PD ISO/IEC TR 10176:2003
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Information technology. Guidelines for the preparation of programming languages standards
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11-07-2003
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Foreword
Introduction
1.Scope
2.Normative references
3.Terms and definitions
4.Guidelines
4.1 Guidelines for the form and content of standards
4.1.1 Guideline: The general framework
4.1.2 Guideline: Definitions of syntax and semantics
4.1.3 Guidelines on the use of character sets
4.1.4 Guideline: Error detection requirements
4.1.5 Guideline: Exception detection requirements
4.1.6 Guideline: Static detection of exceptions
4.1.7 Guideline: Recovery from non-fatal errors and
exceptions
4.1.8 Guideline: Requirements on user documentation
4.1.9 Guideline: Provision of processor options
4.1.10 Guideline: Processor-defined limits
4.2 Guidelines on presentation
4.2.1 Guideline: Terminology
4.2.2 Guideline: Presentation of source programs
4.3 Guidelines on processor dependence
4.3.1 Guideline: Completeness of definition
4.3.2 Guideline: Optional language features
4.3.3 Guideline: Management of optional language features
4.3.4 Guideline: Syntax & semantics of optional language
features
4.3.5 Guideline: Predefined keywords and identifiers
4.3.6 Guideline: Definition of optional features
4.3.7 Guideline: Processor dependence in numerical
processing
4.4 Guidelines on conformity requirements
4.5 Guidelines on strategy
4.5.1 Guideline: Secondary standards
4.5.2 Guideline: Incremental standards
4.5.3 Guideline: Consistency of use of guidelines
4.5.4 Guideline: Revision compatibility
4.6 Guidelines on cross-language issues
4.6.1 Guideline: Binding to functional standards
4.6.2 Guideline: Facilitation of binding
4.6.3 Guideline: Conformity with multi-level functional
standards
4.6.4 Guideline: Mixed language programming
4.6.5 Guideline: Common elements
4.6.6 Guideline: Use of data dictionaries
4.7 Guidelines on internationalization
4.7.1 Guideline: Cultural convention set switching mechanism
4.7.2 Guideline: Cultural convention related functionality
Annex A (informative) Recommended extended repertoire for user-defined
identifiers
Provides a set of guidelines for producing a standard for a programming language.
| Committee |
IST/5
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 91/63684 DC. (09/2007)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
56
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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| Supersedes |
This Technical Report presents a set of guidelines for producing a standard for a programming language.
| Standards | Relationship |
| ISO/IEC TR 10176:2003 | Identical |
| ISO/IEC 8859-1:1998 | Information technology 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1 |
| ISO/IEC TR 11017:1998 | Information technology Framework for internationalization |
| ISO/IEC 4873:1991 | Information technology ISO 8-bit code for information interchange Structure and rules for implementation |
| ISO/IEC 2022:1994 | Information technology Character code structure and extension techniques |
| ISO/IEC TR 10034:1990 | Guidelines for the preparation of conformity clauses in programming language standards |
| ISO/IEC 2382-15:1999 | Information technology Vocabulary Part 15: Programming languages |
| ISO/IEC 6937:2001 | Information technology Coded graphic character set for text communication Latin alphabet |
| ISO/IEC 11404:2007 | Information technology — General-Purpose Datatypes (GPD) |
| ISO/TR 9547:1988 | Programming language processors Test methods Guidelines for their development and acceptability |
| ISO/IEC 14977:1996 | Information technology — Syntactic metalanguage — Extended BNF |
| ISO/IEC 646:1991 | Information technology ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange |
| ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000 | Information technology Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) Part 1: Architecture and Basic Multilingual Plane |
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