From listadm Thu Jun 20 22:59:56 2002 Received: from email1.ansi.org (email1.ansi.org [12.15.192.17]) by dkuug.dk (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id WAA80978 for ; Thu, 20 Jun 2002 22:59:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mdeane@ANSI.org) Received: by email1.ansi.org with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Thu, 20 Jun 2002 17:01:11 -0400 Message-ID: <2F81C8110D55D411882A0020356797B20110B616@email1.ansi.org> From: Matthew Deane To: "'SC 22 Distribution List'" Subject: SC 22 N 3410 - SC 22/WG 17 Business Plan/Convener's Report Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 17:01:08 -0400 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces Secretariat: U.S.A. (ANSI) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N3410 TITLE: SC 22/WG 17 Business Plan/Convener's Report DATE ASSIGNED: 2002-06-20 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 8.10. 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 Period Covered: September 2001- August 2002 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 <mailto: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, 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. The Japanese national body has agreed to put together a draft on global variables. A group from the Polytechnic University of Madrid is working on foreign language interface for Prolog. 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 2002. A draft on globals. It is hoped to have a preliminary version by early 2003. A draft of foreign language interface. It is hoped to have a preliminary version by early 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 favorable response of the group in Madrid is promising in this regard. 4.1 Action Requests at the Forthcoming Plenary The recent ISO requirement that comments on ballots be in specified formats fails to provide for preparing such comments using non proprietary software. It is requested that SC22 ask for an open systems template (such as LaTeX or HTML) for preparing these comments. 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 early 2003.