From Miles.Ellis@etrc.ox.ac.uk Mon Sep 1 13:26:45 1997 Received: from oxmail4.ox.ac.uk (oxmail4.ox.ac.uk [163.1.2.33]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA23357 for ; Mon, 1 Sep 1997 13:26:40 +0200 Received: from ermine.ox.ac.uk by oxmail4 with SMTP (PP) with ESMTP; Mon, 1 Sep 1997 12:26:32 +0100 Received: from [163.1.85.1] (com1.etrc.ox.ac.uk [163.1.85.1]) by ermine.ox.ac.uk (1.1/8.8.3) with ESMTP id MAA06754 for ; Mon, 1 Sep 1997 12:26:31 +0100 (BST) X-Sender: mellis@ermine.ox.ac.uk Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 12:29:25 +0100 To: sc22wg5 From: Miles Ellis Subject: Fortran-related resolutions from the SC22 Plenary I attended the SC22 Plenary in Ottawa from 18-21 August as WG5 Convenor. The meeting was less controversial than usual - to the extent that we actually finished on Thursday afternoon instead of Friday morning, as scheduled! As far as Fortran is concerned, SC22 agreed to all my requests, as confirmed in the following resolutions: > >Resolution 97-3: Revisions to Normative Part of Fortran (Part 2) > >ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 approves the request of WG5 to be permitted to make >revisions to the normative text as well as to the informative text in the >revision of ISO/IEC IS 1539-2:1994 under project JTC 1.22.02.02. > > >Resolution 97-20: Concurrent Letter Ballots for Fortran (Part 2) > >ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 authorizes the Secretariat to conduct concurrent CD >registration and CD letter ballots for project JTC 1.22.02.02 - Revision >of ISO/IEC 1539-2:1994. > > >Resolution 97-34: Project Editor Appointments/Reappointments > >ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 approves the following appointments and reappointments: > > Mr. Richard Maine (USA) as Project Editor for project JTC 1.22.02.01.01 > - revision of the base Fortran Standard - ISO/IEC IS 1539-1:1997, > > . > . SC22 also passed the following resolution relating to Brian Meek: > >Resolution 97-1: Condolences to the Family of Brian Meek > >The SC22 community was saddened by the news of the passing of Brian Meek >in July. Brian was a pillar of programming language standardization >activity, both in the UK and worldwide. He was responsible for the >production of TR 10176 "Guidelines for the Preparation of Programming >Language Standards", and played a major role in the work of WG5 and WG11. >Brian made many contributions at the SC22 level both as a member and as >Head of the UK delegation. The world of programming language standards >will not be the same without him. > >ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 expresses its condolences and sympathy to the family >and friends of Brian Meek, and extends its appreciation for his many >faithful years of service to the standards community. > Other resolutions that may be of interest to WG5 members are as follows: > >Resolution 97-5. Ballot Resolution Participation > >ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 reminds National Bodies that they have a duty to be >properly represented in the ballot resolution process. Note: This >representation does not require attendance at a meeting, but may be >satisfied by identifying a contact knowledgeable with the NB issues. The reason for this resolution is that some countries have been voting NO in ballots, with extensive comments, and then not attending the subsequent meeting(s) of the relevant working group that attempts to resolve the issues raised. It was felt, not unreasonably, that if a country has serious reservations then they have a duty to collaborate with the WG in attempting to resolve matters. > > Resolution 97-17: Workshop on Cultural Adaptability > >ISO/IEC JTC 1/ SC22 endorses the need for the Workshop on Cultural >Adaptability and requests SC2 to add the following representatives from >SC22 to the Workshop Planning Committee: > Miles Ellis, Convener SC22/WG5 > Alain LaBonte, Project Editor, SC22/WG20 > Pierre Parquier, Convener of SC22/WG16. > > >Resolution 97-19: SC22 Delegates to the Workshop on Cultural Adaptability > >ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 appoints > Ann Wallace, > Miles Ellis, and > Arnold Winkler >as delegates to the Workshop on Cultural Adaptability, pending approval >of their respective institutions. > As part of its re-engineering process, JTC1 suggested a workshop on Cultural Adaptability (C18y) - apparently the new name for Internationalization (I18n) - to determine what is required in this area and where, within JTC1's structure, the work should be based. There is a school of thought that says it should be based in SC2 (Caracter Sets) since much of the initial work is character related; however, most SC22 Convenors and Member Bodies appear to believe that it should remain within SC22, as it is in the area of Programing Languages that the tools to support C18y/I18n must be provided. SC2 were quicker off the mark than SC22 in offering to host/plan the meeting (mainly because their Plenary was earlier than ours) and had already established a provisional Planning Committee, so SC22 decided to simply request that the Planning Committee should have some addition members from SC22. As you can see, I was one of those nominated for this role. I was also proposed, provisionaly, as one of the official SC22 representatives to the Workshop when it takes place - tentatively in Ottawa in February or early March (brrr! it's cold there at that time of the year!) The other issue of interest relates to approved electronic formats for documents. You will remember that in Vienna, I explained that the new JTC1 procedures in this regard proposed to endorse HTML and PDF (amongst others) as being acceptable formats, but not PostScript. There was a request from the Ada Convenor for SC22 to request JTC1 to add PostScript to the list, but after considerable discussion the majority view was that we should not do so. A related issue, which I also mentioned in Vienna, is the requirement for all SCs and WGs to obtain permission from JTC1 to use a format not on their list. If taken at face value this would mean that it would not be permissible to use any software apart from Word or WordPerfect to create documents! SC22 did not believe that this was the intent of the JTC1 requirement, but it was not clear what JTC1 really meant and/or wanted. Accordingly, SC22 agreed to forward a request for clarification to JTC1, but to take no further action in this regard at this time. Miles Ellis Convenor: ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5 Email: Miles.Ellis@etrc.ox.ac.uk Phone: +44 1865 270528 Fax: +44 1865 270527