Subject: SC22 N2969 - REVISED WG16 Business Plan and Convener's Report - PLENARY AGENDA ITEM

From: William Rinehuls <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 13:18:38 -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
N2969

TITLE:
REVISED WG16 Convener Report and WG16 Business Plan for the September 1999
JTC 1/SC22 Plenary - PLENARY AGENDA ITEM

DATE ASSIGNED:
1999-08-03

SOURCE:
Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22

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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

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Text

CROSS REFERENCE:
Supersedes N2965

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                REVISED BUSINESS PLAN AND CONVENER'S REPORT: 
                       ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG16 (LISP)

PERIOD COVERED: 
September 1998 - July 1999

SUBMITTED BY: 
Convener, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG16
Pierre Parquier
ILOG
9 rue de Verdun
94253 Gentilly Cedex, France
Phone: +33 1 49 08 35 86
Fax: +33 1 49 08 35 10
Email: [email-masked]

1. MANAGEMENT SUMMARY

1.1 JTC1/SC22/WG16 STATEMENT OF SCOPE 

  Development and maintenance of ISO/IEC Standards related to Lisp.
  Its single project is 22.23 "programming language ISLISP", which
  produced ISO/IEC 13816:1997.

1.2 PROJECT REPORT 

1.2.1 COMPLETED PROJECTS 

  None over this period.

1.2.2 PROJECTS UNDERWAY 

  No project underway.

1.2.3 NEW PROJECTS 

  None over this period.

1.2.4 CANCELLED PROJECTS 

  None over this period.

1.3 COOPERATION AND COMPETITION 

  No liaison with any JTC1 group.  No competition with any JTC1 group.

  Related standards are ANSI COMMON LISP and IEEE SCHEME.  All are
  complementary in the Lisp community.

2.0 PERIOD REVIEW 

2.1 MARKET REQUIREMENTS 

  No market requirement change over this period.

2.2 ACHIEVEMENTS 

2.2.1 WG ACHIEVEMENTS

  None over this period.

2.2.2 NB ACHIEVEMENTS

  The Japanese WG on Lisp Standardization chaired by T. Yuasa
  registered ISLisp as JIS translating in Japanese the English
  standard.  The JIS document (JIS X 3012:1998) is published 
  by Japanese Standards Association (tel: +81-3-3583-8002, 
  fax: +81-3-3583-0462).

2.2.3 IMPLEMENTATIONS

  Two new implementation appeared this year.  As of today the standard 
  is, to the WG16 knowledge, implemented by:

  - OpenLisp by C. Julien  (interpreter),
  - TISL interpreter and compiler by N. Izumi and T. Ito
    (TISL: Tohoku university ISLisp system)
  - A system developed by Oki Corp under supervision by T. Yuasa
    (Interpreter and compiler with VM)
  - TISL/P interpreter and compilier by N. Izumi and T. Ito
    (An extension of TISL to introduce a package system)

2.3 RESOURCES 

  Resources to address defect reports and maintain the standard are secured: 
  - Project Editor: Kent Pitman (US)
  - Associated project Editors: Julien Padget (GB), Taiichi Yuasa (JP)

3.0 FOCUS NEXT WORK PERIOD 

  For the upcoming work period, WG16 will be ready to receive reports
  on ISO/IEC 13816.

  Work on the next revision of ISO/IEC 13816 (e.g. C binding) is not
  expected to begin during the next period.

3.1 DELIVERABLES 

  None over the next period.
  
3.2 STRATEGIES 

  Wait for defect reports and organize the work of WG16 depending on
  the content of these reports.

3.2.1 RISKS 

  None for the work planned over the next period.

3.2.2 OPPORTUNITIES 

  None for the work planned over the next period.

3.3 WORK PROGRAM PRIORITIES 

  None for the work planned over the next period.

4. OTHER ITEMS 

4.1 POSSIBLE ACTION REQUEST AT FORTHCOMING PLENARY

  None.

4.2 RECENT MEETING

  15th meeting: 1996 November, Paris, France.
  14th meeting: 1996 March, Bath, United Kingdom.

4.3 FUTURE MEETINGS

  No meeting expected for the next period.

4.4 CONVENORSHIP

  WG16 convenor mandate expires.  Pierre Parquier candidates for 
  renewal, WG16 has no objection and no other candidate.

5 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS FOR SC22

  The following draft resolution arises from clauses 4.4 
  in the report above.

5.1 APPOINTMENT OF WG16 CONVENER

  SC22 appoints Pierre Parquier as convener of WG16.

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