From mdeane@ANSI.org Wed Aug 29 22:26:09 2001 Received: from email1.ansi.org (mail.ansi.org [165.254.114.6] (may be forged)) by dkuug.dk (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id WAA09503 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 22:26:09 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mdeane@ANSI.org) Received: by email1.ansi.org with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 16:26:20 -0400 Message-ID: <2F81C8110D55D411882A0020356797B20110A95D@email1.ansi.org> From: Matthew Deane To: "'SC 22 Distribution List'" Subject: SC 22 N 3301 - JTC 1/SC 22/WG 17 Business Plan and Convenor's Rep ort Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 16:26:14 -0400 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces Secretariat: U.S.A. (ANSI) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N3301 TITLE: JTC 1/SC 22/WG 17 Business Plan and Convenor's Report DATE ASSIGNED: 2001-08-29 SOURCE: SC 22/WG 17 Convenor (J. Hodgson) BACKWARD POINTER: N/A DOCUMENT TYPE: Other document (Open) PROJECT NUMBER: N/A STATUS: This document will be reviewed at the upcoming SC 22 Plenary under Agenda Item 8.10 pending the approval of its addition to the agenda. ACTION IDENTIFIER: FYI DUE DATE: DISTRIBUTION: Text CROSS REFERENCE: DISTRIBUTION FORM: Open Address reply to: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat Matt Deane ANSI 25 West 43rd Street New York, NY 10036 Telephone: (212) 642-4992 Fax: (212) 840-2298 Email: mdeane@ansi.org _______end of cover page, beginning of report____________ WG17 Business Plan and Convener's Report JTC1/SC22/WG17 - Programming Language Prolog 2001/08/29 Period Covered: September 2000 - August 2001 Submitted by: Jonathan Hodgson Convener, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22/WG 17 St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia. PA 19131 USA Email: jhodgson@sju.edu 1. Management Summary 1.1 JTC1/SC22/WG17 Statement of Scope Development and maintenance of ISO/IEC standards related to programming language Prolog 1.2 Project Report 1.2.1 Completed Projects ISO/IEC 13211-2. Programming language Prolog-part 2 Modules 1.2.2 Projects Underway Discussion of contents for a third part of ISO/IEC 13211 1.2.3 Canceled Projects None 1.3 Cooperation and Competition 2. Period Review 2.1 Market Requirements Prolog is a niche language. It is extensively used by a small number of users mainly for applications in configuration, constraint handling and natural language. It is taught in a significant number of universities. 2.2 Achievements A short list of topics for inclusion in any third part has been prepared. The list is in the process of an email review for decision on the items to be standardised. 2.3 Resources WG17 meets as needed, usually once a year, and works by electronic correspondence between meetings. Four countries are participating in meetings: Germany, Japan, the UK, and the USA. 3. Focus Next Work Period WG17 awaits the results of the email review. Once topics have been selected an editor will be appointed. 3.1 Deliverables None anticipated. 3.2 Strategies None. 3.2.1 Risks WG17 suffers from a decline in interest in supporting standardization efforts. 3.2.2 Opportunities Options for future work were discussed at an open meeting held during the Practical Application of Prolog and Constraints programming in London April 1999. A additional email, survey of interested parties produced a list of five topics for potential standardization. Although some countries inidcated a willingness to re-enter the Prolog standardization arena support is still weak. 3.3 Work Program Priorities None. 4. Other Items This section includes items that are part of the Convener's Report, but not part of the Business Plan. WG17 needs to evaluate the cost/benefits of continuing to operate. 4.1 Action Requests at the Forthcoming Plenary None. 4.2 Schedule None. 4.3 WG17 Meetings 4.3.1 Recent Meetings None. 4.3.2 Future Meetings None planned