JTC1/SC22
N1242
Resolutions Prepared at the
Fifth Plenary Meeting SC22
Tampere (Ellivuori), Finland, August 24-28, 1992
Final version, adapted for email by Keld Simonsen
Resolution A: Revised JTC1 Directives
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 notes the approval of a revision to the JTC1
Directives (document SC22/N1130) and instructs its working group
conveners to operate in accordance with these Directives. In
particular, attention is called to the following provisions:
- working group participants must be authorized by their
National Body or liaison organization (1.5.2);
- work must be progressed in a timely manner (2.1.3.10,
2.1.3.11);
- an annex on portability considerations must, when applicable,
be incorporated in standards (6.5.1.7);
- the CD ballot period may be extended (6.5.2.1);
- CD ballot resolution must occur within 3 months (6.5.2.5);
- standards must be periodically reviewed (6.11);
- meeting notices and agendas must be distributed preferably
four months, but no later than three months in advance
(3.5.4.2).
Resolution B: Revised Version of the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 Programme
of Work
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 approves the the SC22 Programme of Work specified
in document SC22/N1212, with any editorial changes or corrections
provided to the SC22 secretariat by working group conveners.
Resolution C: Confirmation of ISO/IEC Standards and Technical
Report
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 instructs the SC22 Secretariat to inform JTC1
that SC22 recommends that the following ISO/IEC standards and
technical report be confirmed:
- ISO/IEC 8652:1987 Programming Language Ada
- ISO/IEC 6160:1987 Programming Language PL/I
- ISO/IEC TR9547:1988 Test Methods for Programming Language
Processors
Resolution D: Appointment of Project Editors
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 appoints the following project editors:
- Mr William Klein (USA) for project JTC1.22.01.04: Correction
amendment to ISO 1989:1985 COBOL (WG4);
- Mr Don Nelson (USA) for project JTC1.22.01.07: Revision of ISO
1989:1985 COBOL (WG4);
- Mr David Emery (USA) for project JTC1.22.26: Uniformity of Ada
Implementations (WG9);
- Mr Marc Graham (USA) for project JTC1.22.31: Ada/SQL Interface
(WG9);
- Mr Dominique Chandesris (France) for project JTC1.22.35: Ada
Extensions and User Run Time Executive Interface (WG9);
- Mr Don Nelson (USA) for project JTC1.22.14: Binding techniques
for programming languages (WG11);
- Ms Mary Payne (USA) for project JTC1.22.28: Language
Independent Arithmetic, Part 1 (WG11);
- Mr Klaus Daessler (Germany) for project JTC1.22.22.02: Prolog:
Part 2, Modules (WG17).
Resolution E: Annual Review of Status of SC22 Resolutions
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 instructs the SC22 Secretariat to add to the
agenda of each SC22 Plenary meeting an item for the review of the
status of those resolutions from the previous SC22 Plenary meeting
for which actions are still outstanding.
Resolution F: Working Group Meetings
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22
- notes the importance of the following working group meetings
to the progress of the work, and that those likely to attend
have had adequate notice of them; and hence
- approves the convening of these meetings even though three
months notice has not been given to SC22:
WG11 - Bindings, Paris, 12-16 October 1992
WG13 - Modula-2, Delft, 21-25 September 1992
WG16 - Lisp, Boston, 9-11 October 1992
WG17 - Prolog, Copenhagen, 26-30 October 1992
WG20 - Internationalization, Quebec, 19-23 October 1992
WG21 - C++, Boston, 1-6 November 1992
Resolution G: Termination of Liaison with ISO/IEC JTC1/SC14
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22
- notes the report from its liaison officer to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC14
in document SC22/N1093;
- in accordance with the recommendation contained therein,
instructs its secretariat to inform the secretariat of ISO/IEC
JTC1/SC14 that ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 believes that formal liaison
between the two subcommittees is not necessary, and to
terminate the liaison;
- thanks Mr Klaus Appel for his services as SC22 liaison officer
to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC14.
Resolution H: Liaison with ISO/IEC JTC1/WG3
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22
- notes that ISO/IEC JTC1/SWG-EDI has been disbanded and hence
there is no further need for liaison with that group;
- thanks Mr Klaus Appel for his services as SC22 liaison officer
to ISO/IEC JTC1/SWG-EDI;
- accepts Mr Appel's advice that there is no need at this time
for liaison between SC22 and JTC1/WG3 - Open EDI.
Resolution I: SC21 Liaison Statement
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 approves document SC22/N1238 as a liaison
statement to JTC1/SC21, and instructs the SC22 Secretariat to
forward it to JTC1/SC21.
Resolution J: Encouragement of User Participation
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22
- believes that input from users related to user requirements
and priorities is of particular value at the project level;
- hence encourages the participation of users, preferably
through national bodies, in the work of SC22, particularly in
developing user requirements for SC22 standards; and
- invites user groups that span more than one country to seek
category C liaison with SC22 working groups in accordance with
the JTC1 directives.
Resolution K1: Resolution of ballot comments on ISO/IEC DIS 11756
- MUMPS*
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22
- notes the ballot comments on ISO/IEC DIS 11756 - MUMPS
contained in document SC22/N1182; and
- approves as resolution of these comments the responses
contained in document SC22/N1234.
*Note: MUMPS is a trademark of Massachusetts General Hospital
Resolution K2: Revision of MUMPS* standard
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 invites the US national body to submit the
revision of ISO/IEC 11756 - MUMPS to JTC1 for fast-track processing
when it becomes available.
*Note: MUMPS is a trademark of Massachusetts General Hospital
Resolution L: Liaison statements and reports
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 instructs its liaison representatives to
circulate proposed liaison statements and reports to SC22 for
comment, within three months, prior to sending them to the liaison
organization.
Resolution M: New work item proposal on Pascal and extended
Pascal bindings to language independent arithmetic
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 instructs the SC22 Secretariat to forward the new
work item proposal (NP) in document SC22/N1172, with the title
changed to Pascal and extended Pascal bindings to language
independent arithmetic, to JTC1 for NP processing.
Resolution N: Reports on experience of language bindings
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 requests WG2 and WG13 to submit reports of their
experiences of preparing language bindings to Language Independent
Arithmetic Part 1.
Resolution O: New work item proposal on Z specification language
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22
- instructs the SC22 Secretariat to forward the new work item
proposal (NP) in document SC22/N1179R, with revised target
dates and with the title changed to Z specification language,
to JTC1 for NP processing;
- requests the UK national body meanwhile to produce additional
information about the Z specification language and its
relationship with VDM-SL, if possible in time to help JTC1
national bodies in determining their vote;
- if the NP is approved by JTC1, authorizes the establishment of
a new SC22 working group, and invites the UK national body to
consider providing the convener and secretariat for this
group.
Resolution P: New work item proposal for Technical Report on
object-oriented extensions to Pascal
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22
- instructs WG2 to revise its new work item proposal (NP) for
Technical Report on object-oriented extensions to Pascal
(document SC22/N1203) taking into account comments made on the
title, type of technical report and target dates, and to
forward the revised NP to the SC22 secretariat;
- instructs the SC22 secretariat then to forward the revised NP
to JTC1 for NP processing.
Resolution Q: Forth
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22
- requests the US member body to provide the most recent version
of the proposed Forth standard to the SC22 secretariat for
circulation to SC22;
- instructs the SC22 secretariat to conduct a consultative
letter ballot on the suitability of this standard for fast
track processing.
Resolution AA: Category C liaison with X/Open for WG4
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22, noting the report of the WG4 convener that
Category C liaison with the X/Open COBOL working group would be
beneficial to the work of SC22, authorizes the provisional
participation of that group in the work of WG4, whilst the formal
processes for establishing liaison are proceeding.
Resolution AB: Primary Development Body for the International
Fortran Standard
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22
- notes that project JTC1 22.02.01, revision of ISO 1539:1980
(Fortran), was completed with the publication of ISO
1539:1991;
- authorises WG5 - Fortran to begin work on the next revision of
the standard;
- notes and approves WG5's recommendation, expressed in
resolution V9 in document SC22/N1214, that the work of
revision be progressed by the US technical subcommittee X3J3
acting as primary development body for the next revision of
ISO/IEC 1539:1991, provided that the X3 I-project rules are
used for the project, and that such a project be established
by June 30, 1993;
- requests the USA National body to take the necessary steps to
arrange for this to be done.
Resolution AC: Russian Language Version of ISO/IEC 1539:1991
(Fortran)
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22
- requests the SC22 Secretariat to consult with the Russian
National body about the desirability of ISO/IEC publishing the
existing Russian translation of ISO/IEC 1539:1991 (Fortran);
- instructs the SC22 Secretariat, if the Russian National Body
concurs, to request ITTF to publish this Russian translation
expeditiously and at minimal cost.
Resolution AD: Language Independent Specification Methods
(withdrawn)
Resolution AE: CD Registration of Technical Report on test methods
for measuring conformity to POSIX
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 approves the CD registration of document
SC22/N1180, and instructs the SC22 secretariat to initiate the CD
balloting as soon as the WG15 conformance testing rapporteur group
has provided a proposed resolution of the UK NP comments in
document SC22/N1134 for inclusion in the balloting package.
Resolution AF: DIS Registration of CD 9945-2 POSIX: Shell and
Utilities, incorporating the User Portability
Extension amendment
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22
- notes that the balloting positions of France, Denmark and New
Zealand with respect to the amendment are affirmative;
- notes that the comments raised by Japan have been sufficiently
addressed and that the Japanese ballot is also now
affirmative;
- concludes that there is now substantial support of the P-
members of SC22 for DIS registration of CD 9945-2 as proposed;
and therefore
- approves the DIS registration of CD 9945-2, incorporating the
changes shown in documents SC22/N1147 and SC22/N1148, merging
the User Portability Extension with the main document.
Resolution AG: Revised Schedule for Lisp (WG16)
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22, noting the substantial progress made by WG16 -
Lisp, extends the deadline for progressing their work beyond stage
2 to 31 December 1992.
Resolution AH: Approval of CD Registration for Prolog Part 1,
General Core
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22
- notes the ballot results in document SC22/N1205 on CD
registration of the document SC22/N1133 - Prolog Part 1,
General Core, and the late ballots in document SC22/N1210; and
- approves registration of the CD for Prolog Part 1, General
Core.
Resolution AI: Subdivision of FIMS Work Item
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 endorses the subdivision of project JTC1.22.27,
FIMS, in accordance with the descriptions in document SC22/N1154,
as follows:
JTC1.22.27.01 Forms Interface Management System (FIMS)
JTC1.22.27.02 Addendum to FIMS - COBOL binding
JTC1.22.27.03 Addendum to FIMS - Intermediate subset
JTC1.22.27.04 Addendum to FIMS - Fortran binding
JTC1.22.27.05 Addendum to FIMS - Ada binding.
Resolution AJ: New Work Item Proposal for FIMS
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22
- instructs the convener of WG18 to prepare a New Work Item
Proposal (NP) to develop FIMS device profiles that match OSI
Virtual Terminal profiles, the NP to be based on document
SC22/N1154 and to emphasize the liaison requirements to SC21;
- instructs the SC22 secretariat to submit this NP to JTC1 for
balloting, with the recommendation that it be assigned to SC22
should it be approved.
Resolution AK: Subdivision of Work Item JTC1.22.29 - Vienna
Development Method - Specification Language
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22
- notes that WG19 is close to completing its work on the main
language features to be defined in standard VDM-SL but that
more work is required in defining a facility for modules;
- endorses the subdivision of the work item JTC1.22.29 - Vienna
Development Method - Specification Language (VDM-SL) as
follows:
JTC1.22.29.01 - VDM-SL: Part 1, Base Language
JTC1.22.29.02 - VDM-SL: Part 2, Modules.
Resolution AL: Category C liaison with X/Open for WG20
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22, noting the report of the WG20 convener that
Category C liaison with the X/Open Internationalization working
group would be beneficial to the work of SC22, authorizes the
provisional participation of that group in the work of WG20, whilst
the formal processes for establishing liaison are proceeding.
Resolution AM: Subdivision of Work Item JTC1.22.30 -
Functionality for the internationalization of applications
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 endorses the subdivision of the work item
JTC1.22.30 - Functionality for the internationalization of
applications as follows:
JTC1.22.30.01 - Framework for internationalization for
programming languages and their environments
JTC1.22.30.02 - Functionality for the internationalization of
applications
Resolution AN: Assignment of work item JTC1.22.13 - Guidelines for
the preparation of programming language standards
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 assigns to WG20 work item JTC1.22.13 for the
purpose of producing a revised version of TR 10176:1991 -
Guidelines for the preparation of programming language standards,
the extent of the revision being confined to internationalization
issues.
Resolution BA: Unique Identifier for Defect Reports
(withdrawn)
Resolution BB1: Adoption of procedures for handling of Defect
Reports
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 adopts document SC22/N1236 as its procedures for
handling reports of defects or suspected defects in, and requests
for interpretation concerning, documents for which it is
responsible, in accordance with clause 6.13.3 of the JTC1
Directives.
Resolution BB2: Instructions for working groups using national
body development
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 instructs those working groups which use national
body development to revise their synchronization plans to be in
accordance with the procedures specified in document SC22/N1236.
Resolution BC: Ad Hoc Group on cross-language coordination
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22, recognizing the need for a subcommittee policy
on cross-language coordination, establishes a Cross-Language
Coordination Ad Hoc Group, under the leadership of Mr Paul Rabin,
and with the terms of reference specified in the document
SC22/N1235:
- to draw up a Cross-Language Coordination Questionnaire to
identify expected interactions between individual
languages and cross-language standards, based on the
draft in SC22/N1186, and to distribute it, by 30
September 1992, to all SC22 WG conveners;
- to make the responses to the Questionnaire available to the
SC22 National Bodies as soon as possible in order that the
results can be useful during ballots that occur before the
1993 SC22 plenary meeting;
- to develop a proposed policy for cross-language standard
coordination;
- to identify the actions necessary to implement the proposed
policy for each SC22 language; and
- to produce a report on its work and forward it to the SC22
secretariat by 31 May 1993 for distribution and for discussion
at the 1993 SC22 plenary.
The membership of the Cross-Language Coordination Ad Hoc Group will
include Ed Barkmeyer (USA), Ken Edwards (USA), Brian Meek (UK) and
Willem Wakker (NL). The Ad Hoc Group is intended to work by e-mail
and correspondence.
Resolution BD: Cross-Language Coordination: Questionnaire
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22
- instructs working group conveners to send completed responses
to the Cross-Language Coordination Questionnaire in machine
readable form to the address specified on the questionnaire,
by 28 February 1993; and
- confirms that any responses will be treated as informative and
not agreed WG policy, and that conveners are free to use
whatever practical means they deem appropriate to complete the
responses by the specified deadline.
Resolution BE: Cross-Language Coordination: external liaisons
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 instructs its Ad Hoc Group to send the following
information to bodies outside SC22:
- an explanation of what SC22 is trying to accomplish by this
exercise and how participation in it of their body can improve
the work of both bodies;
- a request for any input they are able to provide which would
assist the Ad Hoc Group in its work, including their responses
to the relevant parts of the Cross-Language Coordination
Questionnaire where appropriate, with the aim of advancing the
cause of obtaining mutually satisfactory and useful standards;
- copies of the Cross-Language Coordination Questionnaire; and
- copies of the relevant CDs, as appropriate;
the bodies concerned being:
SC2;
SC7;
SC18;
SC21, with the response to their liaison request on APIs;
SC21/WG3, for SQL and IRDS;
SC24;
ECMA, for PCTE
ANSI ASC X11, for MUMPS*
*Note: MUMPS is a trademark of Massachusetts General Hospital
Resolution BF: Ad Hoc Meeting on Character Sets
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22
- recognizes a need for the technical experts in its working
groups to develop an understanding of IS 10646:1992, and
related character set standards;
- recognizes that a better understanding of the concepts of
character and glyph would be of value to SC22; therefore
- resolves that an ad hoc meeting on character sets will be
arranged, with Mr Keith Hopper (NZ) as convener, the agenda to
include the issues identified in SC22/N1239, with expert
participation invited from SC2, SC18 and all working groups in
SC22, to help SC22 WG experts to understand the content and
implications of these standards related to the work of SC22.
Resolution BG: Internationalization Report to JTC1
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22
- approves document SC22/N1237 as the basis of its response to
Resolution 18j of the October 1991 JTC1 Plenary meeting;
- recognizes that additional facts regarding current
activities may be added to the document and that general
editorial corrections may be made to improve the document's
clarity and consistency;
- authorizes its Chairman, or his designee, to carry out
such changes and submit the revised response to JTC1.
Resolution XA: Appreciation to M. Francois Genuys
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 expresses its warmest thanks and appreciation to
M. Francois Genuys for his many years of service to SC22 and to SC5
(SC22's predecessor subcommittee) and for all that he has done to
further the development and standardization of programming
languages. SC22 extends to him its best wishes for a long and
enjoyable retirement.
Resolution XB: Appreciation to M. Jean Bourgain
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 expresses its warmest thanks and appreciation to
M. Jean Bourgain for his many years of service to SC22 and to SC5
(SC22's predecessor subcommittee) and working groups of those
subcommittees, in particular to WG4 - COBOL. SC22 extends to him
its best wishes for a long and enjoyable retirement.
Resolution XX: Appreciation
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 expresses its appreciation to all those who have
assisted in the work of this meeting, and in particular,
- to the companies and institutions that sponsored the meeting,
namely Canon (Pori), the Information Technology Development
Centre TIEKE, the Finnish Standards Association SFS, the
Finnish Information Processing Association, the Ministry of
Trade and Industry, and Tampere University of Technology;
- to Ms Ulla Kokkonen and Ms Marja-Terttu Mustonen, for their
secretarial services, and Mr Tapio Saari for photocopying;
- to Mr John Dawes for his informative presentation on PCTE and
ECMA's plans for its ISO standardization;
- to Mr Bob Follett (Chairman) and Mr Joe Cote (Secretariat),
and to Mr Roger Scowen for chairing the final session at short
notice;
- to the ad hoc meeting conveners, namely Mr John Hill
(Interpretations), Mr Paul Nash (Character Set Issues), Mr
Willem Wakker (Cross Language Issues), and Mr Andrew Walker
(Internationalization);
- to the drafting committee members, namely Mr Claude Bourstin,
Mr Scott Jameson, Mr Keld Simonsen, Mr Graham Warren, and
especially Mr Brian Meek for his editing services;
- and above all to Prof Hannu Jaakkola, for the many services he
performed in organizing and running the meeting, and
especially for arranging for the comprehensive range of
services to be available, for introducing delegates to the
mysteries of the Finnish sauna, and for acting as so generous
a host.
(All resolutions were passed unanimously with the exception of
Resolution P on which Japan and New Zealand abstained.)