Subject: SC22 N2939 - WG11 Convener Report and Business Plan - PLENARY AGENDA ITEM

From: William Rinehuls <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 17:16:14 -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
N2939

TITLE:
WG11 Convener Report and WG11 Business Plan for the September 1999 JTC 1/
SC22 Plenary - PLENARY AGENDA ITEM

DATE ASSIGNED:		
1999-06-28

SOURCE:		
Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22

BACKWARD POINTER:
N/A

DOCUMENT TYPE:
WG Convener Report

PROJECT NUMBER:
N/A

STATUS:
Discussion of this document will be an agenda item for the September 1999
JTC 1/SC22 Plenary

ACTION IDENTIFIER:
FYI

DUE DATE:
N/A

DISTRIBUTION:
Text

CROSS REFERENCE:
N2926

DISTRIBUTION FORM:
Def

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         CONVENER REPORT AND BUSINESS PLAN FOR JTC 1/SC22 WG11

PERIOD COVERED: July 1998  -  June 1999

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 4th FCD is expected in August 1999.

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 -- DTR 14369 - Guidelines for the Preparation of Language
Independent Service Specifications
The DTR is approved by JTC1 and is awaiting publication by ITTF.

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

The LIA-2 project should progress to DIS stage and a first WD for LIA-3
should be prepared.  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.

4.  ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

4.1  WG11 Liaisons

Liaisons exist with the following SC22 WGs: WG2 - Pascal, WG3 - APL,
WG4 - COBOL, WG9 - Ada, WG14 - C, WG20 - Internationalization and
WG22 - PCTE.  Also, a liaison representative from SC26 (Micro
Processors) to WG11 has been appointed.

Informal liaisons also exists with SC22/WG13 - Modula-2, SC22/WG17 -
Prolog and SC2 - Characters.

4.2  Contact Points

Drs. Willem Wakker
	  ACE Consulting bv
	  Van Eeghenstraat 100
	  1071 GL AMSTERDAM
	  Nederland
Phone:  +31	20 6646416
Fax:	  +31	20 6750389
Email:  [email-masked]
Remark: Convener SC22/WG11

Mr. Tom Turba
	  Unisys Corporation
	  P.O. Box 64942
	  St. Paul MN 55164-0942
	  U.S.A.
Phone:  +1	612 635 6774
Fax:	  +1	612 635 3899
Email:  [email-masked]
Remark: Liaison with SC22/WG2 - Pascal

Dr. Eke van Batenburg
	  RUL, Instituut voor Theoretische Biologie
	  Kaiserstraat 63
	  2311 GP LEIDEN
	  Nederland
Phone:  +31	71 274900
Fax:	  +31	71 274972
Email:  [email-masked]
Remark: Liaison with SC22/WG3 - APL

Mr. Donald Nelson
	  Tandem Computers Inc.
	  5425 Stevens Creek Blvd.
	  Santa Clara CA 95051-7200
	  U.S.A.
Phone:  +1	408 285 5203
Fax:	  +1	408 285 5245
Remark: Liaison with SC22/WG4 - COBOL

Mr. Bill Carlson
	  Intermetrics Inc.
	  733 Concord Ave.
	  Cambridge MA 02138
	  U.S.A.
Phone:  +1	617 661 1840
Fax:	  +1	617 868 2843
Email:  [email-masked]
Remark: Liaison with SC22/WG9 - ADA

Mr. Keld Simonsen
	  DKnet/DS
	  Sankt Joergens Alle 8
	  DK-1615 COPENHAGEN V
	  Denmark
Phone:  +45	3917 9944
Fax:	  +45	3920 8948
Email:  [email-masked]
Remark: Liaison with SC22/WG14 - C and SC22/WG20 Internationalization

Dr. Richard Karpinski
	  University of California San Francisco
	  U-76
	  San Francisco CA 94143-0704
	  U.S.A.
Phone:  +1	415 476 4529
Remark: Liaison with SC26 - Micro Processors

5.  SC22 PLENARY ACTIONS RELATED TO WG11

5.1  Projects Not Reaching CD Stage Within Three Years of NP Approval

With reference to SC22 N2926: LIA-3 (project 22.34) will be
produced after LIA-2 has become stable and is well underway.
A first draft for SC22 Review and Comment is expected by fall 1999.
Therefore, WG11 requests SC22 to authorize an extension of the project.

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