Attendees:
  Mark Hahn, Cadence
  Tom Dewey, Mentor
  Bob Dilly, IBM
  Hemlata Gupta, IBM
  Jim Swift, IBM,
New action items:
      Who         When     What
      ----------  ------   --------
 1.   Mark        9/14     Discuss with Jay Abraham how to pursue operating
                           conditions questions in OLA
 2.   Mark        9/14     Clarify with Joe Daniels whether the BNF format
                           in the DCL-based Frame templates is an IEEE std
                           or specific to DCL
Open action items:
      Who         When     What
      ----------  ------   --------
 1.   Bob, Vikas  5/25     Review the GCF 2.0 draft on operating conditions
                  -> 7/6
                  -> 8/10
 2.   Mark        3/2      Add operating conditions to the taxonomy
                  -> 7/13
                  -> 8/17
 3.   Bob         7/27     Send description of additional open issues
                           encountered during DAC demo development
 4.   Mark        7/27     Prepare Microsoft Project schedule for the
                           second half of '99.
 5.   Mark        8/10     Update table of contents
                  -> 8/17
 6.   All         8/17     Discuss OLA support for operating conditions
                           with company representatives
Closed action items:
      Who         When     What
      ----------  ------   --------
 1.   Mark        8/10     Prepare sample of draft format for
                  -> 8/17  data_arrival_time
 2.   Mark        8/17     Discuss what documentation tool to
                           use for the draft spec with the technical
                           editor
Next Meeting:
  The next meeting will be a teleconference on 9/14
  from 9-11 am (PDT).
Details:
  1. Review action items
     We went over the example for data_arrival_time and discussed
     a number of issues.  In general, it looks like the best approach
     is to have man page style descriptions in the main portion of
     the document, and a full BNF description of all commands in an
     appendix.
     We agreed that there should be a "Domain Theory" section for
     each constraint domain, which will be the repository for information
     that's common to several different constraints in the domain.
     We talked about various use models for the taxonomy; the one
     that seemed to have the most support was a concise command reference
     like the small booklets often provided for languages like Tcl
     and Perl.
     We talked about the documentation tool to use for the DCDL spec,
     and agreed to use Framemaker 5.5.x rather than Word.  IBM and Mentor
     use 5.5.6, while Cadence is on 5.5.3.
  2. Discuss operating conditions
     Bob brought up some of the issues he had come across for operating
     conditions in DCL and OLA, but we didn't have enough background to
     discuss them in detail.
Thanks,
Mark
-- Mark Hahn phone: (408) 428-5399 Senior Architect fax: (408) 428-5959 Cadence Design Systems email: mhahn@cadence.com