Joshua Delahunty contacted me via email to inform me that he was the sole author of the Word Document I posted a link to in the original email. I apologize for not verifying that before posting above.
Additionally, as the author of the spec, and as the author of another software program that uses it, he has expressed an unwillingness to allow for us to adopt the spec in modified form. When he asked me a number of years ago to bring it up with the LSC, I misunderstood the request. Since he wrote it, he owns it, and that is his prerogative. I am currently communicating with him via email regarding my own proposed changes (removal of GLOSSMAP, CYLINDRICAL, and SPHERICAL).
I'll post here again when I have more information, but until then, we should put this discussion on hold.
Additionally, as the author of the spec, and as the author of another software program that uses it, he has expressed an unwillingness to allow for us to adopt the spec in modified form. When he asked me a number of years ago to bring it up with the LSC, I misunderstood the request. Since he wrote it, he owns it, and that is his prerogative. I am currently communicating with him via email regarding my own proposed changes (removal of GLOSSMAP, CYLINDRICAL, and SPHERICAL).
I'll post here again when I have more information, but until then, we should put this discussion on hold.