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In article <jfl.674029456@mullauna> jfl@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (John Lenarcic) writes:
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>Does anyone know of any articles/papers dealing with the proposed
>ANSI Standard Prolog ?
>Also, does anyone know the name ( and e-mail address ) of the
>Chairperson of the ANSI Standard Prolog committee ?
>Your help will be most appreciated. Many thanks.

I am the Chairperson of X3J17 which is the Technical Committee working
towards an ANSI standard for Prolog.  We are working closely with the
corresponding ISO (International Standards Organization) committee, WG17,
which has been working on a Prolog standard for some years now.  Our
hope is that we can influence WG17 to produce a standard which we can
adopt as an ANSI standard, since there would be nothing to be gained by
having incompatible ISO and ANSI Prolog standards.

People outside the U.S.A. who would like to know more about the
standardization effort should contact the convenor of WG17:

    Roger Scowen
    National Physical Laboratory
    Teddington
    Middlesex
    U.K. TW11 0LW

    Phone:  +44 81 943 6956
    Fax:    +44 81 977 7091
    E-mail: rss@seg.npl.co.uk

WG17 has produced a series of working draft standards.  The very latest
one is called WG17 N72 and is due to be published about now.  Contact Roger
Scowen if you want to get a copy.

Within the U.S.A. we need more people to participate in X3J17.  We are only
a small group at present, perhaps because many people are afraid of being
publicly lambasted by Richard O'Keefe if they participate.  Anyone who cares
about the future of Prolog and thinks that they might like to get involved
should contact me for further information.  My address is:

    David Bowen
    Quintus Corporation
    2100 Geng Rd
    Palo Alto
    CA 94303
    U.S.A.

    Phone:  415-813-3800
    Fax:    415-494-7608
    E-mail: dbowen@quintus.com