gomberg@polka.mitre.org (Dave Gomberg) (03/16/90)
In article <8305@hubcap.clemson.edu> wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu (Bill Wolfe) writes: > > I'm wondering if anyone knows why ISO sets a 10-Year revision cycle > for its programming language standards; it seems to me that with the > explosion in research into object-oriented programming, etc., it would > be more appropriate to cut the revision period down to a 5-year cycle. > > > Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu I can't speak to the question of the programming language revision cycle specifically, but I am would be surprised if the 10-year cycle is correct. It is certainly not true ISO-wide. The standards in JTC 1 are on a 5-year revision cycle (and I thought this was ISO-wide). JTC 1 is the Open Systems Interconnection. For example, IS-7498 (the OSI Reference Model) was adopted in 1984 and is now in the revision process. Dave Gomberg
lasko@regent.dec.com (Tim Lasko, Digital Equipment Corp., Westford MA) (03/16/90)
In re the discussion on 5- vs. 10-year cycles, the ISO-IEC rule is "5": From the ISO-IEC Directives Part 1, Procedures for the technical work, clause 2.7.1: "Every International Standard shall be reviewed at least every five years by the technical committee or sub-committee responsible for it, in order to decide by a majority vote of the P-members voting whether it should be confirmed, revised, or withdrawn." And a minor nit: In article <102771@linus.UUCP>, gomberg@polka.mitre.org (Dave Gomberg) writes... >... JTC 1 is the Open Systems >Interconnection.... Actually, JTC1 is Information Technology, with lots of subcommittees underneath it. JTC1/SC21 (Subcommittee 21) is OSI. Tim Lasko, Digital Equipment Corporation, Westford MA(lasko@regent.enet.dec.com) {alt: ...!decwrl!regent.enet.dec.com!lasko & lasko%regent.dec@decwrl.dec.com}