wyman@casee.dec.com (Bob Wyman) (05/17/88)
Dear Readers,
Attached you will find the new Proposed Revised Terms of Reference
for ECMA (European Computer Manufacturer's Association) Technical Committee
33 on PCTE (Portable Common Tools Environments). These are referred to in the
minutes of the 2nd TC33 meeting, previously posted.
bob wyman, Digital Equipment Corporation
Computer Assisted Systems Engineering Environments
Valbonne, France
Phone: +33 92.65.51.33
EMAIL: wyman@casee.dec.com (from the USA)
wyman@casee.dec (from Europe)
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ECMA / TC33 / 88 / 20
E C M A
European Computer Manufacturers Association
Proposed Revised Terms of Reference of TC33
As revised by TC33 2nd Meeting, Cannes, 28-29 March 1988
(supersedes document TC33 / 88 / 8)
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.
A proposed revised text was then circulated as document TC33/88/8,
incorporating clarifications and editorial changes, and also reflecting shifts
in importance attached by TC33-represented Member Companies to the various
aspects of the work in which TC33 intends to engage.
The text was further amended at the TC33 2nd Meeting by replacing the
references PCTE 1.4 and Fourth edition by PCTE. Pending approval by the
Coordinating Committee, TC33 is proceeding on the basis of the terms of
reference thus revised and shown overpage.
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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 (see Note) within that reference model.
3. To develop interface standards for the layers of the reference model,
taking PCTE (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 (TA13) of the Independent
European Programme Group (IEPG), 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: the Portable Common Tool Environment Functional Specifications,
currently managed by the PCTE Interface Management Board (PIMB).