Subject: SC 22 N 3140 - SC 22/WG 17 Business Plan/Convener's Report

From: Lisa Rajchel <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 16:13:49 -0400

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ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22
Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces
Secretariat:  U.S.A.  (ANSI)

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22
N3140

TITLE:
SC 22/WG 17 Business Plan/Convener's Report 

DATE ASSIGNED:
2000-08-10

SOURCE:
J. Hodgson, Convener, SC 22/WG 17

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STATUS:
This document will be discussed under Agenda Item 8.10 at the JTC 1/SC 22
Plenary Meeting. 

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FYI to SC22 Member Bodies

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Business Plan and Convener's Report
JTC1/SC22/WG17 - Programming Language Prolog
2000/08/03

Period Covered:
September 1999 - August 2000
Submitted by:
Jonathan Hodgson
Convener, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22/WG 17
St. Joseph's University,
Philadelphia. PA 19131
USA
Email: [email-masked] <mailto:[email-masked]> 

1.	Management Summary

1.1	JTC1/SC22/WG17 Statement of Scope

Development and maintenance of ISO/IEC standards related to programming
language Prolog
1.2	Project Report

1.2.1	Completed Projects

ISO/IEC 13211-2. Programming language Prolog-part 2 Modules
1.2.2	Projects Underway

Decision on the reaffirmation/revision of ISO/IEC 13211-1 Programming
language Prolog-part 1 General core is under ballot by JTC1 Tag.
1.2.3	Canceled Projects

None
1.3	Cooperation and Competition

2.	Period Review

2.1	Market Requirements

Prolog is a niche language. It is extensively used by a small number of
users mainly for applications in configuration, constraint handling and
natural language. It is taught in a significant number of universities
2.2	Achievements

WG17 completed technical work to address FCD comments and the revised
document was approved in March 2000 with publication following in May 2000
2.3	Resources

WG17 meets as needed, usually once a year, and works by electronic
correspondence between meetings. Four countries are participating in
meetings: Germany, Japan, the UK, and the USA.
3.	Focus Next Work Period

WG17 awaits the results of national bodies comments on the
reaffirmation/revision question.
3.1	Deliverables

None anticipated.
3.2	Strategies

None.
3.2.1	Risks

WG17 suffers form a decline in interest in supporting standardization
efforts.
3.2.2	Opportunities

Options for future work were discussed at an open meeting held during the
Practical Application of Prolog and Constraints programming in London April
1999. Although interest was expressed in the possibility of standardizing
interfaces to libraries for internet access and constraints subsequent
activities indicate that the support necessary to pursue this is unlikely to
be forthcoming.
3.3	Work Program Priorities

None.
4.	Other Items

This section includes items that are part of the Convener's Report, but not
part of the Business Plan.
WG17 needs to evaluate the cost/benefits of continuing to operate.
4.1	Action Requests at the Forthcoming Plenary

None.
4.2	Schedule

None.
4.3	WG17 Meetings

4.3.1	Recent Meetings

None.
4.3.2	Future Meetings

None planned