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Submitted-by: stephe@usenix.org (Stephen R. Walli)

Kevin Lewis <klewis@gucci.enet.dec.com> reports on the October 23-24,
1992 meeting in Utrecht, NL:

The IEEE Technical Committee on Operating Systems - Standards
Subcommittee (TCOS-SS) forwards POSIX documents through an ANSI
technical advisory group to ISO Working Group 15 (WG15) for approval
as international standards.  WG15 has a number of rapporteur groups,
which are small groups of experts on various ISO POSIX related topics.

This was the third meeting of the Rapporteur Group on Co- ordination
of Profile Activities (RGCPA).  It was my first.  The meeting lasted a
day and a half.  There were actually more observers in the room than
members.  About 15-18 people attended, of which 75% were IEEE POSIX
attendees. Seeing all the familiar faces from a week of IEEE POSIX
meetings underscored the high percentage of overlap between the IEEE
and ISO POSIX working groups.

The work of this Rapporteur group is to co-ordinate profiling
activities that would be of interest to WG15 as follows:

   - the process of addressing user requirements for profile
     harmonization,

   - the development of the appropriate approach to sub-setting WG15
     standards within profiles,

   - the treatment within profiles of the options that exist within a
     standard that is part of the profile.

Recognizing that there are other organizations dealing with profile
issues, the group put forward a resolution to WG15 that the TCOS
Profile Steering Committee and X/Open be encouraged to establish
Category C liaison with WG15 RGCPA.

Reflecting back on this meeting, it seemed to me that the real purpose
of this group is to serve as a radar, seeking out any and all profile
activities anywhere in the globe that would be pertinent to the work
of WG15 and SC22.  From my own vantage point, it appeared to be
accomplishing his purpose.

The next meeting of this group will be on May 10-11, 1993 in
Heidelburg, Germany.

Volume-Number: Volume 30, Number 13