From rabin@osf.org Tue Jun 15 12:54:43 1993 Received: from postman.osf.org by dkuug.dk with SMTP id AA18779 (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4j for ); Tue, 15 Jun 1993 22:54:33 +0200 Received: from bubba.osf.org by postman.osf.org (5.64+/OSF 1.0) id AA11425; Tue, 15 Jun 93 16:54:44 -0400 Received: by bubba.osf.org (5.65/4.7) id AA17020; Tue, 15 Jun 93 16:54:43 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 16:54:43 -0400 From: rabin@osf.org Message-Id: <9306152054.AA17020@bubba.osf.org> To: SC22WG15@dkuug.dk Subject: WG15 Heidelberg Action Items X-Charset: ASCII X-Char-Esc: 29 JTC1/SC22/WG15 N388 Attachment 2 JTC1/SC22/WG15 OPEN ACTION ITEMS Heidelberg, Germany May 14, 1993 9305-01 UK National Body to further scope the work required as defined in N347 9305-02 US national body to send letter of invitation to WG15 Convener re hosting the fall 1993 WG15 meeting, (open action item 9210-2, 9205-08) 9305-03 RIN Lead Rapporteur: Co-ordinate review and comment on the codeset conversion proposal with the IEEE CS PASC working group. (open action item 9111-21, 9205- 10, 9210-3) 9305-04 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, 9205-11, 9210-4) 9305-05 Arnie Powell: Provide a list of actions covering the open resolutions identified in N202, and the resolutions developed at Kista (open action item 9205-15, 9210-5) 9305-06 Denmark: Provide to the US detailed proposals for areas identified in their 9945-2.2 comments #2,5, and 9 addressing resolution comments in N281. (open action item 9205-31, 9210-10) 9305-07 RGSEC Lead Rapporteur: Investigate liaison with EWOS re security issues and report back to WG15 at WG15's next meeting. (open action item 9205-53, 9210-15) 9305-08 Canada, UK: Nominate candidates for the position of Liaison to ECMA TC33 (open action item 9205-59, 9210-17) 9305-09 US: Investigate the concerns expressed in ISO/IEC JTC1/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 JTC1/SC22/WG15 for its next meeting. (open action item 9205-55, 9210- 16). 9305-10 Japan: Bring the issue of stateful encoding within the new WG14 activities to the attention of their national expert, with special care given to issues that may conflict with 9945-2. (open action item 9210-23) 9305-11 CEN/CENELEC Liaison: Forward contributions received in CEN/CENELEC TC304 to WG15 (open action item 9210- 26) 9305-12 Japan, Canada: 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. (open action item 9210-27) 9305-13 RGSEC Lead Rapporteur: Identify and carry through an appropriate response to N144. (open action item 9210-31) 9305-14 Convener: Forward N331 to JTC1/SC22 as an NP proposal should the WG15 consultative ballot close with no negative ballots and with no substantive ballot comments. (Resolution 205) (open action item 9210-43). 9305-15 US: Provide the WG15 Convener 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) (open action item 9210-44) 9305-16 Convener: 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) (open action item 9210-45) 9305-17 US: Bring forward for SC22/WG15 consideration any work related to Test Methods under development in the US in accordance with the agreed synchronization plan subject to the approval of the NP. (Resolution 207).(open action item 9210-46) 9305-18 US: Circulate IEEE P1003.3.2 to WG15 members for review and comment. (Resolution 208).(open action item 9210-47) 9305-19 SGFS Liaison: Forward document WG15/N297 (P1003.0 Draft 15), document WG15/N164 (P1003.18 Draft 3) to SGFS. (Resolution 209).(open action item 9210-48) 9305-20 US: Provide IEEE 1003.0 (Draft 16 or later), to the SC22/WG15 Convener. (Resolution 211). (open action item 9210-50) 9305-21 Convener: 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).(open action item 9210-51) 9305-22 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).(open action item 9210-58) 9305-23 Project Editor: In consultation with the US, to report back at the next 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). (open action item 9210- 62) 9305-24 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). (open action item 9210-71) 9305-25 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) (open action item 9210-76) 9305-26 US: Consider the UK contribution [N374] on a proposed new Rigorously Conforming conformance class. (open action item 9210-77) 9305-27 Denmark: Provide more information related to WG15/N304 in time for consideration at the next WG15 meeting. (open action item 9210-78) 9305-28 Member Bodies: Review N375 to determine status and report back to next WG15 meeting. 9305-29 Convener: Inform Mr Ted Baker that he is the WG15 Liaison to WG9/RRG. (ref. N357) 9305-30 US: Provide a presentation of the scope and content of 9945-3 and a characterization of the other relevant PASC work which may be relevant to WG15 9305-31 US: Supply a copy of the latest draft 1003.2b to WG15 for review and comment. 9305-32 US: Provide the WG15 Convener with a letter to be forwarded to WG15 Heads of Delegation informing them of how they can acquire IEEE PASC documents and to inform Member Bodies as to expected shipment dates of various Draft documents. 9305-33 US: Investigate making electronic copies of Draft documents available to WG15. 9305-34 US: Audit the NAPS mailing list and compare with WG15 SD6 to ensure that the WG15 HoD's receive the appropriate mailings. 9305-35 Denmark: Confirm that the proper head of delegation is noted in WG15 SD6. 9305-36 US: Develop a "mailing profile" to ensure that WG15 HoD's receive the appropriate IEEE PASC mailings. 9305-37 Convener: Produce a new standing document which contains the Ballot Audit Information currently contained in attachment to N351 and to update it when necessary. 9305-38 Lead Rapporteurs: Review the terms of reference of their rapporteur groups within the context of N356 and report back to WG15 at the October 1993 meeting. 9305-39 US: Forward an appropriate copy of Amendment 1 of 9945-1:1990 (Real Time extensions) to the SC22 Secretariat for DIS processing. 9305-40 US: To provide a plan for incorporating into 9945-1 the additional rationale regarding the use of the terms "byte" and "character" as referenced in N349. 9305-41 Project Editor: Prepare a preliminary disposition of comments for 9945-2 and circulate them in July to WG15 member bodies. 9305-42 Member Bodies: Member bodies having comments on 9945-2 are requested to supply them via E-mail to Project Editor as well as the official ballot return, in order to give as much resolution time as possible. 9305-43 Convener: Circulate the report from the SC22 Ad-Hoc on Character Sets to member bodies. 9305-44 Convener: Report WG15 support of the request to the US member body to forward P1003.9 to JTC1 for fast- track processing as a Technical Report Type 2, in his SC22 Conveners report. 9305-45 Member Bodies: Review the following general specification methods with regard to the requirements listed in Resolution 93-233, and provide a written response prior to the October 1993 WG15 meeting, evaluating these methods for future use in projects JTC1.22.21, JTC1.22.39, JTC1.22.42. Member bodies are invited to suggest and evaluate additional specification methods. 1. LIS methods described in N173 (TCOS-LIS) 2. LIS methods under development by WG11 (LID, LIPC) 3. LIS methods using formal definition techniques (VDMSL, Z, others) 4. Single binding document with multiple language syntaxes 5. Separate thick language bindings 9305-46 Convener: Ensure that a discussion of the potential advancement of Language Dependent Specifications to the IS status takes place at the October 1993 WG15 meeting. 9305-47 US: Invite IEEE PASC P1003.0 experts to attend the RGCPA meeting to be held on 25-26 October 1993 in Annapolis. 9305-48 US: Investigate how the Fortran 77 bindings can be used by Fortran 90 applications. 9305-49 US: Forward N354 to the IEEE PASC 2003 working group for information. 9305-50 Member Bodies: Invite the appropriate experts involved in conformance testing to participate in RGCT representing their respective countries. 9305-51 Japan: Circulate (electronically) the latest version of the GPNPNL [N386] to member bodies in time for their review before the October 1993 WG15 meeting. 9305-52 RGCPA: WG15 instructs RGCPA to review N386 and report back to WG15 at its next meeting as to its potential relationship to P1003.0. 9305-53 Ted Baker: Provide the WG15 Convener with a copy of the Draft of the Real-Time Rapporteur Group (RRG) of SC22/WG9 (Ada) proposed standard API for hard real- time services for distribution to WG15 for their review and comment. 9305-54 US: Provide WG15 with the report coming out of the joint PASC P1003.4 and P1003.5 working groups discussion of the RRG proposed standard API. 9305-55 Ted Baker: Advise the WG15 member bodies, via E- mail, when the CD Ballot is starting for the WG9 RRG proposal. 9305-56 WG11 Liaison: Forward WG15 Resolutions 93-233, 93- 234, and 93-244 to WG11. 9305-57 US: Forward WG15 N212, N342, N344 and N387 to its development body. (Resolution 93-228) 9305-58 Convener: To put rapporteur group reports, per WG15 N356, onto all future WG15 meeting agendas. 9305-59 Convener: Communicate to UniForum that they may apply for Category C Liaison. (Resolution 93-229) 9305-60 Project Editor: Notify the development body of collation weight requirements. (Resolution 93-230) 9305-61 Member Bodies: Report any issues, concerns on advancement of POSIX Profiles internationally to WG15. (Resolution 93-232) 9305-62 Convener: Request SC22 to initiate the DIS ballot for 1003.3-1991. (Resolution 93-236) 9305-63 Convener: Forward WG15 N347 to SGFS, SC6, SC18, SC21, SC22 and SC26 for review and comment. (Resolution 93-237). 9305-64 Member Bodies: Provide names of delegates for both WG15 meeting and WG15 Rapporteur meetings to the Convener of the meeting before the start of the meeting. (Resolution 93-242) 9305-65 Member Bodies: Host for spring 1996 WG15 meeting is required. Volunteers are requested to supply an official invitation to the Convener. *** The following actions were added by the recording secretary *** 9305-66 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. (open action item 9210-29) 9305-67 Convener: Ensure that a discussion of the GPNPNL [N386] is included in the agenda for the October 1993 WG15 meeting. 9305-68 Convener: Distribute the RRG draft provided by Ted Baker to WG15 Member Bodies for review and comment.