From owner-sc22wg5@open-std.org Fri Jun 24 15:27:41 2011 Return-Path: X-Original-To: sc22wg5-dom8 Delivered-To: sc22wg5-dom8@www2.open-std.org Received: by www2.open-std.org (Postfix, from userid 521) id 0094AC178E3; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:27:40 +0200 (CET DST) X-Original-To: sc22wg5@open-std.org Delivered-To: sc22wg5@open-std.org Received: from mk-filter-4-a-1.mail.uk.tiscali.com (mk-filter-4-a-1.mail.tiscali.co.uk [212.74.100.55]) by www2.open-std.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C85BC178E1 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:27:38 +0200 (CET DST) X-Trace: 627597417/mk-filter-4.mail.uk.tiscali.com/B2C/$b2c-THROTTLED-DYNAMIC/b2c-CUSTOMER-DYNAMIC-IP/88.104.250.197/None/d.muxworthy@bcs.org.uk X-SBRS: None X-RemoteIP: 88.104.250.197 X-IP-MAIL-FROM: d.muxworthy@bcs.org.uk X-SMTP-AUTH: X-Originating-Country: GB/UNITED KINGDOM X-MUA: Apple Mail (2.753.1) X-IP-BHB: Once X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ArcCAKWPBE5YaPrF/2dsb2JhbAAMRphUumyfNIYtBJZVizk X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.65,419,1304290800"; d="txt'?scan'208";a="627597417" Received: from 88-104-250-197.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com (HELO [192.168.1.2]) ([88.104.250.197]) by smtp.tiscali.co.uk with ESMTP; 24 Jun 2011 14:27:37 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) To: sc22wg5@open-std.org Message-Id: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=Apple-Mail-3--97505766 From: David Muxworthy Subject: N1857, UK activity report to WG5 Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:29:35 +0100 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) Sender: owner-sc22wg5@open-std.org Precedence: bulk --Apple-Mail-3--97505766 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; x-unix-mode=0644; name=N1857.txt Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=N1857.txt ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5-N1857 BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES (IST/5) UK National Activity Report presented to the meeting of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5 (Fortran), Garching, Germany, June 27 - July 1, 2011 Membership and meetings There are 18 members, including observers, of the BSI Fortran Panel. One member of the BSI Panel is also a member of J3 and one member is WG5 convenor and an alternate member of J3. The panel meets only when there are issues to be resolved which cannot be decided otherwise. There have been no meetings since the last WG5 meeting. JTC1 and SC22 ballots The UK vote in the ballot on FDIS 1539-1 was approval. The opinions of the panel had not shifted significantly from the negative vote on the FCD and it was proposed that the UK now abstain in order to reflect the continuing lack of consensus. However the BSI Secretariat's advice was that abstention at this stage would be against JTC1 Procedures. In the ballot on TR19767 (Enhanced Module Facilities) the UK vote was to stabilize and to withdraw as soon as 1539-1:2010 was published; this is what has happened. In the ballot on 1539-3:1999 (Conditional Compilation) the UK vote was to withdraw. The result of the ballot was to confirm the standard. British Fortran Standards In December 2010 BSI reissued 1539-1 as British Standard BS ISO/IEC 1539-1:2010. Apart from additional cover pages and page headers it is identical to the ISO version. The only justification for the republication is for possible legal or contractual use. The former beneficial side effect of committee members being provided with paper copies of such standards has changed to permission to download a pdf version. Similarly, British versions of TR 15580 and TR 15581 exist and are now going through the formal processes for deletion, four years after deletion of the original ISO versions. Activity Since the last WG5 meeting the principal activity of the panel has been discussion of the Interoperability TR, both within the UK and in the wider debate in WG5. Members of the panel contributed to the UK vote on the FCD of Language Independent Arithmetic (ISO/IEC 10967-1) particularly with regard to the Fortran annex. Acknowledgement The BSI Fortran Panel gratefully acknowledges financial support from the British Computer Society Membership Board. David Muxworthy IST/5/-/5 (Fortran) Convenor June 24, 2011 --Apple-Mail-3--97505766 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed --Apple-Mail-3--97505766--