From martin@xopen.co.uk Thu Nov 5 18:56:35 1992 Received: from ben.uknet.ac.uk by dkuug.dk with SMTP id AA24817 (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4j for ); Fri, 6 Nov 1992 11:24:22 +0100 Received: from eros.uknet.ac.uk by ben.uknet.ac.uk via UKIP with SMTP (PP) id ; Thu, 5 Nov 1992 19:10:01 +0000 Received: from xopen.co.uk by eros.uknet.ac.uk via UKIP with SMTP (PP) id <17883-0@eros.uknet.ac.uk>; Thu, 5 Nov 1992 19:01:00 +0000 Received: by xopen (1.36.108.3/15.6) id AA11476; Thu, 5 Nov 92 18:57:55 GMT Message-Id: <9211051857.AA11476@xopen.co.uk> Received: from localhost by xopuk with SMTP (1.36.108.3/16.2) id AA20533; Thu, 5 Nov 92 18:56:35 GMT To: sc22wg15@dkuug.dk Reply-To: m.kirk@xopen.co.uk Subject: WG15 Actions (ASCII) Date: Thu, 05 Nov 92 18:56:35 GMT From: Martin Kirk X-Charset: ASCII X-Char-Esc: 29 Attachment 7: Summary of Action Items Member Body Action Items All Member Bodies 6,17,21,22,23,27,30,39,40,64,74,84 Canada 33 Denmark 4,10,78 France 9,63 Japan 8 UK 85 US 2,11,12,13,14,16,25,33,38,44,46,47,50,57,70,71,77, 80,83,86,87 Individual Action Items All Liaisons 49 All RIN rapporteurs 72 Convenor 7,18,19,20,28,34,35,36,37,41,42,43,45,51,52,53,54, 55,56,59,60,61,65,66,75,81,82 Project Editor 62,79 RGSec Lead Rapporteur 15,29,31 RIN Lead Rapporteur 3,32 CEN/CENELEC Liaison 26 SC21/WG1 Liaison 58 SC22/WG11 Liaison 1,24,68 SC22/WG20 Liaison 67,69 SC27 Liaison 58 SGFS Liaison 48,72,73 Lorraine Kevra 76 Arnie Powell 5 Action 9210-1: 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 and 9111-12 and 9205- 05) Action 9210-2: US: Send letter of invitation to WG15 Convenor re hosting the fall 1993 WG15 meeting. (open action 9205-08) Action 9210-3: RIN Lead Rapporteur: Co-ordinate review and comment on the codeset conversion proposal with the IEEE CS TCOS working group. (open action item 9111-21 and 9205-10). Action 9210-4: Denmark: 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. (open action item 9111-25 and 9205-11). Action 9210-5: Arnie Powell: Provide a list of actions covering the open resolutions identified in N202, and the resolutions developed at Kista. (open action 9205-15). Action 9210-6: Member Bodies: Consider criteria for category "C" liasion to WG15, its rapporteur groups, and project activities, and to provide feedback to WG15 by August 1, 1992. (open action 9205-20). Action 9210-7: Convenor: Investigate the process (rapid amendment) possibilities available to move the planned amendment to CD 9945-2 through the international process as quickly as possible and report back to WG15 at the next meeting. (open action 9205-25) Action 9210-8: Japan: Send a letter of invitation to WG15 Convenor re hosting spring 1994 WG15 meeting. (open action 9205-27). Action 9210-9: France: Send a letter of invitation to WG15 Convenor re hosting spring 1995 WG15 meeting. (open action 9205-29). Action 9210-10: Denmark: Provide to the US detailed proposals for areas identified in their 9945-2.2 comments #s 2, 5, and 9 addressing resolution comments in N281. (open action 9205-31). Action 9210-11: US: Report on the status of resolution 131. (ref: action items 9111-11 and 9105-31). (open action 9205-34). Action 9210-12: US: Report on the status of resolution 148. (ref: action items 9111-11 and 9105-31). (open action 9205-36). Action 9210-13: US: Obtain a coordination ballot from SC27 on the current draft of POSIX.6. (open action 9205-41). Action 9210-14: US: Submit a draft NP for LIS at the next meeting of WG15 bringing this document forward as a type 3 Technical Report. (Resolution 197). (open action 9205-50). Action 9210-15: RGSec Lead Rapporteur: Investigate liasion with EWOS re security issues and report back to WG15 at WG15's next meeting. (open action 9205-53). Action 9210-16: US: Investigate the concerns expressed in ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22/WG15 N220 and propose a solution to these issues, also taking into account the ECMA PCTE work, and to provide this to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22/WG15 for its next meeting. (open action 9205-55). Action 9210-17: Member Bodies: Nominate candidates for the position of Liaison to ECMA TC33. (open action 9205-59). Action 9210-18: Convenor: Request that SC22 notify its working groups developing POSIX language bindings to actively participate in the development of POSIX language independent standards in order to ensure that the requirements for their language bindings are met. (open action 9205-60). Action 9210-19: Convenor: Verify that SC22 Secretariat has received ballot responses from active WG15 members. Action 9210-20: Convenor: Request SC22 Secretariat to distribute the document for response. Action 9210-21: Member Bodies: Identify experts who could participate in a meeting on character sets and character set concepts in Copenhagen, April 21-23, 1993. Input should be sent to the WG15 convenor by December 1st. Action 9210-22: Member Bodies: Review WG15/N330 and provide feedback through their RIN rapporteurs. Action 9210-23: Member Bodies: Bring the issues of stateful encoding within the new WG14 activities to the attention of their national experts, with special care given to issues that may conflict with 9945-2. Action 9210-24: WG15/WG11 Liaison: Forward proposed answer to WG11 regarding LIS Guide work. Action 9210-25: US: Take N309 into account in their Draft NP for the LIS work. Action 9210-26: CEN/CENELEC Liaison: Forward contributions received in CEN/CENELEC TC304 to WG15. Action 9210-27: Member Bodies: Review and comment on areas of mutual interest between WG15 and SC21 contained in WG15 N324 (SC22/N1178). Forward comments to both SC21 and SC22/WG15. Action 9210-28: Convenor: Respond to OIW expressing that request for S- Liaison is inappropriate for WG15, it should have been sent to SC22. However, it is our understanding that they are welcome to participate in WG15 Rapporteur Group meetings without such a liaison. Action 9210-29: RGSec Lead Rapporteur: Respond to the SC27 liaison request. The proposed response is to be circulated within WG15 for approval prior to its transmission to SC27. If the response is approved it should be forwarded to SC27. Action 9210-30: Member Bodies: Comment on the proposed response to the SC27 liaison request in time for its transmission to SC27. Action 9210-31: RGSec Lead Rapporteur: Identify and carry through an appropriate response to N144. Action 9210-32: RIN Lead Rapporteur: Investigate the production of guidelines for standards developers for the usage of the terms character and byte in the definition of interfaces, with especial attention to the internationalisation issues arising from character-based interfaces. Action 9210-33: US and Canada: Nominees for the post of RGSec Lead Rapporteur to provide a short statement to the Convenor describing their qualifications relevant to fulfilling this post within 2 weeks of the end of the October 1992 WG15 meeting. Action 9210-34: Convenor: Initiate a letter ballot for the post of RGSec Lead Rapporteur, and to circulate the short qualification statements from the candidates along with the letter ballot. The letter ballot is to be initiated within 3 weeks of the October 1992 WG15 meeting. Action 9210-35: Convenor: Notify SC21 and SC27 that Lionel Boiteau has been appointed as liaison from WG15. Action 9210-36: Convenor: Notify ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat by November 6th, 1992 of the error in the registration of P1003.3 and request that the error be corrected as soon as possible. Action 9210-37: Convenor: Express the thanks of WG15 to X/Open for supplying a copy of their standards policy. Action 9210-38: US: Provide an updated synchronisation plan which incorporates interpretations (WG15/N302), prior to the May 1993 WG15 meeting, for discussion at that meeting. Action 9210-39: Member Bodies: Review N302 and N305 and provide input to the US regarding any concerns or recommendations that they may have regarding synchronisation as soon as possible. Work will be done on this at the Jan. 10 1993 TCOS meetings. Action 9210-40: Member Bodies: Nominate candidates for the position of Lead Rapporteur for RGCT in time for selection at the May 1993 SC22/WG15 meeting. Action 9210-41: Convenor: Notify ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat by November 6th, 1992 of the error in the registration of P1003.3 and request that the error be corrected as soon as possible. (Resolution 203). Action 9210-42: Convenor: Conduct a consultative letter ballot of SC22/WG15 to determine the acceptability of the text of WG15 N331 as an NP proposal. (Resolution 205). Action 9210-43: Convenor: Forward N331 to JTC 1/SC22 as an NP proposal should the WG15 consultative ballot close with no negative ballots and with no substantive ballot comments. (Resolution 205). Action 9210-44: US: Provide the WG15 Convenor with a copy of IEEE Std. 1003.3.1-1992 for submission for CD registration subject to the approval of the related NP. (Resolution 206). Action 9210-45: Convenor: Forward a copy of IEEE Std. 1003.3.1-1992 to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 for CD registration subject to the approval of the related NP. (Resolution 206) Action 9210-46: US: Bring forward for SC22/WG15 consideration any work related to Test Methods under development in the US in accordance with the agreed synchronisation plan subject to the approval of the NP. (Resolution 207). Action 9210-47: US: Circulate IEEE P1003.3.2 to WG15 members for review and comment. (Resolution 208). Action 9210-48: SGFS Liaison: Forward document WG15/N297 (P1003.0 Draft 15), document WG15/N164 (P1003.18 Draft 3) SGFS. (Resolution 209). Action 9210-49: Member Bodies and Liaisons: Offer specific recommendations on how profiles can be constructed in areas where standardisation work is incomplete, and where there are insufficient standards to meet fully the user need. (Resolution 210). Action 9210-50: US: Provide IEEE 1003.0 (Draft 16 or later), to the SC22/WG15 Convenor. (Resolution 211). Action 9210-51: Convenor: Forward the version of P1003.0 provided by the US to the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat for registration as a CD for a Type 3 Technical report. (Resolution 211). Action 9210-52: Convenor: Notify SC21/WG4 that Mr M Kirk has been appointed liaison from SC22/WG15. (Resolution 212). Action 9210-53: Convenor: Notify SC22/WG13 that Mr K Hopper has been appointed liaison from SC22/WG15. (Resolution 213). Action 9210-54: Convenor: Notify SC27 that Mr L Boiteau has been appointed liaison from SC22/WG15. (Resolution 214). Action 9210-55: Convenor: Notify SC21/WG1 that Mr L Boiteau has been appointed liaison from SC22/WG15. (resolution 215). Action 9210-56: Convenor: Forward the WG15/N319 document to ECMA TC33 for review and comment. (Resolution 216). Action 9210-57: US: Forward P1003.6 Draft 13 to the Convenor for registration as a WG15 document. (Resolution 217). Action 9210-58: SC21/WG1 and SC27 Liaison: Forward the WG15 document (P1003.6, Draft 13) submitted by the US for review and comment to both SC21/WG1 and SC27. Input should be requested within the time period allowed to members of the balloting group for P1003.6. The Liaison to SC21/WG1 and SC27 to forward the responses from SC21/WG1 and SC27 to the P1003.6 ballot resolution group in a timely manner. (Resolution 217). Action 9210-59: Convenor: Audit all JTC 1, SC22 and WG15 ballots and ballot resolutions concerning SC22/WG15. (Resolution 218). Action 9210-60: Convenor: Distribute a report of the results of the ballot audit prior to its May 1993 meeting. (Resolution 218). Action 9210-61: Convenor: Make discussion of the ballot audit an agenda item at the May 1993 WG15 meeting. (Resolution 218). Action 9210-62: Project Editor: In consultation with the US, to report back at the May 1993 WG15 meeting on the feasibility of merging the real time extensions into 9945-1LIS before 9945-1LIS becomes an international standard taking into account the provision that this should be done without adversely affecting the progress of the existing C-language versions of P1003.4 (Real-Time Extensions) and P1003.4a (Threads). (Resolution 219). Action 9210-63: France: Identify any potential semantic differences between IEEE Std. 1003.5-1992 and ISO 9945-1:1990 and report to WG15 before the May 1993 WG15 meeting. (Resolution 221). Action 9210-64: Member Bodies: Consider the advisability of registering IEEE P1003.5-1992 as a Type 2 Technical Report. (Resolution 221). Action 9210-65: Convenor: Forward the Liaison Statement WG15/N327 to SC15. Action 9210-66: Convenor: Forward the Liaison Statement WG15/N328 to SC22/WG14. Action 9210-67: SC22/WG20 Liaison: Forward the Liaison Statement WG15/N328 to SC22/WG20. Action 9210-68: SC22/WG11 Liaison: Forward the Liaison Statement WG15/N28 to SC22/WG21. Action 9210-69: SC22/WG20 Liaison: Forward the Liaison Statement WG15/N329 to SC22/WG20. Action 9210-70: US: 1. Consider the support of shell programming interface internationalisation enhancement facilities in early versions of 9945-1 amendments (such as P1003.1a) currently in plan. 2. Inform SC22/WG15 of any plans for synchronising the internationalisation interfaces between 9945-1 and 9945-2. (Resolution 222). Action 9210-71: US: 1. Consider the LIS and language-binding interface changes necessary to handle character-oriented features as symbol and not storage patterns for a future revision of 9945-1. 2. Inform SC22/WG15 of any plans for supporting such features in future revisions of all parts of the 9945 Standard. (Resolution 223). Action 9210-72: SGFS Liaison and RIN rapporteurs: Discuss how to provide a report describing the SGFS perspective on National Profiles, with especial consideration of the use of the terms POSIX National Profile, National Locales, and National Profile. Action 9210-73: SGFS Liaison: Provide a report describing the SGFS perspective on National Profiles, with especial consideration of the use of the terms POSIX National Profile, National Locales, and National Profile. Action 9210-74: Member Bodies: Reply directly to the Chair of the Ad Hoc committee, (Lorraine Kevra) before 1 Feb. 1993 stating their opinions in respect to questions 4,5,8, and 9 in the SC22 Cross Language Questionnaire. (Resolution 226) Action 9210-75: Convenor: Request JTC 1/SC22 WGs developing language bindings to reply directly to the Chair of the SC22/WG15 Ad Hoc committee (Lorraine Kevra) before 1 Feb. 1993 in answer to the technical questions 11-17 in the SC22 Cross Language Questionnaire. (Resolution 226) Action 9210-76: Lorraine Kevra: Incorporate answers to the administrative questions in the SC22 Cross Language Questionnaire with any other responses received from Member Bodies and other SC22 WGs and to reply to JTC 1/SC22 on behalf of SC22/WG15 before 1st March 1993. (Resolution 226) Action 9210-77: US: Consider the UK contribution on a proposed new Rigorously Conforming conformance class. Action 9210-78: Denmark: Provide more information related to WG15/N304 in time for consideration at the May 1993 WG15 meeting. Action 9210-79: Project Editor: Convene a ballot resolution group in New Orleans in January 1993 in conjunction with the IEEE meeting in order to prepare a Disposition of Comments on the CD ballot of Project JTC 1 22.21.01.02, and to forward the Disposition of Comments to the WG15 Convenor, the US, and SC22. (Resolution 224) Action 9210-80: US: Provide to the WG15 Convenor a document incorporating the changes arising from the Disposition of Comments for registration as a second CD. (Resolution 224) Action 9210-81: Convenor: Forward the document provided by the US Member Body incorporating the Disposition of Comments to the SC22 Secretariat for registration as a second CD. (Resolution 224) Action 9210-82: Convenor: Determine the status of publication of the DIS ballot of 9945-2 as soon as possible and advise WG15 by E-mail. Action 9210-83: US: Forward the Japanese comments on P1003.7.1 D4 to P1003.7. Action 9210-84: Member Bodies: Consider the proposal to modify the Document Structure Plan by assigning a new number to 9945-3 and provide feedback to the Project Editor by January 31 1993. Action 9210-85: UK: Draft an NP proposal addressing Test Methods as soon as possible for formal presentation at the May 1993 WG15 meeting. (Resolution 204). Action 9210-86: US: Examine N308 and take into account any comments relevant to the LIS. Action 9210-87: US: Research outstanding issues from the original P1003.17 project and determine if there were any that were specific to POSIX and thus have not been transferred to P1224.2. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------