Subject: SC22 N2730 - WG11 Business Plan for SC22 Plenary - PLENARY AGENDA ITEM

From: "william c. rinehuls" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:24:21 -0400 (EDT)

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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
N2730

TITLE:
WG11 Business Plan for the August 1998 JTC 1/SC22 Plenary - PLENARY AGENDA
ITEM

DATE ASSIGNED:
1998-06-10

SOURCE:
Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22

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DOCUMENT TYPE:
WG Business Plan

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STATUS:
This document will be on the agenda for the August 1998 JTC 1/SC22 Plenary

ACTION IDENTIFIER:
FYI

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Text

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Def

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ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat
William C. Rinehuls
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                    BUSINESS PLAN FOR JTC 1/SC22 WG11

PERIOD COVERED: August 1997  -	June 1998

SUBMITTED BY:

W. F. Wakker (Convener JTC 1/SC22 WG11)
ACE Consulting bv
Van Eeghenstraat 100
1071 GL, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Email: [email-masked]

1.  MANAGEMENT SUMMARY:

1.1  JTC 1/SC22 WG11 STATEMENT OF SCOPE

Development of ISO/IEC Standards and Technical Reports related to Binding
Techniques and (Programming) Language Independent Issues.

1.2  PROJECT REPORT

1.2.1  COMPLETED PROJECTS

JTC1.22.14 -- TR 10182:1994: Language Bindings Guidelines

JTC1.22.16 -- ISO/IEC 13886:1996 - Language Independent Procedure Calling

JTC1.22.17 -- ISO/IEC 11404:1996 - Language Independent Datatypes

JTC1.22.28 -- ISO/IEC 10967-1:1994 - Language Independent Arithmetic, Part
1: Integer and Floating Point Arithmetic

1.2.2  PROJECTS UNDERWAY

JTC1.22.33 -- (F)CD 10967-2 - Language Independent Arithmetic, Part 2:
Elementary Numerical Functions
The 2nd FCD is expected in July 1998.

JTC1.22.33 --  WD 10967-3 - Language Independent Arithmetic, Part 3:
Complex Floating Point Arithmetic and Complex Elementary Numerical
Functions
The work on this part of IS 10967 will follow (in time) the work on part 2,

JTC1.22.46 -- WDTR 14369 - Guidelines for the Preparation of Language
Independent Service Specifications
The registration ballot for this document closes 1998-06-30.  Dealing of
comments will be done by email.

1.3  COOPERATION AND COMPETITION

The WG11 documents are mainly produced to be used by other programming
language committees.  Therefore, WG11 maintains liaisons with many of the
SC22 WGs.

2.  PERIOD REVIEW

2.1  MARKET REQUIREMENTS

There are no clearly defined market requirements for the WG11 projects;
however several ISO/IEC standards make reference to the documents.  There
is thus apparently an indirect market requirement.

2.2  ACHIEVEMENTS

Despite the sometimes small participation in WG11, a number of high quality
ISO standards have been produced.

2.3  RESOURCES

WG11 resources have been a problem for the past years, and continue to be
so.  Attendance is very low, and project editors are difficult to find.

3.  FOCUS NEXT WORK PERIOD

3.1  DELIVERABLES

Two projects (LIA-2 and LISS) should progress to their next stages.

3.2  STRATEGIES

3.2.1  RISKS
Participation is a clear risk for the progression of the WG11 work.

The SC22 Member Bodies are invited to provide resources so that WG11 at
least can finalize its current work items.

3.2.2  OPPORTUNITIES
No further opportunities have been identified.

3.2.3  WORK PROGRAM PRIORITIES
The finalization of LIA-2 has the highest priority.

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