IEEE-SA Standards Board Project Authorization Request (PAR) Form (2000-Rev 1)

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Instructions for Downloading the PAR Form


1. Sponsor Date
of Request
[200x mmm dd] 

2. Assigned Project
Number
[P1003.1]

3. PAR Approval
Date
_____________

Copyright release must be submitted with appropriate signatures by FAX (1-732-562-1571)}

[...] PAR Signature Page on File {IEEE Staff to check box}


4. Project Title, Recorder and Working Group/Sponsor for this Project

Document type and title: {Place an X in only one option below}

Title:  [Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX)]

Name of Working Group (WG): [The "Austin" Joint Working Group]

Name of Official Reporter (usually the WG Chair) who must be an SA member as well as an IEEE/Affiliate Member:

[Andrew Josey]

IEEE-Standards Staff has verified that the Official Reporter (or Working Group Chair) is an IEEE and an IEEE-SA member:

[...] (Staff to check box)

Contact Information:

Telephone

[+441189508311]

FAX:

[+441189500110]

E-mail:

[ajosey@opengroup.org]

   

 

Name of Working Group Chair (if different than Reporter):

[...]

IEEE-Standards Staff has verified that the Working Group Chair is an IEEE and an IEEE-SA member:

[...] (Staff to check box)

Contact Information:

Telephone

[...]

FAX:

[...]

E-mail:

[...]

   

 

Name of Sponsoring Society and Committee:

[Computer Society, PASC]
[The Open Group]
[ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15]

Name of Committee Sponsor Chair: [Lowell Johnson]

IEEE-Standards Staff has verified that the Sponsor is an IEEE and an IEEE-SA member:

[...] (Staff to check box)

Contact Information:

Telephone

[651-635-7305]

FAX:

[651-635-7523]

E-mail:

[lowell.johnson@unisys.com]

   

5. Type of Project

a. Is this an update to an existing PAR? [Yes]

b. Choose one from the following:

[...] New Standard
[X] Revision of existing Standard {number and year} [1003.1-1990]
[...] Amendment (Supplement) to an existing standard {number and year} [...]
[...]
Corrigenda to an existing standard {number and year} [...]


6. Life Cycle

[X] Full Use (5-year life cycle)
[...] Trial Use (2-year life cycle)


7. Balloting Information

Choose one from the following:

[X] Individual Sponsor Balloting
[...] Entity Sponsor Balloting
[...] Mixed Balloting (combination of Individual and Entity Sponsor Balloting)

Expected Date of Submission for Initial Sponsor Ballot: [August 2000]


8. Fill in Projected Completion Date for Submittal to RevCom [12/2001]


9. Scope of Proposed Project:

[ 1003.1-1990 and its supplements + 1003.2-1992 plus its supplements + SUSv2 XSH5 + XCU5 + XBD5 + Portability Considerations from 1003.1/1003.2 plus additional rationale and notes from 1003.1 and 1003.2 + amendments to 1003.1/.2 - legacy features - obsolescent features + XNS5.2 & resolutions passed by OGTGnet concerning the included sections of XNS + issues raised by IEEE/ISO Interps against .1/.2 and resolutions passed by OGTGbase concerning the included sections of SUSv2 + harmonization of options vs. feature groups + resolution of XCU text marked OF,OP,PI and UN (on a case by case basis). Upon approval of this standard POSIX 1003.2 should be withdrawn. See the long scope for further detailed information. ]


10. Purpose of Proposed Project:

[ Provide a single standard addressing the needs of users of all the documents being revised and supported by as much of the overall industry as possible. Address problems discovered during the lifetimes of the current documents. The current standards are approaching ten years or more in age; and this is the promised revision, whose scope is being expanded by including accepted practise based on the contents of the Single UNIX Specification. ]


11. Intellectual Property {Answer each of the questions below}

Are you aware of any patents relevant to this project?

[YES] {Yes, with detailed explanation below / No}
[The "compress" utility may be covered by Unisys' LZW patent] {Explanation}

Are you aware of any copyrights relevant to this project?

[YES] {Yes, with detailed explanation below / No}
[ The Base documents are copyrighted by their owning organizations. A memorandum of understanding has been signed between The IEEE and The Open Group, with agreement for joint copyright of the resultant documents. ] {Explanation}

Are you aware of any trademarks relevant to this project?

[YES] {Yes, with detailed explanation below / No}
[ POSIX is a registered trademark of the IEEE; UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. ] {Explanation}

Are you aware of any registration of objects or numbers relevant to this project?

[NO] {Yes, with detailed explanation below / No}
[...] {Explanation}


12. Are you aware of any other standards or projects with a similar scope?

[YES] {Yes, with detailed explanation below / No}
[ Projects within ISO, IEEE, and Open Group will be open to work together on this single, common standard. Also, there is a complex interaction with ISO C (see attached notes) ] {Explanation}


13. International Harmonization

Is this standard planned for adoption by another international organization?
[YES] {Yes/No/?? if you don't know at this time}
If Yes: Which International Organization [ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15]
If Yes: Include coordination in question 13 below
If No: Explanation [...]


14. Is this project intended to focus on health, safety or environmental issues?

[NO] {Yes/No/?? if you don't know at this time}
If Yes: Explanation [...]


15. Proposed Coordination/Recommended Method of Coordination

Mandatory Coordination

 

SCC 10 (IEEE Dictionary)

by DR

{Circulation of DRafts}

 

IEEE Staff Editorial Review by

by DR

 

 

SCC 14 (Quantities, Units and Letter symbols)

by DR

 

Coordination requested by Sponsor:

 

[SC22/WG15]

by [CO]

{circulation of DRafts/LIaison memb/COmmon memb} 

 

[OGTGbase]

by [CO]

{circulation of DRafts/LIaison memb/COmmon memb} 

 

[OGTGnet]

by [CO]

{circulation of DRafts/LIaison memb/COmmon memb} 

 

[........................]

by [...]

{circulation of DRafts/LIaison memb/COmmon memb} 

Coordination Requested by Others:

[...] {added by staff}


16. Additional Explanation Notes: {Item Number and Explanation}

[ The SCOPE has been modified to accurately reflect the contents of the draft that will be submitted to the ballot group. The coordination section has been updated to reflect the groups that IEEE is allowed to coordinate directly with (the WG14 and WG20 coordination is through WG15). ]{If necessary, these can be continued on additional pages}

 The PAR Copyright Release and Signature Page must be submitted by FAX to 732-562-1571 before this PAR will be sent on for NesCom and Standards Board approval.