ISO/IEC JTC = 1/SC22

Programming languages, their environments = and system software interfaces

Secretariat: U.S.A. = (ANSI)

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 = N3981

TITLE:

Austin Group Status = Report

DATE ASSIGNED:

2005-09-27

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Liaison Representative (Nick = Stoughton)

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Austin Group = Status Report = Austin-268 Page 1 of 1

Submitted by = Andrew Josey, The Open Group. = September 24, 2005

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The Austin Common = Standards Revision Group (CSRG) is a joint technical working group established to consider the matter of a common revision of ISO/IEC 9945-1, ISO/IEC = 9945-2, IEEE Std 1003.1, IEEE Std 1003.2 and the appropriate parts of the = Single UNIX Specification. Having completed the initial deliverable in late 2001, = the group is presently working on maintenance activities including producing two technical corrigenda so far, and interpretations of the standard. = Looking forward, the group has laid out an initial roadmap for the next = revision in document Austin/243(see note i) and is now commencing on the first part = of that roadmap, the steps are outlined towards the end of this = report.

Current efforts = continue to focus on stability and maintenance,

with defect report processing being the main work item.

Regular = teleconferences are being held to review new

defect reports = (aardvark). Since Technical Corrigendum 2 was = published,

249 defect reports = have been received and are being worked on:

* Base Definitions volume: 60,

* Shell and Utilities volume: 77,

* Rationale volume: 6,

* System Interfaces volume: 106.

There are = approximately 550 participants on the main mailing list, with 120 participants to the = defect reporting list. There have been over 10000 messages posted to the main = mailing lists since they were established in 1998 (8600+ to the discussion list = and 1900+ to the defect report list).

The first products = aligned with the standard have appeared in the marketplace. During late = 2004 and the first half of 2005 we have seen availability of four UNIX 03 = certified systems (UNIX 03 being a profile based on the XSI extension of the Base standard) and the first POSIX certified = system.

For the UNIX 03 certification register see

http://www.opengro= up.org/openbrand/register/

For the POSIX(R): = Certified by IEEE and The Open Group register see

http://get.pos= ixcertified.ieee.org/register.html

We have also seen = several open source projects utilizing test tools from The Open Group to assess = their alignment with the standards, and the uptake of the documentation = within several open source projects(the Linux Man Pages project and the = FreeBSD project).

IEEE and The Open = Group have expanded the POSIX certification program to include certification for = systems implementing IEEE Std 1003.13-2003 Profile PSE54. This will be = supplemented in early 2006 with the addition of certification for IEEE Std 1003.13-2003 = Profile PSE52.

Looking forward, = as agreed at the plenary in January 2005 a full revision of the standard is = planned to commence by December 2006.

There are three = input streams going into the revision (see note = ii):

1. Issues from = SD/5 (see note i) ; 2. Interpretations and Closed Defect Reports ; 3. = External documents proposed to be considered for = inclusion.

For item 3, the = external documents, the Austin Group is calling for submissions in principle to = be put forward to the group by January 9 2006 (see note iii), they should meet = the criteria in Appendix A below.

The revision will = be considered at a plenary planning meeting to be held in the first = quarter of 2006 (likely to be February). This will determine the precise = milestones involved for the revision, and consider the proposals for external = documents to be included. For external documents that are agreed to be = included in principle, a full proposal should be submitted including detailed = editing instructions by July 31 2006.

Further = information on the Austin Group can be obtained at

http://www.opengroup.o= rg/austin/faq.html

The online version = of the standard can be obtained at

http://www.opengroup.= org/unix/online.html

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Notes:

(i) Numbered = documents and Standing Documents can be obtained from the Austin Group Document = register at

http://www.opengrou= p.org/austin/docreg.html

(ii) A summary = diagram is available in Austin/164 to illustrate the input streams to the next = revision.

(iii) Submissions = of new material should be submitted to the Austin Group = Chair.

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Appendix = A:

Criteria for = Inclusion of new interfaces

The recommended = criteria for development of new interfaces to enable them to be considered for = inclusion in a future revision are as follows:

1.There must be a = written specification that has undergone a formal consensus based approval = process and is suitable for inclusion.

Parties interested = in submitting new work items through one of the three organizations within = the Austin Group (The Open Group, IEEE, ISO/IEC) should contact the = appropriate Organizational Representative for further information and advice on how = each organization handles new work items.

Submissions from = other organizations will also be considered.

Items 2 through 4 = below apply to all submissions regardless of = origin.

2.There must be an implementation, preferably a reference = implementation.

3.The = specification must be "sponsored" by one of three organizations =

(The Open Group, = IEEE, ISO/IEC) within the Austin Group, i.e. they would support and champion = its inclusion.

4.Submitters must = provide an outline plan of the editing instructions to merge the document with the = Austin Group specifications, and assistance to the Austin Group editors as = required to complete the merger.

For an example, = see

http://www.opengroup.org/sophocl= es/show_mail.tpl?source=3DL&listname=3Daustin-group-l&id=3D434

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Andrew Josey &= nbsp; &= nbsp; The Open Group

Austin Group Chair &= nbsp; &= nbsp; Thames Tower, 37-45 Station = Road,

Email: a.josey@opengroup.org &nb= sp; Reading,Berks.RG1 1LX,England

Tel: = +44 118 9508311 ext 2250 &n= bsp; Fax: +44 118 9500110

Sally = Seitz

Program = Manager

ANSI

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