[sv-cc] SV-CC agenda for 05/04/2005

Hi All,

The call-in information for this meeting is as follows:

   U.S.               866-807-0627
   International      203-955-5179
   Passcode           399143

Meeting will start at 11:00pm EDT (3:00pm GMT), and last for 2.0 hours.

   -Chas


AGENDA

1.  Review Patent information

   Go to:
     http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt

2.  Review minutes from last meeting (04/28/2005)

3.  Liaisons

   - Anyone care to make a report?

4.  New business

   - Meeting Schedule
   - Michael's ideas on IP protection.
   - Items 717, 718, 719, 721
   - Item 266
   - Others?

5.  Review SV-CC items with proposals:

   - Item 617 Program can contain final blocks
   - Item 489 32.38 Need better definition of a ref obj object.
   - Item 465 32.19 Please clarify vpiWaitingProcesses iteration
   - Item 528 32.21 missing iteration on type declarations
   - Item 496 32.43 No explanation for a regular assignment
   - Item 465 32.19 Please clarify vpiWaitingProcesses iteration
   - Item 528 32.21 missing iteration on type declarations
   - Item 489 32.38 Need better definition of a ref obj object
   - Item 547 32.47 two tagged pattern objects in pattern class
   - Item 458 32.13 Question on the range relation
   - Item 451 32.5 Why the need for an interface tf decl?
   - Item 450 32.7 confusing note
   - Item 377 "32.25 Module path, path term" does not reflect all the changes made in P1364
   - Item 376 26.6.6 Need to remove multiple labels on a one arrow
   - Item 437 30.4.4 Last paragraph does not make sense
   - Item 441 Annex I - Assertion #defines overlaps with object types
   - Item 650 Program and interface access to initial, always and final blocks is not supported
   - Item 416 27 - Need to not use the ambiguous term 'user'
   - Item 541 26.2.1 Several uses of the term 'user'
   - Item 539 26.1 use of 'user'
   - Item 455 32.12.1 poorly written paragraphs
   - Item 429 Need a separate section on VPI routines

6.  Review SV-CC items with proposals (Straw poll only):

7.  Review old business:

   SV-CC action items:
   - Francoise to ask Peter Ashenden what was done to improve
     printing from Rational Rose.
   - Francoise to inquire about the feasibility of third parties
     shipping the UML for the diagrams.
   - JimV to enter a new SV-CC item for adding tables for return values of
     the properties.
   - Stu to file new SV-CC item that will address bigger issue he pointed
     out in Item 321.
   - Francoise and Chas to investigate what to do for systemVerilog and generates
   - Chas/Francoise to review/change proposal for Item 455.
   - Chas to redo proposal for Item 463.
   - Francoise to clarify definition of frames for Item 465.
   - Chas to lookup definition of vpiFullName in 1364 for Item 610.
   - Sachi to rework proposal for Item 482.
   - Bassam to work on new proposal for Item 431.
   - Chas to review assignments and redo where necessary.
   - Tapati to rework Item 606.
   - Chas to update proposal for Item 425.
   - Ralph to work with JimV to fix other issues found in Item 487.
   - Michael to update proposal for Item 431.
   - Francoise to rework Item 489.
   - Francoise and Jim to rework Item 465.

   PTF action items:
   - Steve to compare BNF with the access available
     for attributes to see if they match
   - Stu to enter new PTF item for save/restart/reset issue.
   - Francoise to lookup wording for PTF 524 in VHPI.
   - Francoise will open a new PTF issue to look for situations like 25.6.15,
     where multiple methods are used access the same object enclosure
   - Chas to reword proposal for PTF 525.
   - Francoise to file a PTF item that asks to specify the order that iteration
     occur in, when the order is important.
   - Steve to add ETF item for Annex C to remove the Informative label, but
     still allow the contents to be optional.
   - Chas to file an Item on the usage of the term "tags" at the beginning of
     clause 27.


-- 
Charles Dawson
Senior Engineering Manager
NC-Verilog Team
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
270 Billerica Road
Chelmsford, MA  01824
(978) 262 - 6273
chas@cadence.com