SC22/WG20 N702

L2/99-285

SC22 Resolutions with impact on SC22/WG20 and NCITS/L2

Berlin, Germany

1999‑09‑20/23

 

Resolution 99‑A:   Approval of SC22 Work Program

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 approves the revised SC22 Program of Work detailed in document SC22 Nxxxx.

 

Resolution 99‑B:  SC22 Business Plan

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 approves the SC22 Business Plan contained in document SC22 N3007.

 

Resolution 99‑C:  Extension of Trial Period for Normative Referencing of Specifications Other Than International Standards

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 approves document SC22 N3008 as its response to the request from ISO/IEC JTC 1 for comments on extending the trial period for normative referencing of specifications other than International Standards and directs the SC22 Secretariat to forward this response to ISO/IEC JTC 1.

 

Resolution 99‑D:  Metrics of JTC 1 Accomplishments

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 approves document SC22 N2970 as its response to the request from ISO/IEC JTC 1 for contributions detailing methods for measuring the effectiveness of ISO/IEC JTC 1 accomplishments and directs the SC22 Secretariat to forward this response to ISO/IEC JTC 1.

 

Resolution 99‑F:  Disposition of Comments Reports

Recognizing that Disposition of Comments Reports should adequately address the resolution of comments provided with votes on SC22 and JTC 1 ballots;

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 reminds its Working Groups of the requirements in the JTC 1 Directives on the preparation of Disposition of Comments Reports, in particular that:

1)     Comments which are not accepted must be accompanied by the rationale for non-acceptance; and

2)     Comments which are accepted "in principle" (i.e., where the exact wording of the suggestion is not incorporated) should be accompanied by either the exact wording which was used to satisfy the comment or a rationale sufficient to ensure that the balloter can understand the changes that are being made based on the comment.

 

Resolution 99‑G:  Initiation of FCD Ballots

Recognizing that additional time and expense may be incurred when dealing with Final CD ballots;

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 provides the following guidance to its Working Groups when deciding whether to submit a document for CD or FCD ballot:

1)      Until there is wide acceptance that all major technical issues have been resolved, a document should not be forwarded for FCD ballot.

2)      Only documents which have a high probability of being progressed to FDIS processing  on the next ballot, should be brought forward for FCD ballot. 

 

Resolution 99-H:  Request to Make ISO/IEC 16509 Freely Available

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 approves the request from the ballot resolution group for DIS 16509 (Year 2000 Terminology) that ISO/IEC 16509 be made freely available and directs the SC22 Secretariat to immediately forward this request to ISO/IEC JTC 1 along with the rationale contained in document SC22 N2944.

 

Resolution 99‑I:  Approval of WG20 Liaisons

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 approves the request from WG20 for liaison with ISO TC 46/SC2 (Conversion of Written Languages) noting the Statement of Mutual Benefits and Responsibilities for this liaison contained in document SC22 N2922.

 

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 approves the request from WG20 for Category C Liaison with the World Wide Web Consortium and directs the SC22 Secretariat to forward this request to ISO/IEC JTC 1 for approval, along with the Statement of Mutual Benefits and Responsibilities for liaison contained in document SC22 N2923.

 

Resolution 99‑J:  Extension of Schedule for Project JTC 1.22.02.01.01 (Fortran 200x)

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22, recognizing that a combination of factors has arisen delaying the completion of the revision of ISO/IEC 1539‑1:1997 as detailed in document SC22 N2942, approves the extension by two years for completion of this revision until 2004.

 

Resolution 99‑K:  Withdrawal of Projects

Recognizing that development activity has been discontinued; ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 approves the withdrawal of the following projects, as requested by SC22/WG15:

   Project JTC 1.22.21.03.03 (Print Administration)

   Project JTC 1.22.21.01.01 (LIS System Interface).

 

Resolution 99‑L:  Approval for Concurrent Registration and Ballot

a.ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 approves concurrent PDTR registration and PDTR ballots for Project JTC 1.22.02.01.02 (Revised PDTR 15580, Floating Point Exception Handling in Fortran)

a.ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 approves concurrent PDTR registration and PDTR ballots for Project JTC 1.22.02.01.04 (Revised PDTR 15581, Enhanced Data Types in Fortran).

a.ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 approves concurrent CD registration and CD Ballot for Project JTC 1.22.18011 (LIS - Part 1:Realtime Distributed Systems Communication API)

  d.         ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 approves concurrent CD Registration and CD Ballot for Project JTC  1.22.15897 (Procedures for Registration of Cultural Elements).

 

Resolution 99‑M:  Extension of Java ™ Study Group (JSG) Study Period

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 extends the study period of the Java™ Study Group (JSG) until the 2000 ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Plenary. The charter of the JSG shall be to investigate potential approaches for Java-related standardization, to consider appropriate new work item proposals, to serve as SC22’s expert on Java-related matters, to support the SC22 liaison in the Java standardization efforts in ECMA TC41, and to prepare a written report to the next SC22 Plenary.

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 re-appoints Dr. Robert Mathis (United States) as Convener of this Java Study Group.

 

Resolution 99‑N:  Appointment of SC22 Liaison to ECMA TC41 and to ECMA

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 appoints Dr. Robert Mathis (United States) to serve as SC22’s liaison to ECMA TC41.

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 appoints Dr. Robert Mathis (United States) to serve as SC22’s liaison to ECMA.

 

Resolution 99‑O:  Standards for Periodic Review

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22:

a.        Recommends that the following standards be confirmed:

   ISO/IEC 6160:1979 - Programming Language PL/I

   ISO/IEC 7185:1990 - Programming Language Pascal

   ISO/IEC 8652:1995 ‑ Programming Language Ada

   ISO/IEC 13211‑1:1995 ‑ Prolog, Part 1

b.        Recommends that the following standard be withdrawn:

   ISO/IEC 12227:1995 ‑ SQL Ada Module Description Language

 

Resolution 99‑P: Cancellation of Projects

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 approves the cancellation of the following projects if the documents being developed under these projects have not been forwarded to the SC22 Secretariat for registration ballot by 2000-01-01:

1.JTC 1.22.09.02 – Character Repertoire for APL

  2.   JTC 1.22.24.02 – Character Repertoire for Extended APL.

 

Resolution 99‑Q:  Retention of Project Not Reaching CD Stage Within Three Years of NP: JTC 1.22.34 ‑ Complex Floating Point Arithmetic and Complex Elementary Numeric Functions

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 notes that while project JTC 1.22.34 has exceeded the statutory time for proceeding from NP to CD stage, this project has shown significant progress and there is reason to suppose that it will be completed; and

Having reviewed the situation, SC22 accepts the explanation that has been presented for the need for further time in the case of this project ;

Therefore, SC22 authorizes the extension by one year of the time permitted for proceeding from the NP to the CD stage for Project JTC 1.22.34.

 

Resolution 99-R:  Termination of JTC 1.22.29.02 – Vienna Development Method/Specification, Part 2: Modules

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 notes that project JTC 1.22.29.02 has exceeded the statutory time for proceeding from NP to CD stage.  At this time ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 terminates this subproject. 

However, SC22 notes:

1.The scope of JTC 1.22.29 continues to include work related to VDM Modules;

1.Countries interested in furthering this work are invited to continue their efforts;

1.SC22 is willing to reconsider the subdivision of JTC 1.22.29 at that point when there are sufficient indications of interest and activity.

 

Resolution 99‑S:  Retention of Project Not Reaching DIS Stage Within Four Years of Reaching CD Stage (Shell and Utilities Amendment)

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 notes that Project JTC 1.22.41 has exceeded the statutory time for proceeding from CD to DIS Stage.  ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 notes, however, that significant progress has been made on the project and there is no reason to suppose that it will not be completed.  Therefore, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 authorizes the extension by one year of the time permitted for proceeding from the CD to the DIS stage for Project JTC 1.22.41.

 

Resolution 99‑T:  Appointments/Reappointments of SC22 Working Group Conveners

a.            Dr. John Reid (UK) as Convener of WG5 (pending confirmation from the United Kingdom Member Body).

b.            Mr. Willem Wakker (Netherlands) as Convener of WG11 (pending confirmation from the Netherlands Member Body).

b.            Mr. Martin Schoenhacker (Austria) as Convener of WG13 (pending confirmation from the Austria Member Body).

d.            Mr. John Benito (USA) as Convener of WG14 (pending confirmation from the USA Member Body).

d.            Mr. Pierre Parquier (France) as Convener of WG16.

d.            Mr. Jonathan Hodgson (USA) as Convener of WG17 (pending confirmation from the USA Member Body).

d.            Mr. Arnold Winkler (USA) as Convener of WG20.

d.Dr. Tom Plum (USA) as Convener of WG21 (pending confirmation from the USA Member Body).

 

Resolution 99‑U:  Appointment of Project Editors

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 approves Mr. Arnold Winkler as Project Editor for Project JTC 1.22.13.01 (TR 10176 AM1).

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 approves Mr. Roger Scowen as Project Editor for Project JTC 1.22.22.01 (Prolog, Base Language).

 
Resolution 99-V:  2000 Plenary in Nara, Japan

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 accepts the generous offer of Japan National Body (SC22 N2984) to host the 2000 JTC 1/SC22 Plenary in Nara, Japan on 2000-09-12/15.

 

Resolution 99‑W:  Appreciation:  Dr. Miles Ellis

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 expresses its gratitude and appreciation to Dr. Miles Ellis for his many contributions as Convener of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22/WG5 - Fortran.

 

Resolution 99-X:  Appreciation:  Mr. Roger Scowen

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 expresses its gratitude and appreciation to Mr. Roger Scowen for his many contributions during his long tenure as Convener of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22/WG17 – Prolog.

 

Resolution 99-Y:  Appreciation:  SC22 Web Page and E-mail Reflector Maintenance

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 expresses its appreciation to the Danish UNIX Users Group (DKUUG) and Mr. Keld Simonsen for continuing to so effectively host and administer the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 World Wide Web pages and email reflectors.

 

Resolution 99-Z:  Appreciations:  General

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 expresses its appreciation to all those who have assisted in the work of this meeting, and in particular:

 

to Aonix, Gesellschaft fur Informatik, IBM Deutschland Informationssysteme, Siemens AG, and Software Portfolio Management for so generously sponsoring the dinner and boat ride for the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 delegates on Tuesday, September 21, 1999;

 

to DIN Deutsches Institut for Normung e.V., the meeting host, for the outstanding organization of the meeting and technical support, and especially to Ms. Ulrike Wachtendorf, Mr. Ronald Haude  and Mr. Siegfried Badenmuller for their cheerful help and support at all times;

 

to the Danish UNIX Users Group (DKUUG), and especially to Mr. Keld Simonsen, for setting up and maintaining the invaluable LAN infrastructure connections in the meeting room;

 

to the Drafting Committee members Mr. Isak Korn (chairman), Mr. Roger Martin, Mr Akio Kido, Mr. Toshiaki Kurokawa, Dr. Miles Ellis, and Mr. Keld Simonsen;

 

to Mr. John Hill for chairing the Ad Hoc Group on Increasing Participation on Working Groups;

 

to Hr. H.-Peter Krause, Prof. Georg Thiele and Prof. Rainer Müller for their interesting and informative presentation on PEARL;

 

to Mr. William Rinehuls for his management of the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Program of Work as the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat; and last, but by no means least,

 

to Mr. Robert Follett for chairing the meeting for the last time in his usual exemplary manner.

 

Resolution 99-AA               ISO ITTF Editorial Changes to Technical Reports

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 requests ISO ITTF to provide any recommended editorial changes to SC22 Technical Reports to the SC22 Secretariat for review and approval during the JTC 1 ballot period, if possible, but in any case prior to finalization of the TR for publication.

 

Resolution 99-BB   Appreciations to Mr. Johan van Wingen

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 expresses its gratitude and appreciation to Mr. Johan van Wingen for his long service and his many contribiutions as SC2 Liaison.

 

Resolution 99-CC               Appointment of Liaisons

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 appoints the following Liaisons:

a.               Mr. Arnold Winkler to SC2 (Coded Character Sets),

a.Mr. Jim Moore to SC7 (Software Engineering).

 

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 re-appoints Dr. Miles Ellis (UK) as its Liaison Officer to JTC 1/SC29.

 

Resolution 99-EE   Appointment of Acting Chairman of ISO IEC/JTC 1/SC22

Recognizing that the USA National Body has not yet endorsed an individual to assume the chairman position of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22; and

Recognizing that the term of office of Mr. Robert Follett has been completed;

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 endorses the appointment of Mr. John Hill (USA) as Acting Chairman of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22.

 

Resolution 99-GG               Participation of O Members in SC22 Working Groups

 

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22  requests ISO/IEC JTC 1 to permit participation in SC22 working groups by O members of SC22; and

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 instructs its Secretariat to convey this request to ISO/IEC JTC 1.

 

Resolution 99-HH:  Appreciation:  Mr. Robert Follett

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 expresses its gratitude and appreciation to Mr. Robert Follett for his service as Chairman of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 over the past 10 years and congratulates him on a job very well done.  Mr. Follett’s leadership and guidance have been key to SC22’s success.  SC22 is grateful for Mr. Follett’s leadership which has always been exercised with great fairness, efficiency and diplomacy.

 

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 wishes Mr. Follett the best of good fortune in his future endeavours.

 

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