Accredited Standards Committee*	X3, Information Technology

NEWS RELEASE

Doc. No.:	PR/96-066
Reply to:	Deborah J. Donovan at ddonovan@itic.nw.dc.us 

X3 Announces the Public Review Comment Period for 
ISO/IEC CD 1989 Information Technology - Programming Languages, their
environments and system software interfaces - Programming language 
COBOL
Washington D.C., September 1996 - Accredited Standards Committee X3, 
Information Technology is announcing the public comment period for 
ISO/IEC CD 1989.  Although the formal public review extends from 
September 27, 1996 to November 26, 1996, the U.S. TAG (X3J4) will accept 
comments immediately.

This draft International Standard specifies:
 - The form of a program written in COBOL.
 - The effect of compiling and executing such a program.
 - The manner in which programs may be combined to form run-units.
 - The elements of the language for which a conforming implementation is 
    required to supply a definition.
 - The elements of the language for which meaning is explicitly undefined.
 - The elements of the language that are dependent on the capabilities of 
    the processor.

This draft International Standard does not specify:
 - The means whereby a program written in COBOL is compiled into code 
    executable by a processor.
 - The form or content of error or warning messages.

Note:  This draft international standard is being processed simultaneously 
as an American National Standard and an International Standard.  

Public Review Comment Instructions:

To facilitate speedy consideration of comments, please submit them via
email to (ddonovan@itic.nw.dc.us).  In addition, all public review comments 
must include name, company name, address, telephone number, and email 
address if applicable.

Any public review comments received after November 26, 1996 will be 
addressed and considered for future balloting and/or revision.

[Note to Commentors]:  Due to their meeting schedule and the expected 
volume of comments for ISO/IEC CD 1989, the U.S. TAG (X3J4) does not 
plan to be able to issue final responses to commentors until April 1997.

Submit all comments to:  X3 Secretariat, Attn.:  Deborah J. Donovan, 1250 
Eye Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC  20005, Email: 
ddonovan@itic.nw.dc.us. Send a copy to:  ANSI, Attn.:  BSR Center, 11 West 
42nd Street, New York, NY  10036.

A call for possible patents and pertinent issues (copyrights, trademarks) is 
also being issued.  Please submit information on these issues to the X3 
Secretariat at 1250 Eye Street NW, Suite 200, Washington DC  20005. 
Email: x3sec@itic.nw.dc.us   FAX:  (202)638-4922.

The document is available for $75.00 (including shipping, handling, & tax) 
from: X3 Secretariat, Attn.: Lynn Barra (x3sec@itic.nw.dc.us), 1250 Eye 
Street, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 626-5738.  The document 
is also available for $50.00 (plus shipping, handling, & tax) from:  
American National Standards Institute, 11 W. 42nd St., New York, NY
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