From rinehuls@access.digex.net Thu Jan 8 22:26:12 1998 Received: from ratatosk.DK.net (root@ratatosk.DK.net [193.88.44.22]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id WAA11159 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 22:26:08 +0100 Received: from access5.digex.net (qlrhmEbBUV1EY@access5.digex.net [205.197.245.196]) by ratatosk.DK.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id WAA09934 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 22:26:04 +0100 Received: from localhost (rinehuls@localhost) by access5.digex.net (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id QAA06072; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 16:24:42 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 16:24:41 -0500 (EST) From: "william c. rinehuls" To: sc22docs@dkuug.dk cc: keith brannon , lisa rajchel Subject: SC22 N2644 - Request for SC22 Recommendation on CHILL - DEFAULT LETTER BALLOT Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII _________________ beginning of title page ____________________________ ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces Secretariat: U.S.A. (ANSI) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N2644 TITLE: Request for SC22 Recommendation on Revision of ISO/IEC 9496:1996 - Programming language CHILL - DEFAULT LETTER BALLOT DATE ASSIGNED: 1998-01-08 SOURCE: Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 BACKWARD POINTER: N/A DOCUMENT TYPE: Default Letter Ballot PROJECT NUMBER: JTC 1.22.9496 STATUS: N/A ACTION IDENTIFIER: ACT (only if objection) DUE DATE: 1998-03-28 (only if objection) DISTRIBUTION: Text CROSS REFERENCE: N/A DISTRIBUTION FORM: Open Address reply to: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat William C. Rinehuls 8457 Rushing Creek Court Springfield, VA 22153 USA Telephone: +1 (703) 912-9680 Fax: +1 (703) 912-2973 email: rinehuls@access.digex.net __________________ end of title page; beginning of letter ______________ ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces Secretariat: U.S.A. (ANSI) January 7, 1998 TO: JTC 1/SC22 P-member Bodies SUBJECT: Request for SC22 Recommendation on Revision of ISO/IEC 9496 - Programming language CHILL - Default Letter Ballot In 1996, ITU-T requested processing of their specification of Programming Language CHILL under the JTC 1 fast track procedures, identifying JTC 1/ SC22 as the organization to which the specification should be assigned if the fast track processing led to approval of the specification as an ISO/IEC IS. SC22 agreed with this assignment and project number JTC 1.22.9496 was established. The SC22 Secretariat has now been requested by ISO/IEC ITTF to make a recommendation on the fast track processing of a revision of ISO/IEC IS 9496 using the specification that ITU-T adopted as its 1997 version of programming language CHILL. The Secretariat, in consultation with the SC22 Chairman, determined that a two-month default ballot be issued to obtain this SC22 recommendation. This decision was made taking into consideration the following: 1) ISO/IEC IS 9496 was not the subject of SC22 development activity; 2) An affirmative recommendation from SC22 will result in further action within ISO/IEC JTC 1 since a JTC 1 approval letter ballot would still be required; 3) The recommendation could have been made at an SC22 Plenary had it been requested at a time when that method of approval was the most expeditious manner in which to handle the request. Accordingly, any SC22 Member Bodies who wish to register an objection to an affirmative SC22 recommendation should notify the SC22 Secretariat of that objection not later than March 28, 1998. The reason for the objection should be included in the response. Lack of a response will be considered as agreement that SC22 recommend fast track processing of the revision to ISO/IEC IS 9496. Since the 1997 ITU-T revision is an extremely large document, available only in paper form, a paper copy is not included with this letter but will be made available by the SC22 Secretariat, upon request, to any SC22 P-member Body that wishes to review the ITU-T revision before responding to this request. Sincerely William C. Rinehuls Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 cc: L. Rajchel, JTC 1 Secretariat K. Brannon, ISO ITTF ____________ end of SC22 N2644 _________________________________