From rinehuls@access.digex.net Fri Jun 27 19:25:14 1997 Received: from access4.digex.net (qlrhmEbBUV1EY@access4.digex.net [205.197.245.195]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id TAA14521 for ; Fri, 27 Jun 1997 19:25:12 +0200 Received: from localhost (rinehuls@localhost) by access4.digex.net (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id NAA00269 for ; Fri, 27 Jun 1997 13:25:10 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 13:25:10 -0400 (EDT) From: "william c. rinehuls" To: sc22docs@dkuug.dk Subject: SC22 N2503 - WG17 Business Plan and Convener's Report Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII _______________beginning of title page ____________________________ ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces Secretariat: U.S.A. (ANSI) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N2503 July 1997 TITLE: WG127 Business Plan and WG17 Convener's Report for the August 1997 JTC 1/ SC22 Plenary SOURCE: Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 WORK ITEM: N/A STATUS: Please note that consideration of this Report and Business Plan will be an agenda item for the August 1997 SC22 Plenary. CROSS REFERENCE: N/A DOCUMENT TYPE: Convener's Report ACTION: To SC22 Member Bodies for review. Address reply to: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat William C. Rinehuls 8457 Rushing Creek Court Springfield, VA 22153 Tel: +1 (703) 912-9680 Fax: +1 (703) 912-2973 email: rinehuls@access.digex.net __________________end of title page; beginning of report ______________ BUSINESS PLAN AND CONVENER'S REPORT: ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG17 (PROLOG) PERIOD COVERED: August 1996 - May 1997 SUBMITTED BY: R S Scowen (ISO/IEC JTC1 SC22 WG17 Convener) 9 Birchwood Grove, Hampton, Middlesex United Kingdom TW12 3DU E-mail: rss@cise.npl.co.uk 27 June 1997 1. MANAGEMENT SUMMARY 1.1 JTC1/SC22/WG17 STATEMENT OF SCOPE Development of ISO/IEC standards related to the programming language Prolog. 1.2 PROJECT REPORT 1.2.1 COMPLETED PROJECTS JTC1.22.22.01 -- ISO/IEC 13211-1 Prolog - Part 1: General core ISO/IEC 13211-1 was published in June 1995. So far, no serious problems have been reported. 1.2.2 PROJECTS UNDERWAY JTC1.22.22.02 -- ISO/IEC 13211-2 Prolog - Part 2: Modules CD 13211-2 was approved in a ballot ending in January 1997. A disposition of comments has been agreed at the WG17 meeting in Schliersee, Germany (28-30 April 1997), and will be published shortly. The Final CD ballot is scheduled for December 1997. A meeting has been provisionally scheduled for next summer to handle the Disposition of Comments and hopefully prepare the publication of the DIS. 1.2.3 COOPERATION AND COMPETITION WG17 has always tried to cooperate with the whole Prolog community. Although many are not well aware of Prolog and its unique functionality, there are many important applications. Where appropriate, WG17 has established contact with other SC22 working groups. There is no direct competition with any other efforts. 2.0 PERIOD REVIEW 2.1 MARKET REQUIREMENTS The Prolog user community has not expressed any wish for changes or extensions to ISO/IEC 13211-1 except for the definition of a module facility (which will be Part 2). 2.2 ACHIEVEMENTS ISO/IEC 13211-1 (Prolog, General core) was published in June 1995. CD 13211-2 (Modules) was approved in Jan 1997. SC22 WG17's web site is: http://www.sju.edu/~jhodgson/wg17/wg17web.html 2.3 RESOURCES Although resources in general are declining, the future of the current WG17 projects seems to be secured. There is a project editor and backup project editor for Part 2 as well as for the completed core Language Standard. 3.0 FOCUS NEXT WORK PERIOD For the upcoming work period, WG17's main task will be the preparation, publication, and balloting of of the Final CD for Part 2. 3.1 DELIVERABLES ISO/IEC 13211-2 Prolog - Part 2: Modules Publication of Final CD Dec 1997 Final CD - Disposition of comments Aug 1998 Publication of DIS Oct 1998 Camera ready copy of standard to ITTF Feb 1999 3.2 STRATEGIES The final CD is being considered inside WG17 prior to publication in order to try and obtain the maximum possible agreement from the countries who voted 'NO' to the CD. 3.2.1 RISKS Unexpectedly heavy technical comment could delay Part 2. However, no problems are anticipated. 3.2.2 OPPORTUNITIES No further opportunities have been identified. 3.3 WORK PROGRAM PRIORITIES The completion of ISO/IEC 13211-2 has priority at present. 4. OTHER ITEMS This section lists other items that are not part of the "Business Plan" but are appropriate for Convener's Report. 4.1 POSSIBLE ACTION REQUEST AT FORTHCOMING PLENARY None. 4.2 RE-APPOINTMENT OF CONVENER Roger Scowen is able to accept nomination for re-appointment as WG17 convener at the 1997 SC22 plenary. 4.3 PROJECT EDITORS The following individuals have been appointed project editors and backup project editors, respectively: JTC1.22.22.01 -- Prolog, Base Language Roger Scowen (main), Jonathan Hodgson (backup) JTC1.22.22.02 -- Prolog, Modules Jonathan Hodgson (main), Roger Scowen (backup) 4.4 ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTION WG17 has been working over e-mail for a considerable time now, and recent decisions within the working group have mostly been taken using e-mail. 4.5 RECENT MEETING The last meeting of WG17 took place at Schliersee, Bavaria, Germany, 28-30 April 1997. 4.6 FUTURE MEETINGS As soon as the end of the Final CD ballot for ISO/IEC 13211-2 is known, a meeting will be scheduled to handle the Disposition of Comments and the preparation of the DIS. ________________end of document SC22 N2503 ______________________