Date of presentation of proposal:
2001-TBD-TBD

Proposer:
JTC1/SC22

Secretariat:
ANSI

ISO/IEC JTC 1 N XXXX 

Title: 
Information Technology - Programming Languages - Ada: Amendments

Scope: 
This Amendment or amendments would modify or add capabilities to the language specifications of ISO/IEC 8652, the international standard for the programming language Ada.  The target audience would be all users of Ada and all vendors of Ada language processors. Note: If appropriate, additional capabilities may be developed in the form of related standards rather than amendments. 

Purpose and justification: The international standard for Ada, ISO/IEC 8652, was published in 1995. A Technical Corrigendum, ISO/IEC 8652.Corr 1, corrected minor errors in the standard and was published in 2001. With 6 years' experience with the standard, and 10 years by the envisaged publication date of an Amendment, a number of shortcomings have been identified. The Amendments are intended to improve the standard in selected areas and integrate the progress of 10 more years of research and practice in programming languages into the Ada language standard. Note: Some of the amendments may also take the form of related standards; the proper mechanism will be chosen when the capability to be added has been specified in sufficient detail to allow an informed decision. 

Programme of work: 
If the proposed new work item is approved, which of the following document(s) is (are) expected to be developed? 
____ a single International Standard 
____ more than one International Standard (expected number: ........ ) 
____ a multi-part International Standard consisting of .......... parts 
_X__ an amendment or amendments to the following International Standard(s):  ISO/IEC 8652 .................................... 
____ a technical report , type ........... 

Relevant documents to be considered: The current international standard for Ada, ISO/IEC 8652. 

Cooperation and liaison: 
No formal liaison is anticipated. Informal liaison will be maintained with the various working groups that share an interest in Ada.

Preparatory work offered with target date(s): 
Initial working drafts will be made available at plenary meetings of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 in the 2004-2007 time frame.
 

Signature:
James W. Moore, Convener, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG9

Will the service of a maintenance agency or registration authority be required? NO

- If yes, have you identified a potential candidate? ................
- If yes, indicate name .............................................................

Are there any known requirements for coding? NO
-If yes, please specify on a separate page 

Does the proposed standard concern known patented items? NO 
- If yes, please provide full information in an annex

Comments with respect to the proposal in general, and recommendations thereon:
It is proposed to assign this new item to JTC 1/SC 22/WG9

Date of circulation: 
YYYY-MM-DD

Closing date for voting: 
YYY-MM-DD

Signature of JTC 1 Secretary:
Lisa A. Rajchel

NEW WORK ITEM PROPOSAL - PROJECT ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA

Criterion

Validity:

Explanation:

A Business Requirement

A.1 Market Requirement

Essential: X 
Desirable: 
Supportive:

See above justification

A.2 Regulatory Context

Essential: 
Desirable:
Supportive: X
Not Relevant: 

The use of a standardized language is often a condition of a government acquisition, including acquisitions performed in a regulatory context.

B. Related Work

B.1 Completion/Maintenance of current standards

Yes: X 
No:

 The work is related to the continued maintenance of the language specification, ISO/IEC 8652.

B.2 Commitment to other organization

Yes: 

No: X

B.3 Other Source of standards

Yes:  
No: X

C. Technical Status

C.1 Mature Technology

Yes: X
No

The amendments will reflect existing technology and practice.
In general, they will already be implemented in some, if not all, language processors prior to standardization. 

C.2 Prospective Technology

Yes: N/A 
No:

C.3 Models/Tools

Yes: N/A 
No:

D. Conformity Assessment and Interoperability

D.1 Conformity Assessment

Yes:  
No: X

Conformity assessment for Ada language processors to ISO/IEC 8652 is standardized by ISO/IEC 18009. 

D.2 Interoperability

Yes: 
No: X

 The work supports "portability" of source programs among various platforms. Some contemplated amendments or secondary standards are specifically geared towards improved interchange with other programming languages.

E. Other Justification