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- This is the latest in a series of similar mod.std.unix articles. The
- information previously posted in one article has been broken into two:
- one about user groups and publications, the other about standards (this one).
-
-
- Access information is given in this article for the following standards:
- IEEE 1003.1 (POSIX), 1003.2 (shell/tools), 1003.3 (verification)
- /usr/group working groups on networking, graphics, database,
- internationalization, performance measurements, realtime, and security
- X3J11 (C language)
- /usr/group Standard
- System V Interface Definition
- X/OPEN PORTABILITY GUIDE
-
-
- The IEEE P1003 Portable Operating System for Computer Environments Committee
- is sometimes known colloquially as the UNIX Standards Committee.
- They have recently produced the 1003.1 "POSIX" Trial Use Standard.
- According to its Foreword:
-
- The purpose of this document is to define a standard
- operating system interface and environment based on the
- UNIX Operating System documentation to support application
- portability at the source level. This is intended for
- systems implementors and applications software developers.
-
- Published copies are available at $19.95,
- with bulk purchasing discounts available. Contact:
-
- IEEE Service Center
- 445 Hoes Ln.
- Piscataway, NJ 08854
- 714-821-8380
-
- Ask for "IEEE 1003.1 Trial Use Standard" - stock number SH10546 (Book #967).
-
- The Trial Use Standard will be available for comments for a period
- such as a year. The current target for a Full Use Standard is Fall 1987.
- IEEE has initiated the process to have the 1003.1 effort brought into
- the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) arena.
-
- There is a paper mailing list by which interested parties may get
- copies of drafts of the standard. To get on it, or to submit comments
- directly to the committee, mail to:
-
- James Isaak
- Chairperson, IEEE/CS P1003
- Charles River Data Systems
- 983 Concord St.
- Framingham, MA 01701
- decvax!frog!jim
-
- Sufficiently interested parties may join the working group.
- The next scheduled meetings of the working group of the committee are
-
- 17-19 September 1986 Palo Alto, CA hosts: Amdahl, HP and Sun
- 9-11 December 1986 Atlantic City NJ with X3J11
- 2-6 March 1987 Toronto, ON
- June 1987 Phoenix, AZ the week of USENIX
- September 1987 New Orleans, LA
-
- There is also a balloting group (which intersects with the working group).
- This is more difficult. Contact the committee chair for details.
- I will repost them in this newsgroup if there is sufficient interest.
-
- Related working groups are
- group subject co-chairs
- 1003.2 shell and tools Hal Jespersen (Amdahl), Don Cragun (Sun)
- 1003.3 verification Roger Martin (NBS), Carol Raye (AT&T)
-
- Both will meet concurrently with 1003.1 in Palo Alto in September
- (though 1003.2 will meet concurrently only on the morning of the 17th),
- and inquiries should go to the same address as for 1003.1.
-
- There are two Institutional Representatives to P1003: John Quarterman
- from USENIX and Heinz Lycklama from /usr/group. As the one from USENIX,
- one of my functions is to get comments from the USENIX membership and
- the general public to the committee. One of the ways I try to do that
- is by moderating this newsgroup (currently known as mod.std.unix,
- eventually as comp.std.unix). An article related to this one will
- appear in the September/October 1986 ;login: (The USENIX Association
- Newsletter). I'm also currently on the USENIX Board of Directors.
-
- The May/June 1986 issue of CommUNIXations (the /usr/group newsletter)
- contains a report by Heinz Lycklama on the /usr/group Technical Committee
- working groups which met in February 1986 on the areas of Networking,
- Internationalization, Graphics, Realtime, Database, Performance, and
- the proposed new group on Security. Here is contact information for
- those working groups as taken from that article (if you are interested
- in starting another working group, contact Heinz Lycklama at the address
- below):
-
- /usr/group Working Group on Networking:
- Dave Buck
- D.L. Buck & Associates, Inc.
- 6920 Santa Teresa Bldg, #108
- San Jose, CA 95119
- (408)972-2825
-
- /usr/group Working Group on Internationalization:
- Brian Boyle Karen Barnes
- Novon Research Group Hewlett-Packard Co.
- 537 Panorama Dr. 19447 Pruneridge Ave.
- San Francisco, CA 94131 M/S 47U2
- (415)641-9800 Cupertino, CA 95014
- (408) 725-8111, ext 2438
-
- /usr/group Working Group on Graphics:
- Heinz Lycklama
- Interactive Systems Corp.
- 2401 Colorado Ave., 3rd Fl.
- Santa Monica, CA 90404
- (213)453-8649
-
- /usr/group Working Group on Realtime:
- Bill Corwin Ben Patel
- Intel Corp. EDS Corp.
- 5200 Elam Young Pkwy P.O. Box 5121
- Hillsboro, OR 97123 23077 Greenfield
- (503)640-7588 Southfield, MI 48075
- (313)443-3460
-
- /usr/group Working Group on Database:
- Val Skalabrin
- Unify Corp.
- 1111 Howe Ave.
- Sacramento, CA 95825
- (916)920-9092
-
- /usr/group Working Group on Performance Measurements:
- Ram Celluri Dave Hinant
- AT&T Computer Systems SCI Systems, Inc.
- Room E15B Ste 325, Pamlico Bldg
- 4513 Western Ave. Research Triangle Pk, NC 27709
- Lisle, IL 60532 (919)549-8334
- (312)810-6223
-
- /usr/group Working Group on Security:
- Steve Sutton
- Computer Systems Div.
- Gould Inc.
- 1101 East University
- Urbana, IL 61801
- (217)384-8500
-
-
- The Abstract of the 1003.1 Trial Use Standard adds:
-
- This interface is a complement to the C Programming Language
- in the C Information Bulletin prepared by Technical Committee X3J11
- of the Accredited Standards Committee X3, Information Processing
- Systems, further specifying an environment for portable application
- software.
-
- X3J11 is sometimes known as the C Standards Committee. Their liaison to
- P1003 is
-
- Don Kretsch
- AT&T
- 190 River Road
- Summit, NJ 07901
-
- A contact for information regarding publications and working groups is
-
- Thomas Plum
- Vice Chair, X3J11 Committee
- Plum Hall Inc.
- 1 Spruce Avenue
- Cardiff, New Jersey 08232
-
- There is frequent discussion of X3J11 in the USENET newsgroup mod.std.c,
- which see. (That newsgroup will eventually be known as comp.std.c.)
-
-
- The /usr/group Standard is the principle ancestor of P1003.1:
-
- /usr/group Standards Committee
- 4655 Old Ironsides Drive, Suite 200
- Santa Clara, California 95050
-
- The price is still $15.00.
-
-
- The System V Interface Definition (The Purple Book).
- This is the AT&T standard and is one of the most frequently-used
- references of the IEEE 1003 committee.
-
- System V Interface Definition, Issue 2
- Select Codes 320-011 (Volume 1) and 320-012 (Volume 2)
- or Select Code 307-127 (both volumes).
- AT&T Customer Information Center
- 2833 North Franklin Road
- Indianapolis, IN 46219
- 1-800-432-6600, operator 77.
-
- The price is about 37 U.S. dollars for each volume or $52 for the pair.
- Major credit cards are accepted for telephone orders: mail orders
- should include a check or money order. Previous SVID owners should
- have received a discount coupon to upgrade to Release 2 for only $37.
-
- Volume 1 is essentially equivalent to the whole previous SVID;
- Volume 2 is mostly commands and a few add-ons (e.g. curses).
- A third volume is expected in the last quarter of 1986 to cover new
- items in System V Release 3, such as streams and networking. There may
- be an upgrade discount similar to the previous one. A draft copy is
- reputed to be available now to source licensees.
-
-
- The X/OPEN PORTABILITY GUIDE (The Green Book)
- is another reference frequently used by IEEE 1003.
-
- X/OPEN is "A Group of European Computer Manufacturers" who have produced
- a document intended to promote the writing of portable facilities.
- (They now have member computer manufacturers from outside Europe.)
- Their flyer remarks (in five languages), "Now we all speak the same
- language in Europe."
-
- The book is published by
-
- Elsevier Science Publishers
- Book Order Department
- PO Box 211
- 1000 AE Amsterdam
- The Netherlands
-
- or, for those in the U.S.A. or Canada:
-
- Elsevier Science Publishers Co Inc.
- PO Box 1663
- Grand Central Station
- New York, NY 10163
-
- The price is Dfl 275,00 or USD 75.00. According to the order form,
- "This price includes the costs of one update which will be mailed
- automatically upon publication." They take a large number of credit
- cards and other forms of payment.
-
-
- Corrections and additions to this article are solicited.
- Oh, yes: "UNIX is a Registered Trademark of AT&T."
- Volume-Number: Volume 6, Number 46
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