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Please note that this document contains the wrong report, and is therefore
voided.  The WG 19 report is contained in N 4230. 

 

My apologies.

 

  _____  

From: owner-sc22docs@open-std.org [mailto:owner-sc22docs@open-std.org] On
Behalf Of Sally Seitz
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 11:51 AM
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Subject: (SC22docs.2703) SC 22 N 4229 - Business Plan and Convener's Report
for WG 19 

 

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 
Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces 
Secretariat:  U.S.A.  (ANSI) 
  
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N4229 
  
TITLE: 
Business Plan and Convener's Report for WG 19 

DATE ASSIGNED: 
2007-07-31 
  
SOURCE: 
WG 19 Convener (R. Scowen) 

BACKWARD POINTER: 
N/A 
  
DOCUMENT TYPE: 
Officer's Contribution 

PROJECT NUMBER: 
N/A 
  
STATUS: 
This document is circulated for review and consideration.  It will be
discussed under agenda item 8.8 at the September 2007 JTC 1/SC 22 Plenary in
Singapore.  

ACTION IDENTIFIER: 
ACT 
  
DUE DATE: 
  
DISTRIBUTION: 
text 

CROSS REFERENCE: 
  
DISTRIBUTION FORM: 
def 

Sally Seitz 
Program Manager 
American National Standards Institute 
25 West 43rd Street, 4th Floor 
New York, NY 10036 
Tel: 212 642 4918 
Fax: 212 840 2298 

__________________________________end of cover page, beginning of
document_________________________________ 

Business Plan and Convener's Report 
JTC1/SC22/WG17 - Programming Language Prolog 
2006/08/01 

Period Covered: 
September 2006 - August 2007 
Submitted by: 
Jonathan Hodgson 
Convener, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22/WG 17 
St. Joseph's University, 
Philadelphia. PA 19131 
USA 
Email: jhodgson@sju.edu <mailto:jhodgson@sju.edu <mailto:jhodgson@sju.edu> >


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 

Consideration of proposed drafts on Definite clause grammar, 
and global variables and arrays. Review of technical corrigenda 
to ISO/IEC 13211. 

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, web and CGI generation,
constraint handling and natural language.  It is taught in a significant
number of universities.

2.2        Achievements 

A draft of a Technical report on Definite Clause Grammars was approved in
2006. It is hoped to ballot the final version by the end of 2007. Paulo
Moura is  the editor. 

Roger Scowen  submitted in a set of defect reports and corrigenda  a first
part was successfully balloted in 2006. The second set is to be discussed at
the WG17 meeting in Oporto with a ballot to follow.   

 

2.3        Resources 

WG17 meets as needed, usually once a year, and works by electronic 
correspondence between meetings. Four countries are regular participants  in
meetings: Germany, Japan, the UK, and the USA. More recently Hungary,
Portugal and Spain have participated.

3.        Focus Next Work Period 
Completion of the TR on DCGs 
Completion of the TCs. 
Further consideration of the Japanese proposal on globals and arrays. 

3.1        Deliverables 
Paulo Moura. Draft document on Threads in ISO Prolog N191 
Roger Scowen. Defect Reports and Corrigenda for ISO/IEC 13211-1 N192 
3.2        Strategies 

To proceed by producing a number of TR's on topics deemed of interest to the
Prolog community. 

3.2.1        Risks 

WG17 has suffered from a decline in interest in supporting standardization
efforts, however holding meetings in conjunction with the ICLP meetings has
proved to be effective in increasing participation.

3.2.2        Opportunities 

Portugal has taken a more active role in Prolog standardization. 
Locating the 2005 meeting with ICLP in Sitges was a success. The 2006
meeting was colocated with FLoC (which includes ICLP) in Seattle and was
well attended. The 2007 meeting will be in Oporto, Portugal 

colocated with ICLP. 

  
3.3        Work Program Priorities 

The current priorities are the completion of the technical report on DCGs .
There are also a number of  issues with defects in part 1 that need to be
resolved. Further work on globals and arrays is underway. 

A discussion of threads has begun on an informal basis. 

4.        Other Items 

This section includes items that are part of the Convener's Report, but not
part of the business plan. 

Holding the meetings colocated with ICLP (the International conference Logic
Programming) seems to be effective in increasing participation.

4.1        Action Requests at the Forthcoming Plenary 

None 

4.2        Schedule 

A schedule for additional work was  set at the meeting in Seattle. This
included: 
Resolution of the comments on the Draft TR on DCG's 
Further discussion of corrigenda to part 1. 
Exploration of additional topics for work. 
4.3        WG17 Meetings 

Recent Meetings 

October 5th 2005 Sitges, Spain. 
August 21st 2006, Seattle, Washington 
September 12th 2007 Oporto, Portugal 

None. 

4.3.2        Future Meetings 
  
To be scheduled, depending on the timing and location of ICLP 2008. 

 

Sally Seitz 
Program Manager 
American National Standards Institute 
25 West 43rd Street, 4th Floor 
New York, NY 10036 
Tel: 212 642 4918 
Fax: 212 840 2298 
  


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SC 22 N
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<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>ISO/IEC
JTC 1/SC22 </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Programming languages, =
their
environments and system software interfaces </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Secretariat:&nbsp; =
<st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">U.S.A.</st1:place></st1:country-region>&nbsp;
(ANSI) </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp; =
</span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 =
N4229</span></font>
<br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp; =
</span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>TITLE: =
</span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Business Plan and =
Convener's Report
for WG 19 </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>DATE
ASSIGNED: </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>2007-07-31 =
</span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp; =
</span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>SOURCE: =
</span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>WG 19 Convener (R. =
Scowen) </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>BACKWARD
POINTER: </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>N/A </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp; =
</span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>DOCUMENT TYPE: =
</span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Officer's Contribution =
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>PROJECT
NUMBER: </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>N/A </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp; =
</span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>STATUS: =
</span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>This document is =
circulated for
review and consideration.&nbsp; It will be discussed under agenda item =
8.8 at
the September 2007 JTC 1/SC 22 Plenary in <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
 w:st=3D"on">Singapore</st1:place></st1:country-region>.&nbsp; =
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>ACTION
IDENTIFIER: </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>ACT </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp; =
</span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>DUE DATE: =
</span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp; =
</span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>DISTRIBUTION: =
</span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>text</span></font> =
<o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>CROSS
REFERENCE: </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp; =
</span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>DISTRIBUTION FORM: =
</span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>def =
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
 style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Sally =
Seitz</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Program Manager =
</span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>American National =
Standards
Institute </span></font><br>
<st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D2><span
  style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>25 West 43rd =
Street</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>, 4th Floor =
</span></font><br>
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D2><span =
style=3D'font-size:
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w:st=3D"on">10036</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Tel: 212 642 4918 =
</span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Fax: 212 840 2298 =
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>__________________________________end
of cover page, beginning of =
document_________________________________</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Business
Plan and Convener's Report</span></font> <br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>JTC1/SC22/WG17 - =
Programming
Language Prolog</span></font> <br>
<font size=3D2><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>2006/08/01</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Period
Covered:</span></font> <br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>September 2006 - August =
2007</span></font>
<br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Submitted =
by:</span></font> <br>
<st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D2><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Jonathan
 Hodgson</span></font></st1:PersonName> <br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Convener, ISO/IEC JTC =
1/SC 22/WG 17</span></font>
<br>
<st1:City w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D2><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>St. Joseph</span></font></st1:City><font
size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>'s University,</span></font> =
<br>
<st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D2><span =
style=3D'font-size:
  10.0pt'>Philadelphia</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font =
size=3D2><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>. PA 19131</span></font> <br>
<st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><font =
size=3D2><span
  =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>USA</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-re=
gion> <br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Email: jhodgson@sju.edu =
&lt;<a
href=3D"mailto:jhodgson@sju.edu">mailto:jhodgson@sju.edu</a>&gt; =
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Management Summary</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>1.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=

JTC1/SC22/WG17 Statement of Scope</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Development
and maintenance of ISO/IEC standards related to programming language =
Prolog</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>1.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=

Project Report</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>1.2.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
p;
Completed Projects</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>ISO/IEC
13211-2. Programming language Prolog-part 2 Modules</span></font> =
<o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>1.2.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
p;
Projects Underway</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Consideration
of proposed drafts on Definite clause grammar, </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>and global variables =
and arrays.
Review of technical corrigenda </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>to ISO/IEC =
13211.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>1.2.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
p;
Canceled Projects</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>None</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>1.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=

Cooperation and Competition</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Period Review</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>2.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=

Market Requirements</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Prolog is
a niche language. It is extensively used by a small number of users =
mainly for
applications in configuration, web and CGI generation, constraint =
handling and
natural language.&nbsp; It is taught in a significant number of =
universities.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>2.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=

Achievements</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>A draft
of a Technical report on Definite Clause Grammars was approved in 2006. =
It is
hoped to ballot the final version by the end of 2007. Paulo Moura =
is&nbsp; the
editor. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Roger
Scowen&nbsp; submitted in a set of defect reports and corrigenda&nbsp; =
a first
part was successfully balloted in 2006. The second set is to be =
discussed at
the WG17 meeting in <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Oporto</st1:place></st1:City>
with a ballot to follow.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>2.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=

Resources</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>WG17
meets as needed, usually once a year, and works by =
electronic</span></font> <br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>correspondence between =
meetings.
Four countries are regular participants&nbsp; in meetings: =
<st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on">Germany</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Japan</st1:country-region>,
the <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">UK</st1:country-region>, and the =
<st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region>. More
recently <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Hungary</st1:country-region>, =
<st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on">Portugal</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
 w:st=3D"on">Spain</st1:place></st1:country-region> have =
participated.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Focus Next Work Period</span></font> <br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Completion of the TR on =
DCGs </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Completion of the TCs. =
</span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Further consideration =
of the
Japanese proposal on globals and arrays. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>3.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=

Deliverables</span></font> <br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Paulo Moura. Draft =
document on
Threads in ISO Prolog N191 </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Roger Scowen. Defect =
Reports and
Corrigenda for ISO/IEC 13211-1 N192 </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>3.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=

Strategies</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>To
proceed by producing a number of TR's on topics deemed of interest to =
the
Prolog community.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>3.2.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
p;
Risks</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>WG17 has
suffered from a decline in interest in supporting standardization =
efforts,
however holding meetings in conjunction with the ICLP meetings has =
proved to be
effective in increasing participation.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>3.2.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
p;
Opportunities</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><font =
size=3D2
  face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Portugal</span></font></st1:place></st1:count=
ry-region><font
size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'> has taken a more active role =
in Prolog
standardization. </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Locating the 2005 =
meeting with ICLP
in Sitges was a success. The 2006 meeting was colocated with FLoC =
(which
includes ICLP) in <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Seattle</st1:place></st1:City>
and was well attended. The 2007 meeting will be in <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
 w:st=3D"on">Oporto</st1:City>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Portugal</st1:country-region></st1:place>
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>colocated
with ICLP.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font>
<br>
<font size=3D2><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>3.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=

Work Program Priorities</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>The
current priorities are the completion of the technical report on DCGs . =
There
are also a number of&nbsp; issues with defects in part 1 that need to =
be
resolved. Further work on globals and arrays is underway. =
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>A
discussion of threads has begun on an informal basis.</span></font> =
<o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Other Items</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>This
section includes items that are part of the Convener's Report, but not =
part of
the business plan.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Holding
the meetings colocated with ICLP (the International conference Logic
Programming) seems to be effective in increasing =
participation.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>4.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=

Action Requests at the Forthcoming Plenary</span></font> =
<o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>None</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>4.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=

Schedule</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>A
schedule for additional work was&nbsp; set at the meeting in <st1:City =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
 w:st=3D"on">Seattle</st1:place></st1:City>. This =
included:</span></font> <br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Resolution of the =
comments on the
Draft TR on DCG's </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Further discussion of =
corrigenda to
part 1. </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Exploration of =
additional topics
for work. </span></font><br>
<font size=3D2><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>4.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=

WG17 Meetings</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Recent
Meetings </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>October
5th 2005 <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Sitges</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
 w:st=3D"on">Spain</st1:country-region></st1:place>.</span></font> <br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>August 21st 2006, =
<st1:City w:st=3D"on">Seattle</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st=3D"on">Washington</st1:State></span></font> <br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>September 12th 2007 =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Oporto</st1:City>, =
<st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Portugal</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>None. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>4.3.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
p;
Future Meetings</span></font> <br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font> =
<br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>To be scheduled, =
depending on the
timing and location of ICLP 2008.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p><st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
 style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Sally Seitz</span></font></st1:PersonName> =
<br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Program =
Manager</span></font> <br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>American National =
Standards
Institute</span></font> <br>
<st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D2><span
  style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>25 West 43rd =
Street</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>, 4th Floor</span></font> =
<br>
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D2><span =
style=3D'font-size:
  10.0pt'>New York</span></font></st1:City><font size=3D2><span =
style=3D'font-size:
 10.0pt'>, <st1:State w:st=3D"on">NY</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode =
w:st=3D"on">10036</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place>
<br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Tel: 212 642 =
4918</span></font> <br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Fax: 212 840 =
2298</span></font> <br>
<font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font> =
<o:p></o:p></p>

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