Resolutions Prepared at the Sixth Plenary Meeting of SC22 Paris, September 20-24, 1993 Draft version 4 Resolution AA: Varying Length Character Strings in Fortran (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution AB: CD registration of Ada documents (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution AC: CD registration of revised Ada document (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution AD: paragraph numbers in standards ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 - endorses WG9's request to allow the use of paragraph numbers in their Ada standards; and - requests WG9 and to work directly with ITTF to determine what is possible for Ada. Resolution AE: fast track processing of Ada binding to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 (POSIX) (Withdrawn, see resolution AO) Resolution AF: Appointment or reappointment of working group conveners (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution AG: Appointment of Project Editors (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution AH: CD registration of revised Lisp document (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution AI: Cobol Synchronization Plan (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution AJ: Posix Synchronization Plan (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution AK: Support for NP for POSIX Test Methods (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution AL: Division of work for POSIX System Interface (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution AM: Division of work for POSIX System Administration ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 - recognizes the need for further subdivision of the POSIX work item 22.21.03 to allow separate development and balloting; and - approves the following further division of 22.21.03, System Administration: 22.21.03.01 System Administration 22.21.03.02 System Administration: Batch Services 22.21.03.03 System Administration: Print Administration 22.21.03.04 System Administration: Software Administration 22.21.03.05 System Administration: User Administration Resolution AN: Approval for Concurrent CD Registration and Ballot of Posix documents ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 authorizes the SC22 secretariat to conduct a combined ballot for CD registration and consideration of the CD, for documents for the following Posix projects, when they are received: - 22.21.01.01 Language Independent System Interface specification (to be assigned to a new part of ISO/IEC 9945; corresponds to IEEE P1372); - 22.21.01.03.01 Transparent File Access (corresponds to IEEE P1003.8); - 22.21.01.02.02 Real Time Extensions: Threads (corresponds to IEEE P1003.4a); - 22.21.03.02 9945-2 System Administration: Batch Services Amendment (corresponds to IEEE P1003.15a); - 22.21.03.03 System Administration: Print Administration (P1003.7.1); - 22.42 ISO/IEC 9945-1 Amendment: Security (corresponds to IEEE P1003.6.1); - 22.43 ISO/IEC 9945-2 Amendment: Security (corresponds to IEEE P1003.6.2); and - 22.xx Test Methods for ISO/IEC 9945-1 (if approved by JTC1, NP in N1402; corresponds to IEEE P2003.1). Resolution AO: Fast Track support for POSIX Ada Binding (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution AP: Fast Track support for POSIX Fortran Binding (withdrawn) Resolution AQ: Appreciation: Mr Hal Jespersen (moved to Appreciations group below) Resolution AR: Periodic Review of 9945-1 (Withdrawn, replaced by redesignating first duplicate Resolution AS from version 1, as below) Resolution AR: POSIX language independent specifications (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution AS: conformance test methods (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution AT: new project editor for WG15 (Withdrawn, action item for SC22 Secretariat) Resolution AU: user-defined prologue and epilogue code in Modula 2 (Withdrawn) Resolution AV: WG13 project dates (Withdrawn) Resolution AW: late DIS registration for Modula 2 (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution AX: Minimal Modula-2 (Withdrawn) Resolution AY: project editors for Modula-2 (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution AZ: VDM-SL as used in Modula-2 standard (Withdrawn) Resolution BA: use of VDM-SL in defining programming language standards (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution BB: approval of category C liaison (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution BC: Withdrawal of ISO Standard (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolutions BD-BH inclusive: (all moved to Appreciations group below) Resolution BI: JTC1 comments on document N1313 (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution BJ: subdivision of WG20 project (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution BK: letter ballots on draft WG20 NPs (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution BL: Posix OSE ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 - instructs WG15 to verify that the document being developed for work item 22.38, Guide to Posix Open Systems Environments, is consistent with the title, scope and purpose of the approved NP; and - notes that a change of scope would require approval by SC22 and JTC1. Resolution BM: confirmation of APL standard (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution BN: CD registration of VDM-SL (Believed to be stable, moved to end) Resolution BO: Enabling of ISO/IEC 10646 data ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 - requests its working groups to support ISO/IEC 10646-1:1993 in their standards, and ensure that those of their standards which support character types permit the manipulation of all coded characters in ISO/IEC 10646-1:1993; - points out that this will: (a) make all coded characters in 10646, including level 3, available for use within applications; and (b) not require the semantic interpretation of composite sequences. Resolution BP: Interlanguage communication support for ISO/IEC 10646 (withdrawn) Resolution BQ: File System Safe-Universal Transfer Format ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 - recognizes the need to register the File System Safe- Universal Transfer Format (FSS-UTF); and - instructs the WG14 convenor to take the necessary steps to register FSS-UTF with the ECMA Registration Authority according to the structure of ISO 2375. Resolution BR: Composite sequences ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 - recognizes the difficulties for programming languages and supporting environments to provide support for composite sequences of ISO/IEC 10646-1:1993; and - invites member bodies to submit recommendations based on experience in this area. Resolution BS: Encoding announcement mechanisms ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 - recognizes the need for announcement mechanisms for different encodings, levels and subrepertoires within ISO/IEC 10646 (see section 17.1 of ISO/IEC 10646-1:1993, second sentence); and - encourages WG20 to establish appropriate liaison accordingly with other relevant working groups within SC2, SC21 and other JTC1 subcommittees on the issue of encoding annoncement mechanisms. Resolution BT: Consistent terminology with ISO/IEC 10646 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 encourages its working groups - to use the terminology defined by ISO/IEC 10646-1:1993 (clause 4, " Definitions"), to adopt it, and to apply it to SC22 work where possible; and - where this is not possible, to explain terminology conflicts within the documents produced from project work items or revisions. Resolution BU: Details of current and intended WG20 work ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 instructs its WG20, by 31 December 1993, to provide to the SC22 secretariat for distribution a detailed report on the current work and anticipated output of WG20, so that members will be better able to understand the scope of WG20 and its relation to other SC22 WG activities. Resolution BV: Registry of cultural elements ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 instructs WG20 to clarify _ the purpose of the proposed registry of cultural elements; - the nature of the registry contents; and - how these contents could be used by programming languages. Resolution BW: API Specifications ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 - endorses the spirit of the recommendations of document JTC1 N2319, Contribution on the Need ... for the Standardization of API Specifications; - recommends to JTC1 that a method for publishing be established for the guidelines which will result from review and comment on JTC1 N2536. - believes that implementation of this course of action is required in a timely fashion; - recognizes that this work has a cross-SC interest and has significant technical content; - believes that a methodology will be necessary for reevaluating these guidelines as a result of further experience; - places on record that it has significant interests in the area of Application Programming Interfaces, together with relevant expertise; - points out that its whole programme of work consists of standards that are affected by these API guidelines; - further points out that this programme of work includes standards which address needs in this area, such as formal definition techniques, cross-language specifications, and language independent specification guidelines; and therefore _ expresses its willingness to participate in activities appropriate to this area. Resolution BX: comment on JTC1 N2536 Resolution BY: APIs (both incorporated in revised resolution BW above) Resolution BZ: Revision of ISO 1989 Cobol: use of accelerated procedure (withdrawn) Resolution CB: policies on cross-language issues ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 accepts the spirit of the proposed policies on cross-language issues recommended by the ad hoc group on cross-language issues which met at this plenary meeting, and instructs the SC22 secretariat to issue a letter ballot on adoption of the policies by SC22, when the relevant document, N1493, is received from the convener of the ad hoc group. Resolution CC: policies on language-independent service specifications (covered by revised resolution CB above) Resolution CD: Approval of category C liaison ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 - approves, subject to the provision of additional supporting information, the establishment of category C liaison between SHARE Europe and WG20 Internationalization, as requested in documents N1485 and N1490; and - instructs the SC22 Secretariat, if necessary in consultation with the SC22 chairman, to seek JTC1 authorization for such liaison. Resolution CE: NP Submission of XBase (withdrawn) Resolution CF: Input of Requirements (withdrawn) Resolution CG: User Requirements in NPs ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 draws the attention of its WGs and member bodies to the following requirements of the JTC1 Directives: - that NPs should address the issues of user needs and benefits in the "Scope" and "Purpose and Justification" clauses (Form 3, reverse); - that "Each standard shall incorporate, where applicable, an annex that ... indicates what user requirements are addressed by the standard" (Clause 6.5.1.7). Resolution CH: Commonality in Standards ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 - believes that greater commonality in its standards would aid their timely production in an effective and efficient manner; and therefore - encourages its working groups to adopt, whenever possible, specifications already in use in other standards; and to use definitional approaches it supports, such as (a) cross-language standards (e.g. LIA, LID, LIPC); (b) formal specification methods (e.g. VDM-SL, Z); (c) guidelines in TRs (e.g. conformity clauses); and (d) other formal description techniques (e.g. BNF, Cobol syntax definition for Cobol-related standards, etc.). Resolution CI: Description of notation and interworking requirements ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 resolves that future work items and revisions - shall describe the definitional approaches to be used, and justify the use of any which are not already used within SC22 projects; and - shall describe and justify their intentions with respect to interworking. Resolution CJ: revision of CHILL ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 recommends that ISO/IEC 9496:1989 CCITT high level language CHILL be revised, and requests that ITU-T be asked to submit the most recent version of CHILL for JTC1 fast track processing as a revision of ISO/IEC 9496. Resolution CK: WG4 Copyright Concerns ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 instructs the SC22 secretariat to contact ITTF to ask for a response to the copyright concerns expressed by WG4 in its document SC22/WG4 N014 (attached to document SC22 N1483, WG4 Annual Report for 1993). Resolution CL: Approval of concurrent PDAM registration and ballot for FIMS ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 approves concurrent PDAM registration and ballot for: 22.27.02 FIMS/COBOL binding 22.27.03 Intermediate FIMS Subset Resolution CM: Assignment of project 22.45, Specification Language Z ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 assigns project 22.45 (Specification Language Z) to WG19 until the next SC22 plenary. Resolution CN: PCTE ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 - notes the recommended assignment of PCTE to SC22 using the JTC1 fast track ballot of DIS 13719 (3 parts) and expresses its interest in PCTE; - affirms that it is willing to accept assignment of this project, if the recommendation is approved; - in the event of assignment to SC22, accepts the ECMA offer to host an ad hoc ballot resolution meeting in (approximately) early July 1994, which would be convened by the SC22 chairman, and requests the SC22 chairman to work with ECMA to determine the meeting details. Resolution CO: Guidance to WG conveners on JTC1 directives ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 reminds its WG conveners to operate in accordance with the JTC1 directives and in particular draws attention to the following provisions: - working group meeting participants must be authorized by their national body or liaison organization (1.5.2); - work must be progressed in a timely fashion (2.1.3.10, 2.1.3.11); - an annex on portability considerations should where applicable be incorporated in standards (6.5.1.7); - the CD ballot resolution must occur within three months of the close of CD ballot (6.5.2.5); - standards must be periodically reviewed (6.11); - meeting notices and agendas must be distributed by the SC22 secretariat, preferably four months, but no later than three months in advance (3.5.4.2) (to implement which, SC22 instructs its WG conveners to provide meeting notices and agendas no later than four months in advance of the meeting); and - meeting reports must be distributed within two months of the end of the meeting (3.7). Resolution CP: Affirmation of liaison officers ISO/IEC JTC1 SC22 reaffirms the following liaison officers: SC2 - Mr. J.W. van Wingen SC7 - Mr. J. Cot‚ SC21 - Mr. I. Korn SC21/WG3 - Mr. I. Korn and notes that the liaison with SC15 and SC18 should be withdrawn. Resolution CQ: SC22 coordination with CEN TCs ISO/IEC JTC1 SC22 - having considered the lack of approval by JTC1 of the "Vienna agreement" between ISO and CEN, notes the following impacts: (a) lack of a formal channel to establish liaisons with CEN TCs (e.g., TC311, TC304), and (b) increased opportunity for divergence between the European and ISO versions of the same standard (e.g., potentially, PCTE); and therefore - requests JTC1 to take the actions necessary to allow to coordinate its standardization activities with CEN TCs. Substantive resolutions believed to be stable Resolution AA: Varying Length Character Strings in Fortran ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 - notes the objections to the current designation of the Varying Length Character String draft standard as Amendment 1 of ISO 1539:1991, as expressed in CD ballot comments; - authorizes the change of designation of this draft standard to ISO 1539-2, to make it the second part of a multipart standard of which the first part will be ISO 1539:1991, redesignated as ISO 1539-1:1991 - instructs the SC22 Secretariat to register document N1495 as DIS 1539-2 as a second part of a multipart standard, redesignated ISO 1539-1. 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K. Sato (22.30.01 - Framework - requirements and models for internationalization) - Keld Simonsen (22.30.02.01 - Functionality of the internationalization of applications) - Alain LaBont‚ (22.30.02.02 - Functionality of the internationalization of applications - international ordering of ISO/IEC 10646) - Don Sando (22.10.04 - Ada Complex Types and Functions) - Jon Squire (22.10.05 - Ada Complex Elementary Functions) - Andrew Koenig (22.32 - Programming Language C++) Resolution AH: CD registration of revised Lisp document ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 authorizes the CD registration of a revised version of document N1311 (IS Lisp), incorporating the resolution of ballot comments recorded in document N1472, when the revised version has been received by the SC22 secretariat. Resolution AI: Cobol Synchronization Plan ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 approves the Cobol synchronization plan as given in document N1484. Resolution AJ: Posix Synchronization Plan ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 approves the Posix synchronization plan as given in document N1360. Resolution AK: Support for NP for POSIX Test Methods ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 - endorses the New Work Item Proposal in document N1402 for test methods for 9945-1; and - instructs the SC22 Secretariat to forward this NP to JTC1 for balloting. Resolution AL: Division of work for POSIX System Interface ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 - recognizes the need for separate development and balloting POSIX work item 22.21.01.02, Real Time and Extensions; and - approves the following division of 22.21.01.02, Real Time Extensions: 22.21.01.02.01 Real Time 22.21.01.02.02 Real Time Extensions: Threads Resolution AO: Fast Track support for POSIX Ada Binding ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 requests the U.S. National Body to forward ANS/IEEE Std. 1005.5, POSIX Ada Language Interfaces, for fasttrack balloting by JTC1. Resolution AR: POSIX language independent specifications ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 requests its member bodies and WG convenors to assist WG15 in identifying experts who are able to participate in and contribute to the development of the POSIX language independent specifications. Resolution AS: Conformance test methods ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 instructs the SC22 Secretariat to forward a revised version of document N1403, Conformance Testing Reference Model for Open System Environments, which will be available after the October 1993 WG15 meeting, to JTC1 SWG-CA, SGFS, SC6, SC18, SC21, SC24, and SC26, with a request for comments from each of these bodies. Resolution AW: late DIS registration for Modula 2 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 - notes that DIS registration of the next revision of CD 10514 Modula 2 will not take place until after the normal maximum allowed time from CD registration as prescribed in the JTC1 directives; - accepts as valid the reasons for the delay in submission; and - authorizes the extension by one year of the time permitted for progression of the CD to DIS stage. Resolution AY: project editors for Modula-2 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 requests its member bodies to help WG13 in identifying suitable candidates to be project editors for the following projects: JTC1.22.18.2 (Object-oriented Modula-2); and JTC1.22.18.3 (Modula-2 binding to POSIX). Resolution BA: use of VDM-SL in defining programming language standards ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 requests the convenors of WG13 and WG19 - to investigate the possibility of developing a Technical Report on the use of VDM-SL in defining programming languages; and - having consulted the SC22 secretariat, to decide whether to submit a draft new work item proposal to SC22 for such a Technical Report. Resolution BB: approval of category C liaison ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 - approves the establishment of category C liaison between X/Open and WG4 - Cobol; and - instructs the SC22 Secretariat to seek JTC1 authorization for such liaison. Resolution BC: Withdrawal of ISO Standard ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 recommends withdrawal of ISO 6373:1983, Minimal BASIC. Resolution BI: JTC1 comments on document N1313 ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 - has considered and accepts the comments by JTC1 on document SC22 N1313, ****title****, contained in document JTC1 N2639, SC22 N****; - expresses its appreciation of the work entailed in producing many valid comments; - does not, however, consider it necessary to reissue the document N1313 at present. Resolution BJ: subdivision of WG20 project ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 - accepts the vote as recorded in N1378 as indicating approval of the proposed subdivision of project 20.30.02; and therefore - approves the following subdivision of 22.30.02, Functionality of the internationalization of applications: 22.30.02.01 - Functionality of the internationalization of applications; 22.30.02.02 - Functionality of the internationalization of applications - international ordering of ISO/IEC 10646. Resolution BK: letter ballots on draft WG20 NPs ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 instructs the SC22 secretariat to distribute revised versions of documents N1486 and N1487 for SC22 consultative letter ballot. Resolution BM: confirmation of APL standard ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 recommends confirmation of ISO 8485:1989 APL. Resolution BN: CD registration of VDM-SL ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 authorizes CD registration of the current WG19 working draft of the VDM-SL standard, noting that it is technically unchanged from the version in document N1346, when received by the SC22 secretariat. Resolutions of appreciation Resolution AQ: Appreciation: Mr Hal Jespersen ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 expresses its warmest thanks and appreciation to Mr Hal Jespersen for his outstanding contributions as project editor to the work of WG15 and in guiding ISO/IEC IS9945-1 and 9945-2 through to final published standards, and also for his contributions to many documents which are still in the development and approval cycle. Resolution BD: Appreciation: Mr Paul Rabin ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 expresses its warmest thanks and appreciation to Mr Paul Rabin for his work as convener of the SC22 ad hoc group on Cross Language Issues. Resolution BE: Appreciation: Dr Leroy Dickey ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 expresses its warmest thanks and appreciation to Dr Leroy Dickey for convening the ad hoc meeting on Character Set Issues at such short notice. Resolution BF: Appreciation: Mr Eiji Tokunaga ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 expresses its warmest thanks and appreciation to M.Eiji Tokunaga for his more than twenty years of service to SC22 and its predecessor committee TC97/SC5, and for all that he has done to further the development and standardization of programming languages; and extends to him its best wishes for a long and enjoyable retirement. Resolution BG: Appreciation: Dr Helmut Mertes ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 expresses its warmest thanks and appreciation to Dr. H. Mertes for his services to SC22 and for all that he has done to further the development and standardization of programming languages. Resolution CA: Appreciation: Mr Joseph Cot‚ ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 - records the enormous debt of gratitude that it owes to its first secretariat, Mr Joseph Cot‚, for the very many services to SC22 that he has provided since before the inception of the subcommittee in 1985; - notes with pleasure that he will remain in contact ith SC22 in future, as liaison with SC7; and - expresses its warmest good wishes for his future career. Resolution CP: Appreciation: Mr Dick Weaver ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 expresses its thanks to Mr Dick Weaver for his work as WG20 (Internationalization) convener. Resolution CQ: Appreciation: Mr Steve Carter ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 expresses its thanks to Mr Steve Carter for his work as WG21 (C++) convenor. Resolution BH: Appreciation: general (see end) ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 expresses its appreciation to all those who have assisted in the work of this meeting, and in particular - to the companies and institutions that sponsored the meeting, namely AQL, CNES, COMPAQ, IBM, ILOG, and AFNOR; - to M Claude Bourstin for his organization of the meeting, and Mme Emila Pinto and Mme Maria Mata for their secretariat services; - to M Fran‡ois Ghoche for his informative presentation on the XBase language; - to MM R‚gis Minot and Germain Sagols for their informative presentation on PCTE and ECMA's plans for its ISO standardization; - to the ad hoc meeting conveners, namely Mr Paul Rabin (Cross Language Issues), Dr Leroy Dickey (Character Set Issues), Mr Mark Woodman (Language Proliferation), Mr Jim Isaac (APIs), and Mr Andrew Walker (Internationalization); - to the drafting committee members, namely Mr Isak Korn, drafting committee chair, M Francois Genuys, Mr Harris Hall, Mr Graham Warren, and Mr Brian Meek for their editing services; and, last but not least - Mr Bob Follett for his patient, good-humoured but nevertheless efficient chairing of the meeting.