MDC Taskgroup 18 - ssvn Coordination

Established: October 1993

Chair: Keith Snell (MDCC-E)

Scope of work: X11/TG18/93-2, 21 December 1993

To facilitate the development of MDC standards in the area of structured system variables by:

• Defining internal MDC standards for structured system variable syntactic usage and semantics.

• Providing a registration service for structured system variable usage.

• Coordinating and harmonizing structured system variable usage and semantics.

• Recommending to Subcommittees the promotion of any technical proposals relating to structured system variables that are deemed appropriate.

February 1994: Agree registration service procedures and commence service.
June 1994: Agree internal ssvn standards.

Other activities in the scope of work are ongoing.