From willemw@komp Sun Aug 3 12:52:37 1997 Received: from komp.ace.nl (komp.ace.nl [193.78.104.90]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA13118 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 12:52:37 +0200 Received: by komp.ace.nl with SMTP id AA04205 (1.14/2.17); Sun, 3 Aug 97 12:49:26 +0200 (MET) To: sc22wg11@dkuug.dk Subject: SC22/WG11 N439 - WG11 Business Plan From: Willem Wakker Reply-To: Willem Wakker Date: Sun, 03 Aug 97 12:49:25 N Message-Id: <4203.870605365@komp> Sender: willemw@komp.ace.nl Please find appended the WG11 business plan, according to the supplied template for such plans. The document is submitted to SC22. Any comment is welcome. Regards, Willem. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Willem Wakker email: cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc ACE Consulting bv tel: +31 20 6646416 van Eeghenstraat 100 fax: +31 20 6750389 1071 GL Amsterdam, The Netherlands eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee WG11 Business Plan SC22/WG11 N439 BUSINESS PLAN FOR JTC 1/SC22 WG11 PERIOD COVERED: September 1996 - July 1997 SUBMITTED BY: W. F. Wakker (Convener JTC 1/SC22 WG11) ACE Consulting bv Van Eeghenstraat 100 1071 GL, Amsterdam, Netherlands Email: willemw@ace.nl 1. MANAGEMENT SUMMARY: 1.1 JTC 1/SC22 WG11 STATEMENT OF SCOPE Development of ISO/IEC Standards and Technical Reports related to Binding Techniques and (Programming) Language Independent Issues. 1.2 PROJECT REPORT 1.2.1 COMPLETED PROJECTS JTC1.22.14 -- TR 10182:1994: Language Bindings Guidelines JTC1.22.16 -- ISO/IEC 13886:1996 - Language Independent Procedure Calling JTC1.22.17 -- ISO/IEC 11404:1996 - Language Independent Datatypes JTC1.22.28 -- ISO/IEC 10967-1:1994 - Language Independent Arithmetic, Part 1: Integer and Floating Point Arithmetic 1.2.2 PROJECTS UNDERWAY JTC1.22.33 -- (F)CD 10967-2 - Language Independent Arithmetic, Part 2: Elementary Numerical Functions The FCD was ballotted (closing date: June 1997; a meeting has to be called to discuss the ballot comments. No project editor is available. JTC1.22.33 -- WD 10967-3 - Language Independent Arithmetic, Part 3: Complex Floating Point Arithmetic and Complex Elementary Numerical Functions The work on this part of IS 10967 will follow (in time) the work on part 2, No project editor is available. JTC1.22.46 -- WDTR 14369 - Guidelines for the Preparation of Language Independent Service Specifications Although a lot of work has been done on this document (see Review and Comment version SC22 N2470) its future remains unclear. No project editor is available. 1.3 COOPERATION AND COMPETITION The WG11 documents are mainly produced to be used by other programming language committees. Therefore, WG11 maintains liaisons with many of the SC22 WGs. 2. PERIOD REVIEW 2.1 MARKET REQUIREMENTS There are no clearly defined market requirements for the WG11 projects; however several ISO/IEC standards make reference to the documents. There is thus apparently an indirect market requirement. 2.2 ACHIEVEMENTS Despite the sometimes small participation in WG11, a number of high quality ISO standards have been produced. 2.3 RESOURCES WG11 resources have been a problem for the past years, and are even more a problem now. Attendance is very low, and no project editors are available. 3. FOCUS NEXT WORK PERIOD 3.1 DELIVERABLES Two projects (LIA-2 and LISS) should progress to their next stages; the progression will be discussed at a WG11 meeting in the last quarter of 1997. 3.2 STRATEGIES 3.2.1 RISKS Participation and lack of editors is a clear risk for the progression of the WG11 work. The SC22 Member Bodies are invited to provide resources so that WG11 at least can finalize its current work items. 3.2.2 OPPORTUNITIES No further opportunities have been identified. 3.2.3 WORK PROGRAM PRIORITIES The finalization of LIA-2 has the highest priority.