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The ISO/IECInformation Technology Task Force (ITTF) is a body jointly formed by ISO and IEC responsible for the planning and coordination of the work of JTC 1. It has several responsibilities described in the JTC 1 Directives clause 4.1 including:
day-to-day planning and coordination of the technical work
supervising the application of rules
advising JTC 1 on points of procedure
administration of ballots
publishing activities, including the printing, distribution and sale of International Standards
Publishing activities
The ITTF makes a number of International Standards and associated material available for free-of-charge download “for standardization purposes” Some well-known texts so available include:
ISO/IEC 10646 Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS)