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JTC1/SC22/WG4 - COBOL

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG4 has the scope of the development and maintenance of ISO/IEC standards and other specifications for programming language COBOL.

Approved international standards and other specifications include:

ISO 1989:2002 - Programming Language COBOL
TR 19755 - Object Finalization for Programming Language COBOL
TR 24716 - Native COBOL Syntax for XML Support
Technical Corrigendum 1
Technical Corrigendum 2

To obtain these international standards and specifications, please contact your national member body.

Work on projects includes:

Defect Reports and Records of Response
Technical Report for Collection Classes
Revision of ISO/IEC 1989

WG4 has delegated the detailed development of its projects to INCITS/PL22.4, COBOL Task Group, in the USA.

Other available information:

The WG Open Documents register
WG internal information (password required)
Information on WG meetings
Contacts: administration, liaisons and related work
Information on the detailed development of COBOL standards by INCITS/PL22.4, COBOL Task Group, is available on the PL22.4 web site .

If you want further information, or want to participate, contact your national member body or contact one of the contact addresses of the WG.

If you want to participate in development of detailed specifications in PL22.4, see the PL22.4 web site for information on contacting the PL22.4 chairman.

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