ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5 N1859-1

                         Strategic plans for WG5
                             
                         John Reid, 29 June 2011

1. Interpretations

There will be a WG5 interpretations ballot starting in July 2011 and the
first corringendum to Fortran 2008 will be constructed after this is
completed. 


2. TR 29113 on further interoperability with C

The new schedule is:
 
   Draft reviewed by WG5            2011-06
   PDTR forwarded to SC22           2011-07
   PDTR ballot initiated            2011-07   
   PDTR ballot comments available   2011-09   
   DTR constructed                  2011-10  
   DTR ballot initiated             2011-11   
   DTR ballot results available     2012-02   
   TR published                     2012-03
     

3. TR on further coarray features

The new schedule is:

   First draft                      2012-02
   Second draft reviewed by WG5     2012-06
   Third draft                      2012-10
   WG5 ballot                       2012-11
   PDTR forwarded to SC22           2012-12
   PDTR ballot initiated            2013-01   
   PDTR ballot comments available   2013-04   
   DTR constructed                  2013-06  
   DTR ballot initiated             2013-07   
   DTR ballot results available     2013-10   
   TR published                     2013-11  
   


4. Next revision 

Consideration of plans for the revision of Fortran 2008 will not be started
before June 2013.