ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 RESOLUTIONS May 13, 1994 RESOLUTION 94-267 Report to CEN/TC304 on POSIX National Profile, Locale & Charmap Registry Whereas ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15's RIN has identified the need for a Registry for POSIX National Profiles, Locales and Charmaps, and Whereas RIN recognises that such a registry, currently being established by CEN, should be available to all National Bodies, Therefore WG15 instructs its CEN working relation to send WG15 N495 to CEN/TC304 as its liaison statement in order to inform CEN of WG15's interest in the CEN registry, and WG15 further requests member bodies to investigate this issue and to be prepared to discuss it at the next WG15 meeting (in October 1994). RESOLUTION 94-268 Approval of Terms of Reference of RIN Whereas ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 action item 9305-38 has instructed its lead Rapporteurs to review the Terms of Reference of their rapporteur groups and report back to WG15, Therefore WG15 approves N491 as RIN's Terms of Reference, Program of Work and Plans and Deliverables, as a replacement for WG15 N280. RESOLUTION 94-269 Liaison Statement to JTC1/SGFS on the Harmonisation of POSIX National Profiles and OSE Profile ISPs Whereas ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 member bodies are developing POSIX National Profiles (as described in ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 annex E, ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993 annex G and WG15 N461), and Whereas ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 is concerned that requirements for POSIX National Profiles may preclude them from becoming ISPs, and Whereas it is important that POSIX National Profiles have ISP status in order that they be accessible to all interested parties worldwide, including member bodies, Therefore WG15 instructs its SGFS liaison to forward WG15 N470 to SGFS as the expression of its concerns with a request for SGFS to make any necessary changes to TR10000 to enable POSIX National Profiles to become ISPs, especially addressing the issue of references to national and regional standards in POSIX National Profiles. RESOLUTION 94-270 CEN Participation in ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 Whereas SC22 N1556 confirms the validity of reciprocal CEN TC representation on JTC1 committees, Therefore ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 believes it would be advantageous to the progress of its work and instructs its Convener to ask SC22 to invite up to two persons from CEN/TC304 to participate in future ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 meetings. RESOLUTION 94-271 Liaison Statement to SC22/WG13 Whereas ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 approves WG15 N477 as the WG15 response to the SC22/WG13 liaison statement (WG13 D204) to WG15, Therefore ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 instructs its Convener to send the liaison statement in WG15 N477 to WG13. RESOLUTION 94-272 Liaison Statement to JTC1/SGFS on APIs Whereas two classes of interfaces defined in ISO/IEC PDTR 14252 (POSIX P1003.0) are: Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) which are defined as interfaces between applications and platforms, and Platform Internal Interfaces (PIIs) which are defined as interfaces between internal platform components, and Whereas the distinction between these two classes is subject to interpretation, and Whereas proposed modifications to TR10000-3 in SGFS N1115 and N1117 attempt to generalise the term API so as to widen the scope of the interfaces that may be included within OSE Profiles, while avoiding use of the term PII, and Whereas WG15 has within its scope of work interfaces which facilitate application-to-application functionality, (for instance pipes, shared memory, and IPC facilities within 9945-1), and SGFS N1115 and N1117 include as an example of an application-to-application interface the X/Open XA interface, Therefore WG15 requests SGFS to ensure that the definition of OSE Profiles meets the requirements for application portability by permitting the inclusion of application-to-application interfaces, and Therefore WG15 proposes that, in order to facilitate the inclusion of profiles referencing POSIX standards within TR10000-3, the term Application Program Interface should be interpreted more widely as an interface between application software and a provider of appropriate services, and Therefore WG15 instructs its SGFS liaison to send this resolution to SGFS and instructs its Convener to send this resolution to the US member body for delivery to the PASC IEEE P1003.0 working group. RESOLUTION 94-273 Liaison Statement to JTC1/SGFS in Response to SGFS N1081 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 instructs its SGFS liaison to forward WG15 N496, together with an appropriate cover letter, to ISO/IEC JTC1/SGFS, as the WG15 response to the SGFS liaison statement N1081, (WG15 N448). RESOLUTION 94-274 Liaison Statement to JTC1/SC21 and JTC1/SGFS on Harmonising Conformance Testing Terminology ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 authorises the forwarding of WG15 N480, together with an appropriate cover letter, to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC21, and also to SGFS, as the WG15 contribution relating to JTC1 N2527, with reference to ISO Guide 25. RESOLUTION 94-275 Liaison Statement to JTC1/SC27 on Security Related Standards Whereas ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 believes that its report detailing the standards bodies currently developing security-related standards, WG15 N490, may be of value to SC27 and to IEEE PASC P1003.6, Therefore, the Convener is instructed to send WG15 N490 with an appropriate cover letter to SC27 as a liaison statement, and also to send WG15 N490 to the US Member Body (for the attention of P1003.6) for information. RESOLUTION 94-276 Liaison Statement to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG20 on Registries for Internationalisation ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 instructs its WG20 liaison to send WG15 N494R, together with an appropriate cover letter, to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG20. RESOLUTION 94-277 Dissolution of SC22/WG15 RGSec WG15 thanks its Rapporteur group on Security, RGSec, together with all its members, past and present, for its work on POSIX security and acknowledges the completion of RGSec's assigned tasks. WG15 hereby dissolves RGSec. RESOLUTION 94-278 Formation of SC22/WG15 Synchronization Ad Hoc Group Whereas Denmark and Japan have expressed concerns with the effectiveness of the current WG15 synchronization plan (refer to WG15 N381, WG15 N426, and WG15 N460), and Whereas the United States has brought forward a proposed plan (N476) for developing a revision of the current WG15 synchronization plan (N352R), and Whereas there is an ongoing effort to develop a project management form (WG15 N486), Therefore, WG15 authorizes the formation of an ad hoc group, to be led by Jon Spencer, with the following terms of reference: a) Draft a proposed revision of WG15 N352R for discussion at the October 1994 WG15 meeting. b) Include consideration of new JTC1 Directives in the revision. c) Consider SC22's procedures for processing defect reports (SC22 N1236). d) Present to WG15, in the same form as used in the presentation by the US at the May 1994 WG15 meeting, the proposed synchronization process. e) Recommend an implementation plan encompassing both the proposed synchronization plan and the project management form. f) Meet exclusively via electronic means. RESOLUTION 94-279 Division of Work Item, Batch Services Whereas POSIX Batch Services (P1003.15, JTC1/SC22 work item number 22.21.03.02) has been assigned a work item that is part of POSIX system administration, and Whereas the development group has produced work that is an extension to the POSIX shell and utilities, and Whereas the development group intends to resume work on the system administration aspects of batch services, Therefore WG15 instructs its Convener to request SC22 to approve a Division of Work item to permit the work on POSIX batch services to be split into a system administration component, a shell and utilities component, and a system interface component. RESOLUTION 94-280 Disposition of Comments on PDTR Guide to POSIX OSE Whereas the US has proposed WG15 N479 as the disposition of comments on the PDTR registration ballot of IEEE document P1003.0, Therefore SC22/WG15 approves N479 as the disposition of comments for PDTR 'Guide to the POSIX OSE' and recommends the registration of the document as a PDTR. RESOLUTION 94-281 Approval of Liaison from SC22/WG15 to SC22/WG14 SC22/WG15 nominates Mr. Keld Simonsen as its liaison to SC22/WG14 ('C') and instructs its Convener to notify both SC22/WG14 and the SC22 secretariat of this. RESOLUTION 94-282 Sending SC22/WG15 N462 (CHARIDS) to IEEE PASC Whereas Canada has identified a proposal for a future amendment to 9945-2 for the inclusion of CHARIDS as a mapping for symbolic character names, Therefore ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 requests the US member body to send WG15 N462 to the US Development Body for possible inclusion as an amendment to PASC 1003.2b and requests the US to present the results of their review to WG15 at its October 1994 meeting. RESOLUTION 94-283 Sending WG15 N444 (CEN Cultural Elements Registry) to IEEE PASC Whereas CEN/TC304 is producing a registry standard including Locales and Charmaps as defined in ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993 and has identified a need for a further POSIX entity to be registered as a Charsymbmap, Therefore ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15 requests the US member body to send WG15 N444 to the US Development Body for possible inclusion of charsymbmap (see N444 section 6.9) as an amendment to PASC 1003.2b and requests the US to present the results of their review to WG15 at its October 1994 meeting. RESOLUTION 94-284 Appreciations JTC1/SC22/WG15 especially thanks Professor Nobuo Saito for chairing the meeting, and for arranging the venue, facilities and excellent dinner at this very successful meeting. SC22/WG15 especially thanks IPSJ/ITSCJ, particularly Mr. Akio Saitoh, senior advisor and former secretary general, and Ms. Mariko Takeuchi and Ms. Sachiko Minezaki for their invaluable assistance throughout the meeting. SC22/WG15 thanks Mr. Barry Needham for serving as secretary for the meeting. SC22/WG15 thanks Mr. David Cannon, Mr. John Hill, Mr. Masahiro Morita and Mr. Keld Simonsen for their unstinting devotion to the Drafting Committee.