All,
Attached is an update to the FAQ. I'll update the web version at
a later date to have hyperlinks.
regards
Andrew
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Austin Group Frequently Asked Questions
Last Updated : July 3 1999: freq.ques,v 1.1
This is the Frequently Asked Questions file for the Austin Common
Standards Revision Group. Its maintainer is Andrew Josey
(ajosey(at)rdg.opengroup.org).
Suggestions and contributions are always welcome.
This document can be found on the world wide web at
http://www.opengroup.org/faq.html.
This article includes answers to the following.
Q1. Is there a description of the project describing the scope?
Q2. Where can I download the specifications from?
Q3. What are the restrictions on the draft?
Q4. How do I become a participant in the Austin Group?
Q5. Who else is participating in the Austin Group?
Q6. Are there minutes available from meetings of the group?
Q7. Are there procedures for the operation of the group?
Q8. Where is the schedule for draft development?
Q9. Are there meetings?
Q10. How can I find out where the next meeting is ?
Q11. What is aardvark?
Q12. How can I submit a comment against the specifications?
Q13. I filed an aardvark but did not see a copy on the mailing list.
Q14. Does this project have an IEEE Project number ?
Q15. What happens to the POSIX 1003.2 standard when this revision completes?
Q16. I can not attend meetings , how do I get my point of view listened to?
Q17. What are the JDOCS procedures?
Q18. How do I add a question to this FAQ?
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Q1. Is there a description of the project describing the scope?
Yes, see Austin/4 in the document register
(see URL http://www.opengroup.org/austin/docreg.html ).
Q2. Where can I download the specifications from?
The draft specifications are available online from
the Austin Group web site at http://www.opengroup.org/austin/ .
Q3. What are the restrictions on the draft?
See the copyright notice on the documents and
the notice at http://www.opengroup.org/austin/login.html .
Downloading the draft is taken as agreement to abide by the
stated terms and conditions. In brief you need to be a participant
in the Austin Group in order to download the drafts.
Q4. How do I become a participant in the Austin Group?
To participate you need to join the mailing list,
see http://www.opengroup.org/austin/lists.html for more
information.
Q5. Who else is participating in the Austin Group?
A list of participants can be queried from the mailing
list information page at http://www.opengroup.org/austin/lists.html
Q6. Are there minutes available from meetings of the group?
Yes , see the document register for meeting minutes and
other documents produced by the group, see URL
http://www.opengroup.org/austin/docreg.html .
Q7. Are there procedures for the operation of the group?
Yes, there are two sets of procedures.
(1) How the group operates without the politics -
see http://www.opengroup.org/docreg/austin_26.txt
(2) How the group operates with respect to the IEEE,
ISO/IEC SC22/WG15 and the Open Group, see
http://www.opengroup.org/austin/docs/austin_14.pdf .
This second document is also known as the JDOCS procedures.
Q8. Where is the schedule for draft development?
See Austin/23 in the document register. In brief the schedule is
for six drafts with completion in 1Q2001. Please see Austin/23
for information on the feature set for each draft. It will be
at least draft 3 before the feature set is complete.
Q9. Are there meetings?
Yes there are meetings after each draft review period. The
purpose of these meetings is comment resolution and project
planning.
Q10. How can I find out where the next meeting is ?
Check the Austin Group web site (http://www.opengroup.org/austin),
meetings are announced at least 30 days in advance. A draft
schedule is also available (see Austin/23 in the document register).
Q11. What is aardvark?
Aardvark is the commenting format used to review the drafts. The use
of a standard format facilitates automated collation of multiple comments from
multiple parties against a large volume of materials (draft 1 is 2500
pages), into a sorted change request report.
Specific information on the format can be found at
http://www.opengroup.org/austin/aardvark.html .
Q12. How can I submit a comment against the specifications?
Go to http://www.opengroup.org/austin/bugreport.html .
This page also gives alternate instructions for bug submission using
email rather than the web.
Q13. I filed an aardvark but did not see a copy on the mailing list.
Is there another mailing list?
Yes, the incoming aardvark are sent to the Austin-Review mailing list.
The purpose of this list is only for circulation of aardvark comments, and
of aardvark change request reports (generated by the editorial team).
Q14. Does this project have an IEEE Project number ?
Yes, on 26th June the IEEE Standards Board approved the
project authorization request and designated the number P1003.1.
Q15. What happens to the POSIX 1003.2 standard when this revision completes?
Since the material contained in the existing POSIX 1003.2 standard
is being merged into the revision, once the revised 1003.1 is complete
the POSIX 1003.2 standard will be withdrawn.
Q16. I can not attend meetings , how do I get my point of view listened to?
Firstly, if the point can be described concisely with specific actions
to remedy, then the recommended solution is to file an aardvark that
will then be considered at the review meeting.
Secondly, if you are not sure about a problem and how to solve it,
the first course of action is to start a discussion on the
austin-group mailing list, and then if necessary to approach your
designated Organizational Representative as per the JDOCS procedures
to raise the matter on your behalf at a review meeting.
It is also possible to contact the chair to arrange an agenda
slot for the review meeting where you can teleconference in with the
review group.
Q17. What are the JDOCS procedures?
This is a tri-party set of procedures for operation of the joint
group. The three organizations are IEEE PASC, The Open Group and
ISO/IEC SC22 WG15. In brief, these procedures layout the basic
principles and high level operating rules for the group,
and issue resolution procedures . See the top level web page for
a link to them.
Q18. How do I add a question to this FAQ?
Send the question (preferably with a proposed answer) to Andrew Josey.
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