From isaak@unix.ttb.dec.com Mon Mar 16 17:37:28 1992 Received: from decvax.dec.com by dkuug.dk via EUnet with SMTP (5.64+/8+bit/IDA-1.2.8) id AA23959; Mon, 16 Mar 92 17:37:28 +0100 Received: by decvax.dec.com (5.57/decvax-27Nov90) id AA29272; Mon, 16 Mar 92 11:36:06 -0500 Received: by unix.ttb.dec.com (5.57/ULTRIX-fma-031291); id AA16958; Mon, 16 Mar 92 11:36:03 -0500 Date: Mon, 16 Mar 92 11:36:03 -0500 From: isaak@unix.ttb.dec.com (Jim Isaak-respond via isaak@decvax.dec.com) Message-Id: <9203161636.AA16958@unix.ttb.dec.com> To: sc22wg15@dkuug.dk Subject: action item list from Kista, written reports for Hamilton encouraged X-Charset: ASCII X-Char-Esc: 29 Attachment 7: Action Items Action 9111-01: Isak Korn: Provide an annotated bibliography of known CEC, SOGITS, interest to WG15. (Open action 9010-18.) Action 9111-02: RGCPA: In the context of the requirements of TGS1, and taking into consideration concerns raised in Rotterdam about the word "implementation" and other matters, provide a draft informative annex to IS 9945-1:1990 titled "Implementation Variations (Information for Profile Writers)" which contains a list of those places where implementations can vary; a summary of the implications and consequences of making a particular selection; and possibly guidance regarding which possibilities should be preferred or avoided. (Open action 9105-17.) Action 9111-03: Keld Simonsen & Johan van Wingen: Canvass and report back on the proposed POSIX definition of the word "byte" within SC2 and WG20. (Open action 9105-18.) Action 9111-04: Technical editor: Report to next meeting of WG15 on document structure issues arising from proposed incorporation of test methods material. (Arises from resolution 132.) (Open action 9105-19.) Action 9111-05: US member body: Circulate character-set related parts of current draft of 1003.2 for review and comment by RIN. (Arises from 9010-7.) (Open action 9105-21.) Action 9111-06: US member body: Determine impact of the final report of JTC1/TSG-1, and, in particular, annex A, on the work of WG15. (Open action 9105-22.) Action 9111-07: US member body: Prepare a detailed schedule for the development and synchronisation of language-independent and C language binding amendments to 9945-1 for IEEE 1003.1A, 1003.4, 1003.6, 1003.8. Submit to WG15 for review and comment. (Open action 9010-13.) Action 9111-08: US member body: Provide the then current draft of IEEE 1003.2A to SC22 Secretariat for registration as PDAM to 9945-2. (Open action 9010-12.) Action 9111-09: US member body: Provide WG15 with a summary list of changes between CD 9945-2.1 (IEEE P1003.2 draft 9) which was distributed to WG15 for registration of CD and the next draft which will be submitted for CD registration. This summary is to be provided in the form of editor's notes. (Modification of open action 9010-30.) Action 9111-10: US member body: Send WG15-N177, first 3 chapters of 1003.1 LIS, to SC22 secretariat for onward distribution to SC22 working groups for review and comment. (Arises from resolution 126.) (Open action 9105-29.) Action 9111-11: US member body: Report on status of resolutions 121, 125, 126, 131, 135, and 148. (Open action 9105-31.) Action 9111-12: Liaison to WG11: Review the content of WG15-N173, LIS guidelines, with reference to the work of WG11. (Arises from resolution 126.) (Open action 9105-32.) Action 9111-13: Convenor to circulate missing resolutions in next mailing. Action 9111-14: Danish Member Body to inform WG14 that references to "common C" are being removed as part of the development of the C binding to the LIS spec. Action 9111-15: Interim SGFS liaison to provide documents from SGFS Profiles sub-group meeting to WG15 along with cover note indicating what action should be taken. Action 9111-16: RIN to produce a summary of their I18N activities to provide to SC22. Action 9111-17: RIN to review and restate their scope of work as it was determined before the creation of WG20. Action 9111-18: US Member Body to produce a response to N188 Annex A and N227 item I as follows: 1/. In the format of an Annex for 9945-1:1990 & proposed report to ITTF, for review at May 92 meeting; and to propose methods to address this issue for future documents, which may include: 2/. For documents currently entering the CD process, to include this material in an Annex of the DIS; 3/. for future CD documents, include an Annex of this form in the document being registered for CD. Action 9111-19: Convenor to inform SC22 that a). WG15 has just become aware of the requirement to supply information on internationalisation activities; b). WG15 believes that this is an important issue; c). WG15 will be unable to complete this activity by April 1992; d). WG15 will be able to complete this activity by June 1992. Action 9111-20: Danish Member Body to prepare and submit a specific proposal regarding conversions between code sets (based on charmaps, or otherwise; proposal should give appropriate consideration to XPG iconv). Action 9111-21: WG15 Internationalisation Rapporteur to co-ordinate review and comment on the codeset conversion proposal with the IEEE-CS TCOS working group. Action 9111-22: US. Member Body to transmit N233 to appropriate working group within IEEE-CS TCOS. Action 9111-23: Japanese Member Body to convert ballot comments on 9945-2 CD2.2, when completed, to appropriate format for WG15 Issue Log and to forward same to Convenor for inclusion on May 1992 agenda. Action 9111-24: ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 liaison to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG20 to forward to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG20 the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 Liaison Statement N229R and Resolution 176 (draft 2). Action 9111-25: Danish Member Body to expand and clarify proposal contained in RIN N0047 regarding usage of national characters (as defined in ISO 646 national positions), giving consideration that such proposal: 1) addresses all aspects of proposed standard, rather than JUST the shell, (e.g. it should work with not only shell, but also regular expressions, awk, etc.) 2) should allow use of all features of the proposed standard, maintaining conformance, (e.g. currently proposed use of "--" would conflict with existing use) 3) should provide a general solution for similar requirements of other countries 4) should be sensitive to the cost/benefit ratio of imposing the solution in relation to existing implementations. Action 9111-26: US Member Body to forward Disposition of Comments N235R to US development body for consideration. Action 9111-27: US Member Body to provide a schedule for the development of LI version of P1003.4/4a. Action 9111-28: US Member Body to provide a response to WG15 regarding the disposition of WG15 N176. Action 9111-29: Member Bodies to review N224 and provide comments to the WG1 Convenor by March 1st, 1992. Action 9111-30: Member Bodies to review N223 and provide comments to the WG15 Convenor by March 1st, 1992. Action 9111-31: France to investigate on co-ordination procedure between their Ada ExTRA and POSIX Real-time groups and to report back before the May 1992 WG15 meeting. Action 9111-32: US Member Body to forward N204 to P1003.1 for consideration, and to report back to WG15 a clarification of the scope of the current LI revision of 9945-1 with respect to support for non-procedural, dynamically-typed and object-oriented languages. Action 9111-33: US Member Bodyto produce document elaborating important issues which should be considered by Member Bodies in reviewing N222 and to provide the issues document to the Convenor for circulation to WG15. Action 9111-34: Convenor to circulate to WG15 the document elaborating important issues relating to LI after it is produced by the US. Action 9111-35: Member Bodies to review N222 and provide comments to the WG15 Convenor by March 1st, 1992. Action 9111-36: Convenor to forward the PCTE Liaison Statement N236 to ECMA TC33. Action 9111-37: Convenor to forward IEEE P1003.3:1991 to SGFS as suggested by SGFS at their sub-group meeting in October 1991. Action 9111-38: WG15 requests its Liaison to WG20 to ensure that they take notice of N228 Item j. Action 9111-39: US Member Body is requested to send a note to accompany the forwarding of N222 and N223 to the group doing the Modula 2 binding indicating the draft status of the documents. Action 9111-40: Member Bodies review N227 for comment by 31.03.92 and for action at the next meeting. Action 9111-41: US Member Body to reformat the current Issue list SD-3 into the proposed new format (derived from TSG-1) and submit to WG15 by March 31st 1992 for approval at the next WG15 meeting. Action 9111-42: Experts to give US Member Body text to fill in the text for expanded Open Issues SD-3 by 31.01.92. Action 9111-43: ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 liaison to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG20 to transmit to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG20 the then current version of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15/RIN's draft internationalisation questionnaire N214 for review and comment by ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG20 and for their consideration in relation to their scope of work. Action 9111-44: ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 Liaison to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG20 to forward the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15/RIN background paper N217R on internationalisation to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG20 for their consideration. Action 9111-45: US Member Body to provide sufficient information on IEEE POSIX Profile plans to the RGCPA meeting in January 1992. Action 9111-46: Danish Member Body to request interpretation from Geneva of problem (typo) noted in Annex F of 9945-1 to test what ISO does with such a request. Action 9111-47: Project Editor and the US Member Body to develop a plan for the clear characterisation of options in WG15 standards, (considering the TSG-1 Final Report Annex A and TR10000 as a source of information), and to report back to the May 1992 WG15 meeting. Action 9111-48: All Member Bodies to review N202 and check that the assessment of the state of all the resolutions is correctly recorded. Feedback should be provided to the chairman of the May meeting (Ron Elliott) prior to meeting. Action 9111-49: Convenor to provide electronic version of standard cover page to Member Bodies for use in submitting documents. Action 9111-50: US Member Body to provide a paper providing the guidelines for use of the cover sheet. Action 9111-51: Project Editor to work with the US Member Body to determine editorial reorganisations (i.e. selective reordering of clauses without normative effect) that may be necessary to promote Language Bindings to the LIS by "modular" languages, and to update the document structure plan, if appropriate and report the results to the May 1992 meeting. Action 9111-52: Member Bodies to consider what means are appropriate to include technical corrigenda and proposed new functionality in a revised 9945-1 considering also the requirement that the LI work be done "with no net change" and to propose any recommendations at the May 1992 meeting. Action 9111-53: Convenor to identify a Vice-Chair for the New Zealand meeting prior to the meeting. Action 9111-54: Member Bodies to notify the New Zealand hosts on numbers of attendees at Rapporteur Group and WG15 meetings by the January 4th 1992 deadline. Identification of delegates who will be accompanied by spouses would be helpful. Action 9111-55: Convenor to follow up on meeting location for October 1992 meeting once IEEE has a firm location. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Kirk X/Open Company Limited Manager, Distributed Systems Management Apex Plaza, Forbury Road EMail: m.kirk@xopen.co.uk Reading, RG1 1AX, England Tel: +44 734 508311 ext 2258 Fax: +44 734 500110 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================== RFC 822 Headers ================== Received: by decvax.dec.com (5.57/decvax-27Nov90) id AA27576; Mon, 16 Mar 92 10:50:37 -0500 Received: by wessex.rdg.dec.com (5.57/ULTRIX-V3.1) id AA12141; Mon, 16 Mar 92 15:50:34 GMT Received: by xopen (15.11/15.6) id AA18161; Mon, 16 Mar 92 14:53:36 gmt Message-Id: <9203161453.AA18161@xopen> Reply-To: m.kirk@xopen.co.uk Date: Mon, 16 Mar 92 14:53:25 GMT Comments: (j.isaak 33)