rights reserved vIntroductionThe technology to access large font libraries has become an increas
38、ingly important concern of documentprocessing, electronic publishing, and application support facilities such as printing and display services.This Technical Report specifies a system-independent interface to font services that provides for distribution,management and use of font resources.This Tech
39、nical Report is organized as follows:Gbe The general model of font services and its relationship to other parts of the document processing model arespecified.Gbe The Abstract Font Service Interface (AFSI), which defines the facilities to access font resources in a system-independent way, is specifie
40、d.Gbe Statements covering the conformance of font service systems are provided.NOTE The first approach of JTC1/SC18 for Font Services was taken to develop an International Standard with two parts:Gbe Part 1: Abstract Service DefinitionGbe Part 2: Protocol Specification.During the standardization act
41、ivities JTC1/SC18 found that the protocol for font resource interchange was still under technicaldevelopment and changed the target to Technical Report for Font Services - Abstract Service Definition.TECHNICAL REPORT ISO/IEC TR 15413:2001(E) ISO/IEC 2001 All rights reserved 1Information technology F
42、ont services Abstract servicedefinition1 ScopeThis Technical Report provides the access facilities which can be used for creation, distribution, management, anduse of font resources conforming to the architecture of ISO/IEC 9541.This Technical Report is intended to be used in a variety of configurat
43、ions 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 notspecify the concrete syntax for a language bin
44、ding of font service facilities, nor the concrete protocol used tocommunicate 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:Gbe authoring;Gbe formatting and page layout;
45、Gbe printing and display services;Gbe electronic publishing via removable media and/or information network.2 ReferencesISO/IEC 9541-1:1991, Information technology Font information interchange Part 1: Architecture.ISO/IEC 9541-3:1994, Information technology Font information interchange Part 3: Glyph
46、shaperepresentation.ISO/IEC 10179:1996, Information technology Processing languages Document Style Semantics andSpecification Language (DSSSL).ISO/IEC 10180:1995, Information technology Processing languages Standard Page Description Language(SPDL).3 Terms and definitionsFor the purposes of this Tech
47、nical Report, the following terms and definitions apply.3.1font managerfont service user that installs font resources into a system environment, manages the font usage and administersassociated contracts (regarding access, royalties, etc.)ISO/IEC TR 15413:2001(E)2 ISO/IEC 2001 All rights reserved3.2
48、font propertyproperty as defined in ISO/IEC 9541-13.3font providerfont service user that designs typefaces, creates new font resources for sale and distribution (Design Source) oracquires font resources on consignment or for re-marketing with or without intervening modification (Data Source)3.4font
49、queryquery which is sent from a font service user to a font service entity to get or modify some font resource information3.5font requesterfont service user that requests font resource information to create format, print, or display documents in a single ormulti-system environment3.6font resource informationblock of information about a font resource or some font resources which is returned from a font service entity to afont service user as the result of a font query3.7font serviceinterchange facility be
