Missing annex in DIS 29500
Author: Michiel Leenaars

It has been asserted by a number of members of the NEN committee 381034
that DIS 29500 cannot be fully implemented by third parties and has
platform specific technical and even legal dependencies on underlying
technologies which severely impact portability across applications and
platforms.

Someone pointed out that according to JTC1 directives (ed. 2006, par
10.5) this issue should have been addressed in a separate annex. The
text of the directive states:   

      Each standard shall incorporate, when applicable:
 
      An annex that outlines the significant portability capabilities
      that are provided by the standard and indicates what  user
      requirements are addressed by the standard.  The annex should
      facilitate the development of  application environment profiles.
      An annex on "portability considerations" for interfaces, data and
      users. The annex must facilitate the review of the portability
      aspects of the standard and must describe those parts or aspects
      of the standard that are implementation dependent or are otherwise
      relevant to application portability.  The annex should also record
      portability aspects which were addressed but not standardised.

This annex seems to be missing in the case of DIS 29500. Since
portability is a key issue in the case of this specific standard, ECMA
is requested to submit this missing document.