ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces Secretariat: U.S.A. (ANSI) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N2878 TITLE: Minutes and Resolutions of SC22/WG17 (Prolog) Meeting on January 7-8, 1999 in Chiswick, United Kingdom DATE ASSIGNED: 1999-01-29 SOURCE: Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 BACKWARD POINTER: N/A DOCUMENT TYPE: WG Minutes PROJECT NUMBER: N/A ACTION IDENTIFIER: FYI DUE DATE: N/A DISTRIBUTION: Text CROSS REFERENCE: N/A DISTRIBUTION FORM: Open Address reply to: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat William C. Rinehuls 8457 Rushing Creek Court Springfield, VA 22153 USA Telephone: +1 (703) 912-9680 Fax: +1 (703) 912-2973 email: rinehuls@radix.net _________________ end of title page; beginning of minutes ___________ Minutes of meeting WG17 (Prolog) meeting, 7 - 8 January, Chiswick, London, UK. Jonathan Hodgson ISO/IEC JTC1 SC22 WG17 (Prolog) Acting convener 0.1 Annexes A --- Resolutions. B --- Address list. 1 Attendance The following attended the meeting: Klaus Daessler (Germany), Jonathan Hodgson (USA, Chairman), Paul Holmes-Higgin (UK)*, Katsuhiko Nakamura (Japan). * Friday Only. See Annex B for address list. 2 Agenda for meeting -- N160 The draft agenda (N160, 4) for the meeting was approved. 3 Drafting committee WG17 decided that a drafting committee was not required for this meeting. Jonathan Hodgson agreed to serve as secretary. 4 Minutes of the Schliersee meeting (WG17 N156) The minutes of the Schliersee meeting were approved. 4.1 Matters arising from the Schliersee meeting a) The translation process required to make a Japanese Industrial Standard for Prolog has been held up. It will perhaps start this year. b) The Standard Interpretation subgroup remains to be established. d) Documentation of existing Prologs should be made freely available. 5 Future meetings WG17 did not arrange a further meeting. Jonathan Hodgson will investigate the possibility of an open forum on the future of Prolog standardization at the Practical Applications of Prolog meeting in April 1999. 6 Reports from national panels No written reports from the member bodies were available, although groups had met at least in US, Japan, and Germany. The British group had communicated by email. 7 Consideration of comments on ISO/IEC CD 13211-2 (N159) Jonathan Hodgson circulated a draft `Disposition of Comments' to those present. Before considering the comments in detail, the group agreed to concentrate on producing a document that covered all parts where there is agreement, leaving areas where there is still disagreement as implementation defined. WG17 reached agreement --- see resolution A.1, and WG17 N164 -- Disposition of Comments (in press). 8 Appreciation WG17 extended a special appreciation to Roger Scowen along with best wishes for a speedy recovery. WG17 thanked Roger Scowen and the British Standards Institute for hosting its meeting. 9 Timetable The following timetable (see A.2) was agreed: 1). The project editor to publish a final committee draft taking in account the comments made and decisions taken in Chiswick by March 15th 1999. 2). WG17 members and project editor to comment, discuss and resolve all the outstanding issues by April 30th 1999. 3). The project editor to publish a DIS by June 15th 1999. 4). The convenor to submit the DIS for balloting by July 15th 1999. A Resolutions The votes for the resolutions were taken on Friday 8th January 1999 The following countries voted: Germany, Japan, USA, and UK. A.1 Setting the calling context WG17 resolves that there shall be an unchangeable flag "colon_sets_calling_context" with possible value true or false. When the value of the flag is true module name qualification shall set the calling context in an implementation defined manner. When the value is false some other mechanism shall be provided to set the calling context in an implementation defined manner. Indviduals: For 4 Against 0 Abstaining 0 Countries: For 3 Against 0 Abstaining 1 A.2 Timetable WG17 instructs: 1). The project editor to publish a final committee draft taking in account the comments made and decisions taken in Chiswick by March 15th 1999. 2). WG17 members and project editor to comment, discuss and resolve all the outstanding issues by April 30th 1999. 3). The project editor to publish a DIS by June 15th 1999. 4). The convenor to submit the DIS for balloting by July 15th 1999. Individuals: Unanimous. Countries: Unanimous. A.3 Reaffirmation/Revision WG17 resolves to solicit the opinions of the Prolog community concurrent with the next PAP conference in April 1999, and asks Klaus Daessler to prepare a short introductory presentation. Individuals: Unanimous. Countries: Unanimous. A.4 Availability of the Standard WG17 asks Jonathan Hodgson to request from ISO permission to make part one of the standard freely available on the web. Individuals: Unanimous. Countries: Unanimous. A.5 Appreciation -- 1 WG17 thanks Roger Scowen for his work as convenor and wishes him a speedy recovery, and return to his role as convenor. Individuals: Unanimous. Countries: Unanimous. A.6 Appreciation -- 2 WG17 thanks the local host, Roger Scowen, and the British Standards Institute for their efforts and services in hosting this meeting. Individuals: Unanimous. Countries: Unanimous. A.7 Appreciation -- 3 WG17 thanks Jonathan Hodgson for his continuing efforts. Individuals: Unanimous. Countries: Unanimous. ------------------------------------------------------- B Address List Dipl-Phys Klaus Daessler Transview KG Otto-Hahn-Ring 6 D-81730 Muenchen GERMANY Tel: +49 89 636 48085 Fax: +49 89 636 40140 E-mail: klaus.daessler@mchp.siemens.de Jonathan Hodgson Dept. of Math/CSC St. Joseph's University 5600 City Avenue Philadelphia. PA 19131 USA Tel: +1 610 660 1571 Fax: +1 215 473 0001 E-Mail: jhodgson@sju.edu Dr Paul Holmes-Higgin Director of Technology Resumix Limited Renaissance House 32 Upper High Street Epsom KT17 4QJ UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 (0)1372 745777 Fax: +44 (0)1372 743429 E-mail: paul@resumix.co.uk Professor K Nakamura Faculty of Science and Engineering Tokyo Denki University Hatoyama-machi Saitama-Ken 350-0394 JAPAN Tel: +81 492 96 2911 Fax: +81 492 96 6185 E-Mail: nakamura@k.dendai.ac.jp