Subject: SC22 N2967 - Draft SC22 Response to JTC 1 on Metrics of Accomplishments

From: William Rinehuls <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 11:47:14 -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
N2967

TITLE:
Draft Response to ISO/IEC JTC 1 on Request for Metrics of JTC 1
Accomplishments - PLENARY ACTION ITEM

DATE ASSIGNED:
1999-08-02

SOURCE:
Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22

BACKWARD POINTER
N/A

DOCUMENT TYPE:
Other

PROJECT NUMBER:
N/A

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

ACTION IDENTIFIER:
FYI

DUE DATE:
N/A

DISTRIBUTION:
Text

CROSS REFERENCE:
N2885

DISTRIBUTION FORM:
Def

Address reply to:
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat
William C. Rinehuls
8457 Rushing Creek Court
Springfield, VA 22153 USA
Telephone:  +1 (703) 912-9680
Fax:  +1 (703) 912-2973
email:  [email-masked]

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                            DRAFT RESPONSE

Ms. Lisa Rajchel
Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1
American National Standards Institute
11 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036

SUBJECT:  JTC 1 Request for Metrics of JTC 1 Accomplishments

Dear Lisa:

Reference is made to Rio Resolution 24 in which ISO/IEC JTC 1 requests its
Subcommittees to provide contributions detailing methods for measuring the
effectiveness of JTC 1 accomplishments.

A number of JTC 1/SC22 projects result in standards which undergo
conformity assessment such as "compiler validation".  This assessment is
made to ensure that products developed which claim compliance with
International standards developed within JTC 1/SC22 are, in fact,
compliant.

The records of the results of product validation are publicly maintained
and these records may be a useful metric in determining the usefulness of
the associated International standard.

JTC 1/SC22 offers this suggestion as a possible additional measurement of
the effectiveness of JTC 1 accomplishments.

Sincerely

WILLIAM C. RINEHULS
Secretariat, JTC 1/SC22

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