Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!casee.dec.com!wyman From: wyman@casee.dec.com (Bob Wyman) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: ECMA TC-33 "Portable Common Tools Environment" Message-ID: <8802151824.AA26858@decwrl.dec.com> Date: 16 Feb 88 03:05:00 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 183 This posting and the one that follows contain the minutes of the recent ECMA (European Computer Manufacturers Association) TC-33 inaugural meeting. TC-33 has been formed "to standardize a common tool interface, implementable on a wide range of operating environments, to ensure a suitable foundation for portable, interoperable computer assisted systems engineering tools and tool sets." Thus, I felt these minutes would be appropriate for the comp.software-eng discussion. The documents being posted are: ECMA/TC33/88/8 Proposed Revised Terms of Reference of TC33 ECMA/TC33/88/10 Terms of Reference of the TC33 Ad-hoc Group on Reference Model - Preliminary Tasks ECMA/TC33/88/11 Minutes of TC33 1st Meeting ECMA/TC33/88/12 Proposed Agenda, TC33 2nd Meeting, 28-29 March 1988 Note: The machine readable versions of these documents were prepared by the ECMA secretariat and have only been reformatted by me to remove various control characters. I am not in anyway responsible for the contents of these documents. bob wyman Digital Equipment Corporation Valbonne, France =============================================================================== ECMA / TC33 / 88 / 8 E C M A European Computer Manufacturers Association Proposed Revised Terms of Reference of TC33 Prepared by TC33 1st Meeting, Geneva, 1-2 February 1988 The Scope and Programme of Work of TC33 as they appear in document TC33/88/1 and in the 1988 Edition of the ECMA Memento were reassessed by TC33 at its 1st Meeting, held 1-2 February 1988 in Geneva. The revised Scope and Programme of Work, shown overpage, incorporate a number of changes for clarification and editorial purposes, and also reflect shifts in importance attached by TC33-represented Member Companies to the various aspects of the work in which TC33 intends to engage. Pending approval by the Coordinating Committee, TC33 is proceeding on the basis of the terms of reference thus revised. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TITLE: PORTABLE COMMON TOOL ENVIRONMENT (PCTE) SCOPE: To standardize a common tool interface, implementable on a wide range of operating environments, to ensure a suitable foundation for portable, interoperable computer assisted systems engineering tools and tool sets. PROGRAMME OF WORK: 1. To define a layered reference model for computer assisted systems engineering environments that will support the incremental definition and evolution of interface standards. 2. To position PCTE 1.4 (see Note) within that reference model. 3. To develop interface standards for the layers of the reference model, taking PCTE 1.4 (see Note) as a starting point. 4. To maintain liaison with TC22 and with TC32-TG2. 5. To maintain liaison with the PCTE Interface Management Board (PIMB) and its technical group - the PCTE Interface Control Group (PICG), with DG XIII of the Commission of the European Communities, with the PCTE+ programme of Technical Area 13 of the Independent European Programme Group (IEPG TA13), and with the German PCTE Initiative. 6. To identify and position complementary standards and standards activities relevant to the reference model, and to maintain liaison with those standards organizations responsible for their maintenance. 7. To develop interface standards for the lowest layer of the reference model first and in the shortest possible time, while taking into account the requirements and specification efforts already underway as noted in item 5. 8. To prepare standards in a form acceptable for submission via ECMA to ISO. 9. To present the standards ultimately as an abstract specification with separate language bindings. Note: PCTE 1.4: the Portable Common Tool Environment Functional Specifications, Fourth edition, currently managed by the PCTE Interface Management Board (PIMB). =============================================================================== ECMA / TC33 / 88 / 10 E C M A European Computer Manufacturers Association Terms of Reference of the TC33 Ad-hoc Group on Reference Model - Preliminary Tasks Prepared by TC33 1st Meeting, Geneva, 1-2 February 1988 TERMS OF REFERENCE OF AD-HOC GROUP 1. To propose a statement of the scope and requirements for the reference model. 2. To identify existing studies in this area and formulate a view of their respective relevance (to include, but not necessarily limited to, the candidate work listed below, for which the appropriate Companies or Organizations, and key contact persons are also shown): ALMA (University of Namur, M. Lamswearde) ATHERTON CAIS EAST (SFGL, J.P. Bourguignon) ECLIPSE (SSL, A. Elliston) ESF (ICL, R.E.Thomas) ISF (GEC, G.Oddy) ISTAR (V. Stenning) PACT (GIE, I.Thomas) SFINX (SFGL, M.Picard) VIP (Praxis, M. Jackson) 3. If considered appropriate, to propose terms of reference for a TC33 Task Group to develop the reference model. 4. To propose a realistic schedule and resource plan. 5. To present a status report at the 28-29 March 1988 Meeting of TC33 on the progress achieved by the Ad-hoc Group and the conclusions reached. MEMBERSHIP OF AD-HOC GROUP Dr. R. Crispin (Hewlett-Packard) Mr. H. Davis (ICL) Mr. R. Wyman (DEC) (Coordinator) ============================================================================== ECMA / TC33 / 88 / 12 E C M A European Computer Manufacturers Association Proposed Agenda, TC33 2nd Meeting, 28-29 March 1988 The 2nd Meeting of TC33 will be held during 28-29 March 1988, in the region of Nice, France, by kind invitation of Digital Equipment, beginning at 14:00 hours on 28 March and ending at 17:00 hours on 29 March. A Venue Notice, giving exact details of the Meeting location, hotel reservation procedures, and transportation recommended from and to Nice international airport, will be circulated shortly. Proposed Agenda (for each item, references to key documents of TC33 and persons initiating are shown) 1. Adoption of Agenda (88/12, Mr.Morron) 2. Approval of Minutes TC33 1st Meeting (88/11, Mr.Brockway) 3. Matters Arising from the Minutes not covered elsewhere (88/11, Mr.Morron) 4. Report from PIMB (Mr.Morron) 5. Report from PICG (88/5, 88/4, Mr.Kelter) 6. Report from TC33 Ad-hoc Group (88/10, Mr.Wyman) 7. Review of programme of work (88/8, Mr.Morron) 8. Review of roadmap and timeframe (88/9, 88/5, Mr.Morron) 9. Interface and division of responsibilities between PIMB and TC33 (Dr.Crispin) 10. TC33 roles and liaisons (88/8, 88/7, Mr.Morron) 11. Conformance requirements (Mr.Davis) 12. Document handling issues (Mr.Kelter) 13. Chairman's Report to Coordinating Committee (Mr.Morron) 14. Other Business (Mr.Morron) 15. Next Meetings (Mr.Morron) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ========= End of Posting 1/2 ========