Request for WG 9 participation and Ada 202x draft standard review

Request for WG 9 participation and Ada 202x draft standard review

[Pat Rogers]

To Whom It May Concern,

On behalf of ISO JTC 1/SC 22/WG 9, the working group responsible for the ISO Ada standard, I am writing to make two very important requests regarding the Ada language.  Please forward this message to whomever you think is most appropriate within your organization if you are not that person. For that matter, if you know someone outside your organization please feel free to forward this note to them.

My first request is that you consider joining WG 9 as an official member (unless you are already a member, of course).  WG 9 is responsible for the technical content and direction of the evolution of the ISO Ada standard. Your inputs would directly affect both.

Participation involves attending two meetings per year, either in person or remotely (virtually). One meeting is held in the United States, usually in the Fall, and one in Europe, immediately after the annual Ada Europe conference each Summer. Activities include reviewing and voting on the content of the ARG language proposals, setting the direction for the language as it evolves, and anything pertinent to your specific interests and backgrounds, such as creating technical reports, liaising with other Working Groups for others languages and reports (e.g., the report on language vulnerabilities), and so on.

Participation requires ISO membership. Membership in ISO committees and working groups is organized in terms of national bodies, managed by entities specific to each country. Your membership in WG 9, therefore, would entail whatever the managing entity for your specific country requires.

For example, in the United States, ISO participation is managed by INCITS, the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (http://www.incits.org/). Membership in INCITS is organized in terms of individual corporations, with individuals from within those companies designated as representatives to ISO committees. INCITS charges an annual membership fee per company. Other countries have other requirements.

I will be happy to help facilitate your membership in any way I can.
Please feel free to ask.

My second request, again on behalf of WG 9, is for your comments on the Ada 202x draft standard.

As you may know, the next revision, known informally as Ada 202x, is expected to be completed in the next several months. There are a number of important additions to the language, and your expertise in reviewing these proposals would be invaluable.

If you can, please send your written comments by 7 June, 2020, which will give us time prior to the next WG 9 meeting to analyze them.

You can use the following links to access the draft standard and the AIs.

The Annotated Ada 202X Reference Manual:
http://www.ada-auth.org/standards/2xaarm/html/AA-TOC.html

The Ada 202X Reference Manual, absent the annotations:
http://www.ada-auth.org/standards/2xrm/html/RM-TOC.html

The list of AIs: http://ada-auth.org/AI12-VOTING.HTML

For convenience, the Annotated Ada 2012 reference manual:
http://www.ada-auth.org/standards/aarm12_w_tc1/html/AA-TOC.html

Thank you in advance for your consideration.

Best regards,
Patrick Rogers
WG 9 Convenor
rogers@adacore.com