X3J3/96-159 Date: October 11, 1996 To: X3J3 From: Jerrold L. Wagener Subject: FYI: Advance Transmittal for ISO/IEC DIS 1539-1 References: x3j3.1996-256, X3/96-0593 You all will have noticed that the F95 DIS ballot has now begun. The attached document (X3/96-0593) is the notification of the corresponding US public review and the requirement for X3J3 to establish the US vote on this ballot. The timings are interesting. The (two month) public review period is Nov 8 - Jan 7. X3J3 is requested to forward its recommendation to X3 no later than Dec 11, obviously well before any public review comments are likely to be received. But ours is not to wonder why ... (to coin a poem), so we might as well formulate our recommendation in the TAG session during our Nov 11-15 meeting. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Jerry: Enclosed is a copy of the Advance Transmittal for ISO/IEC DIS 1539-1, please review it for X3J3's action items. Please let me know if you need a copy of the ISO/IEC DIS 1539-1. Regards, Deborah J. Donovan Coordinator, Stds. Processing, X3 <<<<<< Attached TEXT file named "ADV - 1539-1 DIS" follows >>>>>> JT/96-0431 J X3/96-0593 X O -------------------------------------------------------------------- JTC 1 TAG, U.S. Technical Advisory Group to ANSI, National Body Member of ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information Technology JTC1 TAG Administrator, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), 1250 Eye St. NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005 Telephone 202-737-8888; Fax 202-638-4922; Email: jtc1tag@itic.nw.dc.us ACTION REQUESTED Date: October 11, 1996 Project: 966-I Ref. Doc: ISO/IEC DIS 1539-1 (P's only) Enclosure: ISO/IEC DIS 1539-1 (Paper Only) X3J3 Rec. to JTC 1 TAG Administrator: December 11, 1996 U.S. Vote to ANSI: January 13, 1997 JTC 1 Closing Date: January 26, 1997 Reply to: Deborah J. Donovan Phone: 202-626-5746 email: ddonovan@itic.nw.dc.us ************************************************************************* To: X3J3 Chairman: Jerry Wagener (Email) From: Deborah J. Donovan, for the JTC 1 TAG Administrator Subject: Advance Transmittal of ISO/IEC DIS 1539-1: Information technology - Programming languages FORTRAN - Part 1: Form specification The subject DIS is enclosed for action and information as indicated. This document is distributed for ISO/IEC JTC 1 final letter ballot. The U.S. TAG is required to recommend a vote for the National Body. JTC1 TAG Administrator Note: The Public Review and Comment period of ISO/IEC DIS 1539-1 begins November 8, 1996 and ends January 7, 1997. This Draft International Standard is being processed simultaneously as a Draft International Standard and as an American National Standard. ATTENTION X3J3: The X3J3 committee is to coordinate and develop the U.S. recommended position to the JTC 1 TAG for approval for submission to ISO/IEC JTC 1. The position must be submitted in a format consistent with the guidelines specified by the JTC 1 Secretariat in JTC 1 N 3413. The position options are: approve; approve with editorial comments; or disapprove for technical reasons which are to be explained in an attached paper with recommended wording which, if accepted, would change the U.S. vote to one of approval. The committee should return the U.S. recommendation to the JTC 1 TAG Administrator as soon as possible but no later than December 11, 1996 so that it may be submitted to the JTC 1 TAG for approval by a 30-day letter ballot and to ANSI prior to the JTC 1 closing date of January 26, 1997. [Note:] In addition, please also forward a statement indicating if ISO/IEC DIS 1539-1 is still in compliance with the original project proposal authorizing this concurrent project. ATTENTION X3 X3 members will be required to vote on this document for adoption as an American National Standard. ACTION REQUIRED BY JTC 1 TAG JTC 1 TAG members are required to begin reviewing the enclosure to this transmittal in preparation for expeditiously determining their vote when the U.S. TAG recommendation is submitted to JTC 1 TAG for approval. JTC 1 TAG members noting objections are urged to forward their comments via email to the X3J3 Chairman immediately but no later December 4, 1996. The address is: jwagener@ionet.net (Mr. Jerry Wagener, Suite 308, 6E 5th, Tulsa, OK 74103). Please retain the DIS for reference during the upcoming JTC 1 TAG 30-day ballot period.