Subject: N415 - WG11 convener report to SC22

From: Willem Wakker <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 95 13:55:47 O

WG11 Convener report to SC22, August 1995     SC22/WG11/N415

1.  Meetings

The following meetings of SC22/WG11 were held since the last report:

January 30 - February 3, 1995	Maynard (MA), U.S.A.
May 29 - June 1, 1995		Amsterdam (Netherlands)

The following meeting is planned:

September 25-27, 1995	Gaithersburg (MD), U.S.A.

2.  WG11 Participation

Participation in WG11 continues to be a point of concern.  Although the
situation is better than before (active participation from Japan and Sweden
at the last meetings), the fact it is still basically a `one person per
country representation' could make attendance at meetings unpredictable.
Also, the fact that some representatives are only interested in one WG11
project and not in the other projects makes the picture look better than it
actually is.

Therefore SC22 Member Bodies are urgently requested to continue to pay
attention to the support for the WG11 activities.

3.  Work Item JTC1.22.16 - Common Procedure Calling Mechanism

In response to a request from the last SC22 Plenary, WG11 produced an
informative annex for LIPC on the differences between the LIPC IDN and the
RPC IDL.

The LIPC document (SC22/N1831) is now out for DIS ballot; the ballot closes
on September 18, just in time before the next WG11 meeting.

4.  Work Item JTC1.22.17 - Language Independent Datatypes

DIS 11404 was approved, and the ballot comments were discussed during the
WG11 meeting in January 1995.  The final text of LID was established, but
due to other obligations of the project editor not yet sent to ITTF for
publication.

5.  Work Item JTC1.22.28 - Language Independent Arithmetic, Part 1

This project is finalized: the document is published as ISO/IEC 10967-
1:1994.

6.  Work Item JTC1.22.33 - Language Independent Arithmetic, Part 2

Drafts of this part of 10967 were discussed during the last meetings, and
good progress was made.  It was proposed to change the title of this part
from Mathematical Procedures to Elementary Numerical Functions (and
consequently the title of part 3 from Complex Arithmetic and Procedures to
Complex Floating Point Arithmetic and Complex Elementary Numerical
Functions), but no decision is taken yet.  Any input on this subject is
welcomed.  Should WG11 decide to change the name(s) of the project, then
approval of SC22 will be asked for by letter ballot.

It is planned to produce the CD out of the September 1995 meeting.

During the upcoming SC22 Plenary (September 1995) one of the project
editors will give a presentation on LIA-2.

7.  Work Item JTC1.22.34 - Language Independent Arithmetic, Part 3

The work on this part of IS 10967 (on complex arithmetic and procedures)
will follow (in time) the work on part 2,

8.  Language Independent Service Specifications

Participation in this project remains a problem.

During the May 1995 meeting lots of input was prepared for the project
editor; it is planned to have a first working draft at the September 1995
meeting.

9.  Liaisons

Liaisons exist with the following SC22 WGs: WG2 - Pascal, WG3 - APL, WG4 -
COBOL, WG9 - Ada, and WG15 - POSIX.  Also, liaison representatives from
SC24 (Graphics) and SC26 (Micro Processors) to WG11 have been appointed.

Informal liaisons also exists with SC22/WG13 - Modula-2, SC22/WG17 -
Prolog, SC2 - Characters,  SC21/WG8 - RPC, and ECMA TC33 - PCTE.

10.  SC22/WG11 Milestones

Work Item 22.16 - Language Independent Procedure Calling
Milestones:   2.8   93-10   WD approved for registration as CD
	      3.0   93-11   CD registered
	      3.4   95-02   CD approved for registration as DIS
	      4.1   95-04   DIS ballot initiated

Work Item 22.17 - Language Independent Datatypes
Milestones:   2.8   91-01   WD approved for registration as CD
	      3.0   91-05   CD registered
	      3.1   91-05   CD study initiated
	      3.8   93-10   CD approved for registration as DIS
	      4.1   94-04   DIS ballot initiated
	      4.8   95-09   Full report circulated and DIS
			    approved for publication as IS

Work Item 22.33 - Language Independent Arithmetic, Part 2
Milestones:   2.1   91-09   WD study initiated
		    94-11   First draft circulated
	      2.8   95-10   WD draft for CD registration

Work Item 22.34 - Language Independent Arithmetic, Part 3
Milestones:   2.1   91-09   WD study initiated
		    95-11   First draft circulated
	      2.8   96-10   WD draft for CD registration

Work Item  - Language Independent Service Specifications
Milestones:   2.1   95-01   WD study initiated
		    95-09   First draft circulated
	      2.8   96-04   WD draft for CD registration

11.  Contact points

Drs. Willem Wakker
	  ACE Associated Computer Experts bv
	  Van Eeghenstraat 100
	  1071 GL AMSTERDAM
	  Nederland
Phone:	  +31	20 6657037
Fax:	  +31	20 6750389
Email:	  [email-masked]
Remark:   Convener SC22/WG11

Mr. Edward Barkmeyer
	  National Institute of Standards and Technology
	  Building 225, Mail Stop B-266
	  Gaithersburg MD 20899
	  U.S.A.
Phone:	  +1	301 975 3528
Fax:	  +1	301 258 9749
Email:	  [email-masked]
Remark:   Project Editor Language Independent Datatypes

Mr. Ken Edwards
	  IBM Corporation
	  55 Bailey Ave., POB 49023
	  San Jose CA 95161
	  U.S.A.
Phone:	  +1	408 4633095
Fax:	  +1	408 4633114
Email:	  [email-masked]
Remark:   Project Editor Language Independent Procedure Calling

Mr. Craig Schaffert
	  DEC, Cambridge Research Lab
	  One Kendall Square, Bldg 700
	  Cambridge MA 02139
	  U.S.A.
Phone:	  +1	617 621 6617
Fax:	  +1	617 621 6650
Email:	  [email-masked]
Remark:   Project Editor Language Independent Arithmetic

Ms. Mary Payne
	  Digital Equipment Corporation
	  129 Parker Street
	  Maynard MA 01754
	  U.S.A.
Phone:	  +1	508 493 2586
Fax:	  +1	508 493 3608
Email:	  [email-masked]
Remark:   Project Editor Language Independent Arithmetic

Mr. Paul Rabin
	  Open Software Foundation
	  11 Cambridge Center
	  Cambridge MA 02142
	  U.S.A.
Phone:	  +1	617 621 8873
Fax:	  +1	617 621 0584
Remark:   Project Editor Language Independent Service Specifications.
	  Liaison with SC22/WG15 - POSIX

Mr. Tom Turba
	  Unisys Corporation
	  P.O. Box 64942
	  St. Paul MN 55164-0942
	  U.S.A.
Phone:	  +1	612 635 6774
Fax:	  +1	612 635 3899
Email:	  [email-masked]
Remark:   Liaison with SC22/WG2 - Pascal

Dr. Eke Batenburg
	  RUL, Instituut voor Theoretische Biologie
	  Kaiserstraat 63
	  2311 GP LEIDEN
	  Nederland
Phone:	  +31	71 274900
Fax:	  +31	71 274972
Email:	  [email-masked]
Remark:   Liaison with SC22/WG3 - APL

Mr. Donald Nelson
	  Tandem Computers Inc.
	  5425 Stevens Creek Blvd.
	  Santa Clara CA 95051-7200
	  U.S.A.
Phone:	  +1	408 285 5203
Fax:	  +1	408 285 5245
Remark:   Liaison with SC22/WG4 - COBOL

Mr. Bill Carlson
	  Intermetrics Inc.
	  733 Concord Ave.
	  Cambridge MA 02138
	  U.S.A.
Phone:	  +1	617 661 1840
Fax:	  +1	617 868 2843
Email:	  [email-masked]
Remark:   Liaison with SC22/WG9 - ADA

Mr. Christof Blum
	  Fraunhofer-Computer Graphics Research Group
	  Wilhelminenstr. 7
	  W-6100 DARMSTADT
	  Germany
Phone:	  +49	6151 155 145
Fax:	  +49	6151 155 194
Remark:   Liaison with SC24 - Computer Graphics

Dr. Richard Karpinski
	  University of California San Francisco
	  U-76
	  San Francisco CA 94143-0704
	  U.S.A.
Phone:	  +1	415 476 4529
Remark:   Liaison with SC26 - Micro Processors