Resolutions Prepared at the Eighteenth Plenary Meeting of ISO/IEC JTC
1/SC 22,
30 September-2 October 2005,
Resolution 05-01:
Free Availability of ISO/IEC JTC 1 Standards
JTC 1/SC 22 instructs its Secretariat to compile a list of all standards previously requested by JTC 1/SC 22 for free availability.
JTC 1/SC 22 instructs its Chair to work directly with ITTF to ensure that all JTC 1/SC 22 standards on this list are included in the list of freely available JTC 1 standards on the ITTF website.
Noting that this is not the first time this request has been made, JTC 1/SC 22 instructs its Chair to request that the web pages for each of the JTC 1/SC 22 standards on that list on the ISO On-Line Store site describing all standards approved for free availability clearly state that there is no charge for electronically downloadable versions.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-02:
Free Availability of JTC 1/SC 22 Documents
JTC 1/SC 22 requests the following JTC 1/SC 22 documents be made freely available via the ISO On-Line Store:
Technical Reports
Standard
Upon publication:
Technical Corrigendum
Standard
JTC1/SC 22, noting JTC 1 Sendai Resolution 32, instructs its
Secretariat to take necessary administrative actions to make these documents
freely available.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-03: Modifications
to the JTC 1/SC 22 Programme of Work
JTC 1/SC 22 approves the following changes to the JTC 1/SC 22 Programme of Work:
due to the delay in the completion of the revision of IEEE 754, Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic.
JTC 1/SC 22 instructs its Secretariat to inform JTC 1 of these modifications to the JTC 1/SC 22 Programme of Work.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-04: Withdrawal
of JTC 1/SC 22 Standards and Technical Reports
JTC 1/SC 22 agrees that the following JTC 1/SC 22 Standards and Technical Reports be withdrawn:
JTC 1/SC 22 instructs its Secretariat to inform ITTF of this decision.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-05:
Withdrawal of ISO/IEC 13814: 1998, Generic Package of Complex Elementary
Functions in
JTC 1/SC 22, noting JTC 1/SC 22 Resolution 01-07 and that this withdrawal request has not been completed and that this standard is listed as confirmed on the ISO website, requests that the withdrawal of ISO/IEC 13814: 1998 be implemented.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-06:
Document Submission to ITTF
JTC 1/SC 22 notes that its project editors have been having substantial problems with the publication process. For example, in a number of recent publications, internal bookmarks were removed, rendering the documents difficult to navigate.
JTC 1/SC 22 instructs its Secretariat to request the ITTF to allow the following mode of processing to be applied at the request of the project editor before publication of a JTC 1/SC 22 standard, TR, or corrigendum.
1. The project editor sends the approved format file (currently PDF) together with any additional source files necessary for ITTF to note and verify changes.
2. The ITTF lists the changes it requires.
3. The project editor constructs a new approved format and source files and sends them.
4. Steps 2. and 3. are repeated until no changes are needed.
The purpose of this procedure is to improve the quality of the final document.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-07:
Communication with the President of IEEE Standards Association
JTC 1/SC 22 instructs its Chair to communicate the concerns of JTC 1/SC 22/WG 4 (COBOL), JTC 1/SC 22/WG 11 (Language Bindings), JTC 1/SC 22/WG 14 (C) and JTC 1/SC 22/WG 21 (C++) regarding the delay of the work on the revision of IEEE 754, emphasizing that a number of JTC 1/SC 22 projects have been delayed because they rely on this work.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-08:
Revision of IEEE 754 Standard for Floating-Point
Arithmetic
JTC 1/SC 22 instructs the Convener of JTC 1/SC 22/WG 4 (COBOL) to contact all JTC 1/SC 22 Working Group Conveners to request their input regarding requirements for the decimal floating-point work of the IEEE 754 Working Group. The Convener is instructed to prepare a paper detailing these requirements and to submit this paper to the JTC 1/SC 22 Secretariat for distribution to JTC 1/SC 22 for information.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-09:
Letter Ballot for the Disbandment of JTC 1/SC 22/WG 3 (APL)
JTC 1/SC 22 instructs its Secretariat to issue a three-month letter ballot on the approval of the disbandment of JTC 1/SC 22/WG 3.
Approval:7 (
Disapproval: 0
Abstention: 1
Resolution 05-10:
Organizational Representative to the Austin Joint Working Group
JTC 1/SC 22 appoints Nick Stoughton as Organizational Representative from JTC 1/SC 22 to the Austin Joint Working Group with Keld Simonsen as alternate representative.
Further, JTC 1/SC 22 instructs the OR to ensure that all issues of inter-working-group representation with respect to the Austin Joint Working Group be addressed by the OR.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-11:
Establishment of Liaison Between JTC 1/SC 22/WG 14 (C)
and the Austin Joint Working Group
JTC 1/SC 22 approves the establishment of the internal liaison between JTC 1/SC 22/WG 14 and the Austin Joint Working Group with Nick Stoughton as the bi-directional liaison representative.
Approval:7 (
Disapproval: 1 (
Abstention: 0
Resolution 05-12:
ISO/IEC TR 24715, Technical Report on the Conflicts Between
the ISO/IEC 9945 (POSIX) Standard and the Linux Standard Base Specification
JTC 1/SC 22 authorizes its Secretariat to submit the text of TR 24715 to JTC 1 for DTR balloting upon receipt of the TR text (after the transmission of ISO/IEC 23360, Linux Standard Base Core Specification, to ITTF for final processing) from the Project Editor.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-13: Transition
to Live Link
JTC 1/SC 22 notes that the transition of the committee's website and documents to Live Link are causing difficulties for some members. (In particular, several members have experienced browser compatibility issues.) Therefore, because the new system is not fully understood and the browser issues are not resolved, JTC 1/SC 22 authorizes Keld Simonsen to continue to maintain the current JTC 1/SC 22 website and document repository, mirroring all documents appropriate to the subcommittee until the 2006 Plenary. Further, JTC 1/SC 22 notes that its Working Groups are not required to use Live Link unless they so desire, and may continue to maintain their own websites and document repositories.
JTC 1/SC 22 thanks Mr. Simonsen for his maintenance of the JTC 1/SC 22 website.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-14: JTC
1/SC 22 N3913, NP Ballot on Guidance to Avoiding Vulnerabilities in
Programming Languages through Language Selection and Use
JTC 1/SC 22 notes
that the “No” votes of the UK on Questions 1 and 2 are changed to
"Yes" due to resolution of the concern noted in their ballot; and that
final disposition of the NP is not yet possible pending clarification of the
vote of one National Body.
To deal with any
necessary work, JTC 1/SC 22 creates an Other Working Group on Vulnerability
(OWG: Vulnerabilities), in accordance with sub-clause 2.6.2 of the JTC 1
Directives, with the following terms of reference:
·
Definition
of the task: Using the statement of scope previously provided in JTC 1/SC 22 N3913,
create an initial draft document and, if necessary, a revised New Work Item
Proposal.
·
Time frame:
Submit the materials by the next plenary meeting of JTC 1/SC 22.
·
Membership:
Open to all JTC 1/SC 22 P and O members, liaison organizations, and subgroup representatives.
·
Convener:
James W. Moore (US).
·
Administrative
Support: The MITRE Corporation.
·
Meetings:
Continued operation by email and website collaboration pending invitations by
working groups to co-locate meetings.
JTC 1/SC 22
instructs working groups to work with OWG: Vulnerabilities to co-locate
meetings on this topic as appropriate.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-15:
Grammar Engineering Project
JTC 1/SC 22 notes “Grammar Engineering” is a
project being run from the Free University of Amsterdam that is of relevance
for existing and future JTC 1/SC 22 projects. JTC 1/SC 22 instructs its subgroups
and project editors to:
Unanimous
Resolution 05-16: Packaging
of POSIX Standard Series
JTC 1/SC 22 notes that the ISO/IEC 9945 standard series is intended to be used as a single specification.
JTC 1/SC 22 therefore instructs its Chair to recommend to ITTF that the following series of standards be packaged as one POSIX Package for sale in the ISO On-Line Store:
Approval:7 (
Disapproval: 1 (
Abstention: 0
Resolution 05-17:
Rapid Final Processing of Standards
JTC 1/SC 22, noting the following:
expresses its frustration with the continued delays in starting ballots and in publishing documents. Not only is this undesirable, it is also discouraging to any WG that has done work in a timely manner. JTC 1/SC 22 instructs its Chair to raise this matter at the JTC 1 Plenary and to speak to the ITTF about these concerns.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-18:
POSIX Document Archival
JTC 1/SC 22 instructs project editors of the following published or confirmed POSIX projects:
to provide a copy of their document source to Keld Simonsen for archiving.
JTC 1/SC 22 further instructs project editors of the following cancelled or withdrawn POSIX standards or projects:
to provide a copy of all documents relevant to the canceled project (including any drafts) to Keld Simonsen for archiving.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-19:
Endorsement of JTC 1/SC 22 N3486, JTC 1/SC 22/WG 15 Procedures for Joint
Development of Common Standards
JTC 1/SC22 acknowledges the procedures entitled "Joint Development of Common Standards (JDOCS)", originally presented to it in JTC 1/SC 22 N3486, are appropriate for the development of the ISO/IEC 9945 (POSIX) projects, and reaffirms them as the approved methodology for those projects.
Approval:7 (
Disapproval: 1 (
Abstention: 0
Resolution 05-20:
POSIX Charmap, Locales and Profiles Collection
JTC 1/SC 22 notes recommendation 9 from JTC 1/SC 22 N3864 (from the POSIX Advisory Group), and further notes that the I18NRG did consider this recommendation, but rejected making a further recommendation. Therefore, JTC 1/SC22 instructs the project editor for ISO/IEC 9945, POSIX, to make a recommendation on this item.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-21: WG
15 (POSIX) Website
JTC 1/SC 22 thanks Keld Simonsen for his untiring maintenance of the website and email archive for the now disbanded WG 15. Further, JTC 1/SC 22 asks Mr. Simonsen to continue to maintain this archive, noting on the website that WG 15 has been disbanded.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-22: JTC
1/SC 22 Liaison Representative to JTC 1/SC 7
At the request of JTC 1/SC 7 to create a liaison relationship with JTC 1/SC 22, JTC 1/SC 22 appoints James W. Moore as that liaison representative.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-23:
Internationalization Work
JTC 1/SC 22 instructs its Chair to inform all national bodies and subcommittees under JTC 1 that despite the disbandment of JTC 1/SC 22/WG 20 (Internationalization), JTC 1/SC 22 continues to be willing to co-operate on any I18N issues.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-24:
Standing Agenda Item on I18N
JTC 1/SC 22 instructs its Secretariat to include I18N as a standing agenda item on future JTC 1/SC 22 Plenaries until I18N presence on the agenda is deemed no longer necessary.
Approval:4 (
Disapproval: 4 (
Abstention: 0
RESOLUTION FAILED
Resolution 05-25:
I18NRG
JTC 1/SC 22 accepts all recommendations in JTC 1/SC 22 N3945 (I18NRG Report).
Approval:7 (
Disapproval: 0
Abstention: 1(
Resolution 05-26:
Appreciation: Translation of JTC 1 Standards
JTC
1/SC 22 recognizes that translation of its standards into a spoken language other
than English has led to substantial improvements in the English version. JTC 1/SC
22 particularly wishes to thank
Unanimous
Resolution 05-27:
Standards Education
JTC 1/SC 22 instructs its Chair to request JTC 1’s support for further work on standards education following up on the work to occur in February 2006 in a workshop in Japan on standards education (as referenced in JTC 1/SC 22 N3857).
JTC 1/SC 22 further instructs its Chair to request that JTC 1 provide its standards at no or nominal cost to students and teachers for educational purposes.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-28: ISO
Advisory Group on Security
JTC 1/SC 22 requests its Chair to inform JTC 1 of JTC 1/SC 22’s concerns with regard to the Final Report of the ISO Advisory Group on Security (JTC 1/SC 22 N3942). Specifically:
JTC 1's report on security should note JTC 1/SC 22's actions in this area.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-29: Authorization
to Initiate an FPDAM Ballot for
JTC 1/SC 22 instructs its Secretariat to initiate an FPDAM
ballot for ISO/IEC 8652: 1995,
Unanimous
Resolution 05-30a: Cancellation of the Revision ISO/IEC 15897, Procedure for the Registration of Cultural Elements
JTC 1/SC 22 cancels the revision of ISO/IEC 15897, and instructs its Secretariat to inform ITTF of this decision.
This resolution will
be letter balloted at the request of
Resolution 05-30b:
Progression of the Revision of ISO/IEC 15897, Procedure for the Registration of
Cultural Elements
Should the text for the FDIS ballot of ISO/IEC 15897 be submitted to the JTC 1/SC 22 Secretariat by 31 October 2005, JTC 1/SC 22 instructs its Secretariat to submit this text to ITTF for FDIS balloting. If this text is received after 31 October 2005, JTC 1/SC 22 instructs its Secretariat to circulate the text only to JTC 1/SC 22 for information.
Should the letter ballot for the approval for Resolution 05-30a fails, a letter ballot for this resolution will be issued.
Resolution 05-31:
Appointment of Project Editors
JTC 1/SC 22 approves the following appointments as SC 22 Project Editors:
Unanimous
Resolution 05-32:
Officer Appointments and Re-Appointments
JTC 1/SC 22 approves the following Working Group Convener re-appointments:
JTC 1/SC 22 approves the following Working Group Convener appointment:
Unanimous
Resolution 05-33:
Recommendations on Standards for the 2006 Periodic Review
JTC 1/SC 22 instructs its Secretariat to issue a three-month letter ballot along with the recommendations from the JTC 1/SC 22 Working Groups for recommendations for the 2006 Periodic Review:
·
ISO/IEC 13751:2001
Information technology – Programming languages and their environments and
System Software Interfaces – Programming languages – Extended APL
·
ISO/IEC 13211-1:1995
Information technology – Programming languages – Prolog – Part 1: General core
·
ISO/IEC 8652:1995
Information technology – Programming languages –
·
ISO/IEC 13817-1:1996
Information technology – Programming languages, their environments and system
software interfaces – Vienna Development Method – Specification language – Part
1: Base language
·
ISO/IEC 13886:1996
Information technology – Language-Independent Procedure Calling (LIPC)
·
ISO/IEC 10967-2:2001
Information technology – Language independent arithmetic – Part 2: Elementary
numerical functions
·
ISO/IEC 14519:2001
Information technology – POSIX Ada Language Interfaces – Binding for System
Application Program Interface (API)
·
ISO 6160:1979
Programming languages – PL/1
·
ISO 7185:1990
Information technology – Programming languages – Pascal
·
ISO/IEC 10279:1991
Information technology – Programming languages – Full BASIC
·
ISO/IEC 10206:1991
Information technology – Programming languages – Extended Pascal
·
ISO/IEC 6522:1992
Information technology – Programming languages – PL/1 general purpose subset
·
ISO/IEC 10514-1:1996
Information technology – Programming languages – Part 1: Modula-2, Base
Language
JTC 1/SC 22 instructs its Secretariat to inform both the JTC 1 Secretariat and ITTF of these recommendations.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-34: JTC
1/SC 22 Plenary for 2006
JTC 1/SC 22 thanks the
Unanimous
Resolution 05-35:
Future JTC 1/SC 22 Plenaries
JTC 1/SC 22 encourages national bodies and liaison organizations to volunteer to host future JTC 1/SC 22 Plenaries.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-36:
Vocabulary
JTC 1/SC 22 notes with gratitude the work undertaken by Roger Scowen and the Canadian Translation Bureau with regard to vocabulary, and understands the magnitude of that undertaking. JTC 1/SC 22 recommends that work continue to identify a suitable home for a vocabulary database, noting especially the offers and suggestions from several national bodies and liaison organizations, and invites proposals for JTC 1/SC 22’s consideration at the 2006 Plenary.
JTC 1/SC 22 instructs its Chair to inform JTC 1 that the terminology exercise between JTC 1/SC 22 and the Canadian Translation Bureau has shown
1. Collecting existing definitions from current standards is sometimes a trivial exercise and sometimes labour intensive.
2. Review and translation by experts (e.g., the Canadian Translation Bureau) discloses inconsistencies, ambiguities, and unnecessary diversity.
3. Removing the deficiencies is an exercise for which manpower is probably not available.
4. The results, a descriptive definition of (specialized) usage, are nevertheless valuable to many people.
JTC 1/SC 22 believes that the exercise is worthwhile and that volunteers will come forward if they realize that the results will be freely available.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-37: Readability
of JTC 1 Documents
JTC 1/SC 22 recommends that the JTC 1 Directives should include a general instruction that all JTC 1 documents be written with due regard to their intended readership. In particular, readers often need a table defining acronyms and a reference to a suitable dictionary of terms.
JTC 1/SC 22 recommends that when a group circulates the results of its work widely (e.g., JTC 1/SC 22 N3940, “JTC 1 N 7824 Web Services Study Group Meeting Report”), that group should provide an introduction or background section.
JTC 1/SC 22 instructs its Chair to make these recommendations known to JTC 1.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-38:
Research Presentations
JTC 1/SC 22 requests
its Secretariat to forward the documents (JTC 1/SC 22 N3892, JTC 1/SC 22 N3893,
JTC 1/SC 22 N3894)on which the presentations by Dr. Tineke
Egyedi were based to JTC 1 for information.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-39:
Naming of Other Working Groups
JTC 1/SC 22 resolves that "OWG: <function name>" be the naming convention for future OWG's in JTC 1/SC 22.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-40: JTC
1 Directives Feedback
JTC 1/SC 22 notes the following concerns regarding the JTC 1 Directives:
JTC 1/SC 22 instructs its Chair to request that JTC 1 consider these concerns in the forthcoming revisions of the Directives.
JTC 1/SC 22 makes effective use of electronic media and would be willing to consider being a test case for implementation of a broader policy.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-41:
Acknowledgements from the Ad Hoc on the JTC 1 Directives
JTC 1/SC 22 thanks the following members for their participation
in the Ad Hoc on JTC 1 Directives: Charles Stevens, James W. Moore, Bill
Seymour, Nick Stoughton, Rex Jaeschke, Keld Simonsen, Alain La Bonté,
Unanimous
Resolution 05-42:
Appreciation: Convener of JTC 1 Directives Ad Hoc
JTC 1/SC 22 expresses its gratitude to the Convener of the
JTC 1 Directives Ad Hoc,
Unanimous
Resolution 05-43:
Acknowledgement from the Ad Hoc on Future Directions for JTC 1/SC 22
JTC 1/SC 22 thanks the following members for their
participation in the Ad Hoc on Future Directions of JTC 1/SC 22: Charles
Stevens, James W. Moore, Bill Seymour, Nick Stoughton, Rex Jaeschke, Keld Simonsen,
Alain La Bonté,
JTC 1/SC 22 also thanks all attendees of the 31 March 2005 meeting for their contributions and ideas for future work.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-44:
Appreciation: Convener of the JTC 1/SC 22 Ad Hoc on Future Directions for JTC
1/SC 22
JTC 1/SC 22 expresses its gratitude to the Convener of the
Ad Hoc on Future Directions for JTC 1/SC 22,
Unanimous
Resolution 05-45:
Appreciation: Presenter on Standards Research
JTC 1/SC 22 expresses its gratitude to the presenter to the Future Directions of JTC 1/SC 22 Ad Hoc, Dr. Tineke Egyedi, for her presentation.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-46:
Acknowledgement: Participants in the Break-out Session on the NP on “Guidance
to Avoiding Vulnerabilities in Programming Languages through Language Selection
and Use” and Research Reports
JTC
1/SC 22 thanks the following members for their participation in the Break-out
Session on the NP on Guidance to Avoiding Vulnerabilities in Programming
Languages through Language Selection and Use and Research Reports: Tineke Egyedi, Herb Sutter, John
Benito,
Dietmar Kühl, Kiyoshi Ishihata, Shizuo Goto, James W. Moore, Toshiaki Kurokawa,
Unanimous
Resolution 05-47:
Appreciation: Convener of the Break-out
Session on the NP on “Guidance to Avoiding Vulnerabilities in Programming
Languages through Language Selection and Use” and Research Reports
JTC 1/SC 22 expresses its gratitude to the Convener of the
Break-out Session on the NP on “Guidance to Avoiding Vulnerabilities in
Programming Languages through Language Selection and Use” and Research Reports,
Unanimous
Resolution 05-48:
Acknowledgement: Participants in the Break-out Session on JTC 1 Directives and
Naming Conventions for OWGs
JTC 1/SC 22 thanks the following members for their participation
in the Break-out Session on JTC 1 Directives and Naming Conventions for OWGs: Keld Simonsen, Willem Wakker, Sang Yong Han, Yong W.
Lee, Shizuo Goto, Kiyoshi Ishihata, Dietmar Kühl, Nobuyoshi Mori, Detlef Vollmann, Jon Diamond,
Unanimous
Resolution 05-49:
Appreciation: Convener of the Break-out
Session on JTC 1 Directives and Naming Conventions for OWGs
JTC 1/SC 22 expresses its gratitude to the Convener of the Break-out
Session on JTC 1 Directives and Naming Conventions for OWGs,
Keld Simonsen, for his leadership of the group.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-50:
Appreciation: Convener of JTC 1/SC 22/WG 4 (COBOL)
JTC 1/SC 22 expresses its gratitude to the Convener of JTC 1/SC 22/WG 4, Don Schricker, for his years of leadership of the working group.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-51:
Appreciation: Presenter to the JTC 1/SC 22 Plenary on Vocabulary
JTC 1/SC 22 expresses its gratitude to the presenter to the JTC 1/SC 22 Plenary on Vocabulary, Natalie Cécile Ranger, Joseph Côté, and Karine Rondeau for their presentation.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-52:
Appreciation: Participants to the JTC 1/SC 22 I18N Rapporteur Group
JTC 1/SC 22 expresses its gratitude to all participants to the JTC 1/SC 22 I18NRG for their contributions toward internationalization work.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-53:
Appreciation: Convener of the JTC 1/SC 22 I18N Rapporteur Group
JTC 1/SC 22 expresses its gratitude to the Rapporteur of the I18NRG, John Benito, for his leadership of the group.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-54:
Appreciation: Study Group on Vulnerability
JTC 1/SC 22 expresses its gratitude to the participants of the Study Group on Vulnerability for their contributions on the work.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-55:
Appreciation: Convener of Study Group on Vulnerability
JTC 1/SC 22 expresses its gratitude to the Convener of the
Study Group on Vulnerability, James W.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-56:
Appreciation: Web Master
JTC 1/SC 22 expresses its gratitude to Keld Simonsen for his preparation of the electronically linked agenda during the meeting, for hosting a temporary website during the meeting, and providing ongoing web support.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-57:
Appreciation: Network and Projection Hardware Provider
JTC 1/SC 22 expresses its gratitude to the network hardware provider, Dinkumware, Ltd., for providing the local networking and projection hardware.
Unanimous
Resolution 05-58:
Acclamation: Meeting Host
JTC 1/SC 22 expresses its gratitude to the meeting hosts, Maurya Software Inc., IBM, Standards Council of Canada, and
Sun Microsystems, for the excellent meeting facilities and social event. In particular, JTC 1/SC 22 expresses its
gratitude to the event organizer,
Unanimous
Resolution 05-59:
Acclamation: Drafting Committee
JTC 1/SC 22 expresses its appreciation to the resolutions
drafting committee comprised of John Reid, Nick Stoughton,
Unanimous
Resolution 05-60:
Acclamation: JTC 1/SC 22 Chair
JTC
1/SC 22 thanks its Chair,
Unanimous