X3J3/97-142r2 Date: February 13, 1997 To: Wg5/X3J3 From: David Muxworthy Subject: Resolutions of the WG5/X3J3 Joint Meeting on February 10 to 14 1997, in Las Vegas, Nevada The meeting was attended by the convenor and 37 members, representing 7 member bodies. Resolutions LV1, LV3 to LV6, LV8 and LV9 were approved by unanimous consent,LV11 and LV12 by unanimous acclaim; votes on the other resolutions are shown following each resolution. LV1. Technical Corrigendum 3 to Fortran 90 That WG5, as a result of comments made in the SC22 ballot (see WG5-N1263), instructs the editor, John Reid, to make the alteration to Technical Corrigendum 3 to Fortran 90 suggested by Japan and to forward the resulting document to ITTF for publication. LV2. Fortran 90 Binding to GKS That WG5, having considered the objections raised by ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 to the proposed cancellation of project 1.24.02.09 CD of GKS Fortran 90 Binding, requests JTC1 to allow this project to continue, for the reasons already expressed by SC24. LV2 was approved with one individual abstention. LV3. Fortran 95 DIS That WG5 instructs the editor, Richard Maine, to make the alteration to DIS 1539- 1 suggested by Japan in its response to the SC22 ballot on Technical Corrigendum 3 to IS 1539:1991, together with any editorial changes requested by ITTF. If there are no other suggested changes in the DIS ballot, WG5 further instructs the editor to forward the resulting document to ITTF for publication as soon as possible thereafter. If there are any additional changes suggested in comments accompanying member body votes in the DIS ballot, WG5 instructs its Convenor to distribute these comments to the members of WG5 as soon as possible, and to conduct a letter ballot of member countries to determine the action required with respect to these comments. LV4. Interoperability with C That WG5 instructs the project editor, Michael Hennecke, to modify the draft PDTR, WG5-N1237, in accordance with the decisions of the interoperability development body described in WG5-N1265, and to forward the resulting document to its Convenor no later than March 17, 1997. WG5 further instructs its Convenor to forward the modified draft PDTR to the SC22 Secretariat and to request that a first PDTR ballot be conducted as soon as possible. LV5. Internationalization That WG5 thanks the Convenor of SC22/WG20, Arnold Winkler, for attending the meeting and for presenting various issues related to internationalization. Further, WG5 resolves to address these issues during the development of Fortran 2000. LV6. Schedule for Fortran 2000 Revision That WG5 revises the schedule defined in section 4.3 of its Strategic Plan (WG5- N1151) as shown below, and further resolves that it will make a more thorough revision of its Strategic Plan at the meeting in July 1997. Stage Process Fortran 2000 1 Initial requirements prepared 1995-11 Review of requirements completed 1997-02 Final definition of requirements 1997-02 2 Completion of separate edits 1998-11 First working draft available 2000-01 WG5 approval of draft CD 2000-07 3 First CD submitted for registration and approval 2000-08 First CD ballot initiated 2000-09 First CD ballot comments available 2001-01 Final CD submitted for approval 2001-08 Final CD ballot initiated 2001-09 Final CD ballot comments available 2002-02 WG5 approval of draft DIS 2002-03 4 DIS registered 2002-05 DIS ballot initiated 2002-06 DIS ballot results available 2002-09 5 Standard published 2002-11 LV7. Content of Fortran 2000 Revision That WG5 resolves that the content of Fortran 2000 be the items specified in paper WG5-N1259. LV7 was approved with one individual abstention and one country abstention, from Germany. LV8. Letter Ballot on Part 3 of the Fortran Standard (Conditional Compilation in Fortran) That WG5, taking regard of the inconclusive nature of the discussions and votes on the subject of conditional compilation at the meeting, instructs its Convenor to convey the sense of the meeting to the project editor, David Epstein, to summarize the relevant issues for the benefit of members not present at the meeting and to carry out a letter ballot of WG5 member bodies to confirm the continuation of the project. LV9. Development of Part 3 of the Fortran Standard (Conditional Compilation in Fortran) That WG5, if appropriate following the letter ballot described in resolution LV8, instructs the project editor, David Epstein, to modify WG5-N1243 taking regard of the comments of the conditional compilation development body described in WG5- N1266 and other comments received from members of WG5, and to forward a copy of a revised draft CD to the WG5 Convenor no later than June 16, 1997, in a form suitable for submission for balloting by SC22, in order that it can be thoroughly reviewed by WG5 before its meeting in Vienna on July 21-25, 1997. LV10. Future Meetings That WG5 proposes to hold meetings in the next two years as follows: July 21-25, 1997 Vienna, Austria June or August, 1998 Trollhaettan, Sweden LV10 was approved with two individual negative votes LV11. Vote of Thanks for Support for Meeting That WG5 thanks X3J3 for generously supporting the meeting. LV12. Vote of Thanks That WG5 wishes to express its appreciation to the WG5 Convenor (Miles Ellis), the X3J3 Chair (Jerry Wagener), the secretary (Loren Meissner), the librarian (Mallory North), the subgroup heads (Dick Hendrickson, Stan Whitlock and Manuela Zuern), the drafting committee, the hosts and particularly the local organizers Mallory North and Stan Whitlock for their contribution to the success of the meeting.