From owner-sc22docs@dkuug.dk Fri Jul 25 20:01:14 2003 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by dkuug.dk (8.12.8p1/8.9.2) id h6PI1EJ5029208 for sc22docs-domo; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 20:01:14 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from owner-sc22docs@dkuug.dk) X-Authentication-Warning: ptah.dkuug.dk: majordom set sender to owner-sc22docs@dkuug.dk using -f Received: from email1.ansi.org ([12.15.192.5]) by dkuug.dk (8.12.8p1/8.9.2) with ESMTP id h6PI17Ec029203 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 20:01:10 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mdeane@ansi.org) Received: by EMAIL1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:37:41 -0400 Message-ID: From: Matthew Deane To: "'SC 22 Distribution List'" Subject: SC 22 N 3597 - SC 22/WG 17 Business Plan/Convener's Report Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:37:36 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-sc22docs@dkuug.dk Precedence: bulk ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces Secretariat: U.S.A. (ANSI) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N3597 TITLE: SC 22/WG 17 Business Plan/Convener's Report DATE ASSIGNED: 2003-07-25 SOURCE: SC 22/WG 17 Convenor (J. Hodgson) BACKWARD POINTER: N/A DOCUMENT TYPE: Other document (Open) PROJECT NUMBER: STATUS: This document will be reviewed at the upcoming SC 22 Plenary under Agenda Item 8.9. ACTION IDENTIFIER: FYI DUE DATE: N/A DISTRIBUTION: Text CROSS REFERENCE: DISTRIBUTION FORM: Open 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 document_____ Business Plan and Convener's Report JTC1/SC22/WG17 - Programming Language Prolog 2003/07/21 Period Covered: September 2002 - August 2003 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, web and CGI generation, constraint handling and natural language. It is taught in a significant number of universities. 2.2 Achievements Roger Scowen is preparing a draft on Definite Clause Grammars for potential inclusion in Part 3. WG17 is also following current efforts by devlopers to create some standard libraries for Prolog. It is hoped to incorporate these into an ISOP standard. 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 With the topics for inclusion in part 3 chosen. An informal set of editors for the drafts is in place. Once the first drafts are available for discussion we will seek to appoint an editor for part 3. 3.1 Deliverables A draft on Definite Clause grammars, anticipated late 2003 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 indicated a willingness to re-enter the Prolog standardization arena support is still weak. 3.3 Work Program Priorities Preparation of drafts for incorporation into a CD for a third part of ISO/IEC 13211 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 actively seek additional membership. The current informal work by developers suggests that this may be posible. To this end we seek to colocate a meeting of WG17 with the International Conference on Logic Programming in 2004. 4.1 Action Requests at the Forthcoming Plenary The ISO pricing of parts 1 and 2 of the standard has not been adjusted to take account of SC22's recommendation that standards be made available at modest cost. WG17 requests SC22 to ask ISO to add ISO/IEC 13211 to the list of standards avaialbe electronically at modest cost. 4.2 Schedule None. 4.3 WG17 Meetings 4.3.1 Recent Meetings None. 4.3.2 Future Meetings It is hoped to hold a meeting in 2004 clocated with the International Conference on Logic Programming.