J4 Document Archive Index

J4 Standing Documents:

• J4/S-4 - Guidelines for Hosting a Meeting
• J4/S-5 - COBOL Standard Style Guide (Nelson)
• J4/S-10 - Directions to the Secretary (Nelson)
• J4/S-11 - Template for Full Revision Change Proposal (Fisher)
• J4/S-13 - Known Errors Tracking Document (Fisher)
• J4/S-14 - J4 Internal Procedures (Schricker)
• J4/S-15 - J4 New Member Packet (Schricker)
• J4/S-16 - Candidate features for a future revision (Schricker)
• J4/S-17 - Guide to J4 electronic document distribution (Wallace)

J4 documents added July 19, 2000

• 00-0512 - Avoiding spurious deadlocks (Jones)
• 00-0511 - Comments on 00-0237 Patent statement (Jones)
• 00-0508 - Review of SORT and MERGE statements (Jones)

J4 documents added July 18, 2000

• 00-0514 - Reaction to 00-0492, Meaning of abnormal termination (Schricker)
• 00-0513 - J4 meeting 226 agenda (Schricker)
• 00-0509 - Comment on 00-0498 (Wallace)
• 00-0321 - Describe record area (Karlin)

J4 documents added July 17, 2000

• 00-0510 - Mini-quality review comments (Edited version) (Klein)
• 00-0507 - File sharing and record locking - global (Jones
• 00-0506 - Addition of RETRY clauses (Jones)
• 00-0496 - "Data" - consistently singular or plural (Klein)

J4 documents added July 12, 2000

• 00-0505 - Type font guideline - re 00-0500, item 2 (Bennett)
• 00-0504 - Investigation of 00-0342, item 9 - ANY LENGTH (Bennett)

J4 documents added July 11, 2000

• 00-0503 - Miscellaneous changes for meeting 226 (Nelson)

J4 documents added July 10, 2000

• 00-0502 - Comments on S-17 (J4/00-0483 - Guide to J4 electronic document distribution) (Klein)
• 00-0501 - Comments on S-10 (J4/00-0353 - Directions to the Secretary) (Klein)
• 00-0500 - Comments on S-5 (J4/00-0327 - COBOL standard style guide) (Klein)

J4 documents added July 9, 2000

• 00-0499 - Comments on approved minutes of meeting 223 (00-0319) (Klein)
• 00-0498 - Comments on J4/00-0484 - "Usage national and numeric-edited data items" (Klein)
• 00-0497 - Is the (draft) COBOL standard "commercially viable?" (Klein)

J4 documents added July 8, 2000

• 00-0495 - Comments on 00-0454 (CCP) (Jones)
• 00-0494 - Addition of RETRY clause (Jones)
• 00-0493 - SOURCE FORMAT directive enhancement (Jones)

J4 documents added July 7, 2000

• 00-0492 - Meaning of abnormal termination (Bennett)
• 00-0491 - File sharing and record locking - global (Jones)
• 00-0490 (S-16) - Candidate features for a future revision (Schricker)
• 00-0488 - J4 meeting 226 agenda (Schricker)
• 00-0486 - Response to comment 98-0483/5 - SPECIAL-NAMES (Bennett)
• 00-0485 - Upper/lower-case equilvance of extended letters in identifiers (Bennett)
• 00-0484 - Usage national and numeric-edited data items (Bennett)
• 00-0483 - Guide to J4 electronic document distribution (Bennett)
• 00-0449 - Member ballot on Subscription Service (Spiro)
• 00-0448 - Member ballot on Subscription Service (Tauber)
• 00-0447 - Member ballot on Subscription Service (Schricker)
• 00-0446 - Member ballot on Subscription Service (Klein)
• 00-0444 - Member ballot on Subscription Service (Takagi)
• 00-0443 - Member ballot on Subscription Service (Wallace)
• 00-0442 - Member ballot on Subscription Service (Murray)
• 00-0441 - Member ballot on Subscription Service (Noba)
• 00-0440 - Member ballot on Subscription Service (Booth)
• 00-0439 - Member ballot on Subscription Service (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0438 - Member ballot on Subscription Service (Nelson)
• 00-0405 - Comment on 00-0335 (Wallace)

J4 documents added July 6, 2000

• 00-0489 - File sharing and record locking using COMMIT and ROLLBACK (Jones) -- not on agenda, but on S-16
• 00-0487 - File sharing and record locking - global (Jones) - superseded by 00-0491
• 00-0482 - Annual report to NCITS (Schricker)

J4 documents added June 30, 2000

• 00-0481 - INVALID (Ebbinkhuijsen)

J4 documents added June 28, 2000

• 00-0478 - Period after PICTURE character-string (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0477 - J4 meeting 226 agenda (Schricker)
• 00-0476 - Improvements to GR13, etc of the PICTURE clause (Jones)
• 00-0475 - Screen section comment (Beit-Aharon)
• 00-0473 - Analysis of 00-0418 (Nelson)

J4 documents added June 26, 2000

• 00-0474 - Remove the ALLOW clause, version 2 (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0472 - Statements and sentences (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0469 - De-editing (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0468 - Variable-sized characters (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0467 - Rename CALL-CONVENTION clause (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0466 - BYTE-LENGTH and LENGTH functions (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0465 - DIVIDE statement (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0464 - ADD statement (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0463 - Alphanumeric, bit and national group items (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0462 - SUBTRACT statement (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0461 - Description techniuqes (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0459 - SIGN clause (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0458 - PERFORM statement (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0457 - CORRESPONDING (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0456 - USAGE clause (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0455 - Miscellaneous Data Division (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0454 - Combined Change Proposal CD 1.8 #2 (Nelson)
• 00-0453 - Sorted action item list for meeting 225 (Nelson)

J4 documents added June 13, 2000

• 00-0452 - J4 meeting 226 agenda (Schricker)
• 00-0451 - Finalizer ad hoc agenda (m226) (Schricker)
• 00-0450 - Meeting Notice for J4 meeting 226 (Karlin)
• 00-0437 - Action item list from meeting 225 (Nelson)
• 00-0436 - Minutes of J4 meeting 225 (Nelson)

J4 documents added June 6, 2000

• 00-0435 - Review issues - J4 & WG4 recommendations - Revised  (Schricker/Wallace)

J4 documents added June 5, 2000

• 00-0431 - Miscellaneous changes from meeting 225 (Schricker)
• 00-0425 - Review issues - J4 & WG4 recommendations (Schricker/Wallace) - superseded by 00-0435
• 00-0420 - Review issues for WG4 consideration (Schricker/Wallace)
• 00-0419 - Review based on the verbal forms (Ono/Takagi)

J4 documents added June 2, 2000

• 00-0434 - J4 mailing list from meeting 225 (Schricker)
• 00-0404 - Ad hoc group minutes - DRAFT (Nelson)
• 00-0407 - Agenda for meeting 225 (Schricker)
• 00-0424 - Schedule for revision of ISO COBOL (Wallace)
• 00-0426 - Project proposal for a new TR on finalizers (Schricker)
• 00-0427 - Misc changes for meeting 225 (Nelson)
• 00-0429 - Changes from 00-0340 (Nelson)
• 00-0430 - Ad hoc group minutes - FINAL (Schricker/Nelson)
• 00-0432 - changes from 00-0342 (Schricker)

J4 documents added June 1, 2000

• 00-0428 - LB on Paper subscription service for J4 documents (Schricker)
• 00-0306 - Treasurer's report from meeting 224 (Brieschke)
• 00-0188 - Treasurer's report from meeting 223 [REVISED] (Brieschke)

J4 documents added May 19, 2000

• 00-0423 - File sharing/record locking in objects (Wallace)
• 00-0422 - Changes from 00-0340 (Nelson)
• 00-0421 - Review of Pointer addressing (2) (Jones)
• 00-0418 - Editorial comments (Ono/Takagi)
• 00-0417 - Required clauses for an elementary screen item (Ono/Takagi)
• 00-0416 - Disallow elementary items with neither PICTURE or USAGE (Ono/Takagi)
• 00-0415 - LINAGE-COUNTER and report-counters (Ono/Takagi)
• 00-0414 - REPLACE statement rewording (Ono/Takagi)
• 00-0413 - PERFORM statement correction (Ono/Takagi)
• 00-0412 - The class of numeric and numeric-edited data items (Ono/Takagi)
• 00-0411 - Exception-names as context-sensitive words (Ono/Takagi)
• 00-0410 - Miscellaneous (Ono/Takagi)
• 00-0409 - Comments on Screen handling (Inoue)
• 00-0408 - Comments on Object Orientation (Noba)
• 00-0398 - Input on 00-0395 Review comments on mathematical-intrinsic functions (Wouk)

J4 documents added May 17, 2000

• 00-0397 - J4 Subscription service (Vago)
• 00-0395 - Review comments on mathematics-related intrinsic functions (Klink)
• 00-0394 - Issues for discussion (Schricker)
• 00-0393 - J4 meeting 225 agenda (Schricker)
• 00-0392 - DIVIDE statement (Ebbinkhuijsen)

J4 documents added May 13, 2000

• 00-0391 - Mini-quality review - A-margin items revisited (Klein)
• 00-0390 - Mini-quality review - some "missing" terms (Klein)
• 00-0387 - Misc review comments 2 (Wallace)
• 00-0368 - Continuation of literals in free-form reference format (Klein)

J4 documents added May 12, 2000

• 00-0388 - Comments on 00-0369 (Wallace)
• 00-0367 - Incompatible data and related issues (Klein)
• 00-0366 - Character positions in fixed-form reference format (Klein)

J4 documents added May 11, 2000

• 00-0386 - Request to reconsider flagging native arithmetic (Nutsford)
• 00-0385 - EF-361.5  Simple insertion to left of float insertion (Klein)
• 00-0384 - Review comment on garbage collection (Wallace)
• 00-0383 - Misc review comments #1 (Wallace)
• 00-0382 - Goback and Exit statements (Klein)
• 00-0381 - Elementary Numeric Items in a GROUP-USAGE NATIONAL Group (Klein)
• 00-0380 - Review comment on untranslated hex literals (Wallace)
• 00-0379 - Corrrect use of "shall" (Wallace)
• 00-0378 - Printing from COBOL (Taylor)
• 00-0377 - J4 meeting 225 agenda (Schricker)

J4 documents added May 5, 2000

• 00-0376 - Subscription service for paper copies (Vago)
• 00-0375 - Categories of data-items (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0374 - File Sharing and Record Locking using Commit and Rollback (Jones)

J4 documents added May 4, 2000

• 00-0373 - Categories of data-items (Ebbinkhuijsen) - superseded by 00-0375

J4 documents added May 3, 2000

• 00-0372 - Comments on the BASED clasue (Jones)
• 00-0371 - Miscellaneous comments on CD 1.8 (Piggott)
• 00-0370 - Compilation variables and constants (Piggott)
• 00-0369 - Comments on National data (Piggott)
• 00-0365 - J4 meeting 225 agenda (Schricker)
• 00-0363 - SD-3 for a TR on a finalizer method (Schricker)

J4 documents added still later on May 2, 2000

• 00-0362 - Format validation of pointers, index data items, and object references (Schricker)

J4 documents added later on May 2, 2000

• 00-0364 - Restructuring explanation of alignment (Schricker)
• 00-0361 - Disjoint set replacement (Schricker)
• 00-0360 - PICTURE clause syntax rule 24 (Schricker)
• 00-0348 - The difference being reported is really between the local time and UTC (Wouk)

J4 documents added May 2, 2000

• 00-0359 - Finalization (Foskey)
• 00-0358 - Comments on USAGE and GROUP-USAGE (Piggott)
• 00-0357 - VALIDATE, residual issues (Piggott)
• 00-0356 - J4 meeting 225 agenda (Schricker)
• 00-0355 - Misc changes for meeting 225 (Nelson)
• 00-0354 - VALIDATE rule changes (Nelson)
• 00-0353 - Directions to the secretary (Nelson)
• 00-0352 - Review of file sharing and record locking (Jones)
• 00-0350 - Mini quality review comments (Klein)
• 00-0349 - Memory allocation (Piggott)
• 00-0344 - Constant entry (Schricker)

J4 documents added May 1, 2000

• 00-0351 - Object Oriented extensions (Hubbell)
• 00-0347 - CD 1.8 mini review comments (Reimann)
• 00-0346 - Memory reclamation in Java and COBOL (Biggs)
• 00-0343 - Comments on intrinsic functions (Piggott)
• 00-0342 - CD 1.8 comments (Reimann)

J4 documents added April 17, 2000

• 00-0341 - Finalization in Java (Yawn)
• 00-0340 - Report Writer cleanup (Piggott)
• 00-0339 - Comments on the CD 1.8 draft (2) (Jones)
• 00-0338 - CD 1.8 Corrections to various typographical errors (Piggott)
• 00-0337 - Response to selected items in 00-0285 (Piggott)
• 00-0336 - Response to selected items in 00-0278 (Piggott)

J4 documents added April 16, 2000

• 00-0335 - Mini quality review without corrections (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0334 - Mini quality review with corrections (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0333 - Mini quality review cover letter (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0331 - J4 discussion of a FINALIZER technical report (Wallace)
• 00-0329 - Quality Review Coordination (Wallace)
• 00-0308 - Action item list (Nelson)
• 00-0308s - Sorted action item list (Nelson)

J4 documents added April 11, 2000

• 00-0319 - Minutes of J4 meeting 223 - January 2000 [final] (Nelson)
• 00-0307 - Minutes of J4 meeting 224 - March 2000 [draft] (Nelson)

J4 documents added April 10, 2000

• 00-0328 - Call for Volunteers - J4 Chairman (Garner)

J4 documents added April 6, 2000

• 00-0323 - Combined Change Proposal CD 1.8 #1 (Nelson)

J4 documents added April 5, 2000

• 00-0305 - Misc changes for meeting 224 (Nelson)
• 00-0309 - Untyped hex literals (Reimann)
• 00-0310 - Condition-name explanation rewrite (Schricker)
• 00-0311 - Removal of the ATTRIBUTE clause (Schricker)
• 00-0312 - SET statement consistency (Nelson)
• 00-0313 - Response to items in 99-0476, Jones' first comments (Schricker)
• 00-0314 - Response to 99-0560 (Schricker)
• 00-0315 - Specification of conditional and imperative statements (Karlin)
• 00-0316 - Describe "record area" (Karlin)
• 00-0317 - Report writer issues from 99-0476 (Karlin)
• 00-0320 - J4 meeting 224 agenda (Schricker)
• 00-0324 - Mailing list for meeting 224 (Schricke)
• 00-0325 - J4 meeting 225 agenda (Schricker)
• 00-0327 - COBOL Standard Style Guide (Nelson)

J4 documents added March 24, 2000

• 00-0303 - Comments on 99-0560 - Jones CD 1.7 (1) (Wallace)

J4 documents added March 23, 2000

• 00-0304 - J4 meeting 224 agenda (Schricker)
• 00-0302 - File position indicator clarification (Nelson)
• 00-0301 - Clarification of SEARCH GR 5 and 6 (Nelson)
• 00-0300 - RETURN and SEARCH - missing clarification (Wallace)

J4 documents added March 22, 2000

• 00-0299 - Untyped hex literals (Wallace)
• 00-0298 - J4 meeting 224 agenda (Schricker)
• 00-0297 - Quality review coordination (Wallace)

J4 documents added March 21, 2000

• 00-0296 - THROUGH phrase exception (Wallace)
• 00-0294 - Response to 99-0560, Jones CD 1.7 (1) (Schricker)

J4 documents added March 20, 2000

• 00-0295 - Comments on 00-0284, Misc. changes (Wallace)
• 00-0293 - Comments on 00-0281 - Picture clause syntax rules
• 00-0258 - THROUGH phrase exception (Schricker)

J4 documents added March 17, 2000

• 00-0292 - Response to 99-0571, Jones CD 1.7 (2) (Schricker)
• 00-0291 - Quality review coordination (Wallace) - superseded by 00-0297
• 00-0290 - CD 1.8 Review, comments & questions (Beit-Aharon)
• 00-0289 - Glitches in proposals passed at 222 and 223 (Nelson)
• 00-0288 - Response to comments in 00-0178, Jones 1.7 (part 4) (Schricker)

J4 documents added March 15, 2000

• 00-0286 - Default native arithmetic flag (Nelson)

J4 documents added March 14, 2000

• 00-0285 - Response to Concepts comments in 99-0476 (Schricker)

J4 documents added March 13, 2000

• 00-0284 - Miscellaneous changes for meeting 224 (Nelson)
• 00-0283 - Default native arithmetic flag (Nelson) - superseded by 00-0286
• 00-0282 - J4 meeting 224 agenda - March 2000 (Schricker)
• 00-0278 - Response to items in 99-0476, Jones' first comments (Schricker)

J4 documents added March 11, 2000

• 00-0204 - Decimal point and grouping separator (Ebbinkhuijsen)

J4 documents added March 9, 2000

• 00-0281 - PICTURE clause syntax rules (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0280 - Default factory object (Wallace)
• 00-0279 - Character handling note in 8.5.1 of CD 1.7 (Wallace)
• 00-0274 - Standard data format (Wallace)
• 00-0236 - Disjoint sets (Schricker)

J4 documents added March 8, 2000

• 00-0277 - Rewording alignment requirement (Schricker)
• 00-0276 - Alignment of new usages with respect to the start of a group (Schricker)
• 00-0275 - Review comments (Schricker)

J4 documents added March 6, 2000

• 00-0273 - Action item regarding 00-0141, item h (Wallace)
• 00-0272 - Use of "length" and "size" (Schricker)
• 00-0271 - Response to comment 98-0462/10 - Processor-dependent list (Wallace)
• 00-0270 - J4 meeting 224 agenda - March 2000 (Schricker)
• 00-0269 - File section editorial changes (Wallace)
• 00-0187 - Minutes of J4 meeting 223 - January 2000 [draft] (Nelson) -- document header updates only
• 00-0220 - J4 meeting 222 minutes [final] (Nelson) - document header updates only

J4 documents added March 5, 2000

• 00-0268 - SET statement consistency (Reimann)
• 00-0267 - Condition-name explanation rewrite (Schricker)
• 00-0266 - STOP RUN and abnormal termination (Wallace)
• 00-0265 - Meaning of abnormal termination (Wallace)
• 00-0264 - Removal of the ATTRIBUTE clause (Schricker)
• 00-0263 - Sort/Merge padding (Wallace)
• 00-0260 - Action item list from meeting 223 (Nelson)
• 00-0260s - Sorted action item list from meeting 223 (Nelson)
• 00-0259 - Don't use "B" for boolean literals (Schricker)
• 00-0257 - Quality review coordination (Wallace) - superseded by 00-0291

J4 documents added March 3, 2000

• 00-0262 - Substantive changes for the PICTURE clause (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0187 - Minutes of J4 meeting 223 - January 2000 [draft] (Nelson)

J4 documents added March 2, 2000

• 00-0261 - PICTURE clause precedence rules (Schricker)

J4 documents added March 1, 2000

• 00-0247 - Reasons to keep the FINALIZE method and resolution of major issues (Schricker)
• 00-0246 - Reasons for removal of the FINALIZE method (Schricker for J4)

J4 documents added February 29, 2000

• 00-0256 - Don't use "H" for untyped hex literals (Friedman)
• 00-0249 - "Mini" quality review (Wallace/Schricker)

J4 documents added February 28, 2000

• 00-0255 - SET statement consistency (Reimann)
• 00-0254 - Pointer clean-up (Reimann)
• 00-0253 - Based items (Reimann)
• 00-0252 - Zero-length items (Reimann)
• 00-0251 - Conforming compilation group (Reimann)
• 00-0250 - Untyped hex literals (Reimann)

J4 documents added February 25, 2000

• 00-0248 - Based items (Reimann) - superseded by 00-0253

J4 documents added February 22, 2000

• 00-0245 - J4 meeting 224 agenda (Schricker)
• 00-0244 - Pointer clean-up (Reimann) - superseded by 00-0244
• 00-0243 - SET statement consistency (Reimann) - superseded by 00-0255
• 00-0242 - Zero-length items (Reimann) - superseded by 00-0252
• 00-0241 - Conforming compilation group (Reimann) - superseded by 00-0251
• 00-0240 - Untyped hex literals (Reimann) - supseded by 00-0250

J4 documents added February 18, 2000

• 00-0239 - Response to 00-0176 re LOCALE-TIME (Jones)
• 00-0238 - Comments on 00-0223 re support for leap seconds (Jones)
• 00-0237 - Patent statement (Wallace)
• 99-0593 - Intrinsic function changes for fixed windowing (Murray)
• 99-0582 - Intrinsic function changes for fixed windowing (Murray)

J4 documents added February 9, 2000

• 00-0235 (S-11) - Template for a Full Revision change proposal (Schricker)

J4 documents added February 8, 2000

• 00-0234 - Meeting notice for  March J4 meeting in Las Vegas (Schricker)

J4 documents added February 4, 2000

• 00-0233 - Combined Change Proposal CD 1.7 #2 (Nelson)

J4 documents added February 3, 2000

• 00-0190 - J4 meeting 223 agenda [final] (Schricker)

J4 documents added February 2, 2000

• 00-0232 - J4 mailing list (Schricker)
• 00-0231 - J4 meeting 224 agenda (March 2000) (Schricker)
• 00-0230 - The difference being reported is really between the time zone and UTC (Wouk)
• 00-0229 (S-17) - Guide to J4 electronic document distribution (Wallace)
• 00-0228, Schricker, Editorial cleanup of the Data Division
• 00-0227, Schricker, Editorial corrections - unsolicited
• 00-0226, Schricker, Changes in response to 99-0476
• 00-0225, Nelson, Items from 99-0476
• 00-0224, Wallace, Accord with latest WG20 FCD 14651 (ordering)
• 00-0223, Karlin, Support for leap seconds
• 00-0222, Nelson, Results
• 00-0221, Nelson, UPPER- and LOWER-CASE function returned length
• 00-0220, Nelson, J4 meeting 222 minutes
• 00-0219, Nelson, Response to character set comments
• 00-0218, Reimann, Second review of J4/99-0476, comments on the CD1.6 draft
• 00-0217, Takagi, Answer to letter ballot on FINALIZER
• 00-0216, Nelson, Integer - alternative to 99-0497
• 00-0215, Karlin, Inconsistent use of the term Factory Object
• 00-0214, Ebbinkhuijsen, PICTURE clause corrections
• 00-0213, Schricker, Add exception for SET pointer out-of-range
• 00-0212, Nelson, Revise definitions
• 00-0211, Schricker, INITIALIZE enhancements
• 00-0210, Karlin, TEST-NUMVAL return values
• 00-0209, Karlin, Update support for leap seconds
• 00-0208, Schricker, Arithmetic with floating-point operands
• 00-0207, Nelson, Changes for notes
• 00-0206, Ebbinkhuijsen, Substantive changes of the PICTURE clause
• 00-0205, Wallace, Response to comment 98-0466 - PICTURE clause
• 00-0202, Wallace, Mixed alphanumeric and national data
• 00-0201, Nelson, USE statement
• 00-0199, Schricker, Use of "byte" and "alphanumeric character position"
• 00-0198, Nelson, Response to several COLUMN-related comments
• 00-0197, Karlin, Inconsistent use of the term Factory Object
• 00-0196, Reimann, Integer expressions
• 00-0195, Reimann, Integer
• 00-0194, Takagi, Investigate user-defined area of alphabets
• 00-0193, Nelson, Misc changes for meeting 222
• 00-0192, Wallace, "can" and "cannot" in normative sections
• 00-0191, Wallace, Verbal forms
• 00-0189, Wouk, further investigation of leap second - revised
• 00-0186 - ATTRIBUTE clause (Wallace)
• 00-0128 - Meeting notice for May J4 meeting in Newbury (Schricker)
• 99-0594 - Treasurer's report for meeting 222

J4 documents added January 15, 2000

• 00-0185 - INITIALIZE enhancements (Schricker)

J4 documents added January 14, 2000

• 00-0184 - Further investigation of leap second (Wouk)

J4 documents added January 13, 2000

• 00-0183 - Comment on 00-0181 (Wallace)
• 00-0182 - J4 meeting 223 agenda (Schricker)
• 00-0127 - member ballot on FINALIZE (Spiro)
• 00-0123 - member ballot on FINALIZE (Klein)
• 00-0121 - member ballot on FINALIZE (Takagi)
• 00-0120 - member ballot on FINALIZE (Wallace)
• 00-0119 - member ballot on FINALIZE (Mehta)
• 00-0115 - member ballot on FINALIZE (Nelson)

J4 documents added January 12, 2000

• 00-0181 - Comments on 99-0458 (Bryan)
• 00-0180 - Response to 00-0151 - Remove support for leap second (Jones)
• 00-0177 - Draft cover letter for mini quality review (Wallace)

J4 documents added January 11, 2000

• 00-0179 - Comments on the COBOL CD1.7 draft (3b) (Jones)
• 00-0178 - Comments on the CD1.7 draft (4) (Jones)
• 00-0176 - Questions about the LOCALE-TIME intrinsic function (Klein)
• 00-0175 - Matching of conditional phrases with the appropriate verb (Klein)

J4 documents added January 4, 2000

• 00-0174 - Inconsistent use of the term factory object (Karlin)

J4 documents added January 3, 2000

• 00-0173 - Limit the effect of usage FLOAT-xxx on Standard Arithmetic (Wouk)
• 00-0172 - "Legal Matters" to "level the playing field" (Klein)
• 00-0171 - Response to comment 98-0483/5 - SPECIAL-NAMES (Wallace)
• 00-0170 - TEST-NUMVAL return values (Karlin)
• 00-0156 - J4 meeting 223 agenda (Schricker)
• 00-0133 - Arithmetic with floating-point operands (Schricker)

J4 documents added January 2, 2000

• 00-0169 - ATTRIBUTE claue (Piggott)
• 00-0168 - Processor-dependent alternative (Klein)
• 00-0167 - Changes for notes (Nelson)
• 00-0166 - CALL and program-address-identifier rules (Wallace)
• 00-0165 - "can" and "cannot" in normative sections (Wallace)
• 00-0164 - Misc changes for meeting 222 (Nelson)
• 00-0163 - TR 10176, J4/00-0152, and COBOL user-defined words (Klein)
• 00-0162 - Items from 99-0476 (Nelson)
• 00-0161 - Response to comment 98-0475/18 re printable size (Wallace/Tauber)
• 00-0160 - SOURCE FORMAT directive, GR4 (Klein/Rivers/Smith)
• 00-0159 - LB/00-0029 and what CD 1.7 says about VALIDATE (Klein)
• 00-0158 - S-10, "Directions to the Secretary" and Meeting 221 "Consensus"
• 00-0157 - Verbal forms (Wallace)
• 00-0107 - Use of "byte" and "alphanumeric character position" (Schricker)

J4 documents added January 1, 2000

• 00-0155 - CIB-25 - A-52 and Continued "text words" (Klein)
• 00-0154 - 99-0551 breaks CIB-27, A-310 (Klein)
• 00-0153 - Accord with latest WG20 FCD 14651 (ordering) (Wallace)
• 00-0151 - Remove support for leap second (Wouk)

J4 documents added December 31, 1999

• 00-0152 - Accord with latest WG20 TR 10176
• 99-0593 - Intrinsic function changes for fixed windowing (Murray)
• 99-0584 - Issues concerning context-sensitive words (Murray)
• 99-0583 - Misc Date and Time changes (Murray)
• 99-0582 - Intrinsic function changes for fixed windowing (Murray)

J4 documents added December 30, 1999

• 00-0150 - Numeric-edited PICTURE (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0149 - J4 meeting 223 agenda [Revised] (Schricker) - already out of date
• 00-0147 - Revise definitions - rationale (Ebbinkhuijsen/Reimann)
• 00-0146 - Revise definitions (Ebbinkhuijsen/Reimann)
• 00-0145 - CLOSE WITH LOCK changes (Nelson)
• 00-0144 - At end condition (Nelson)
• 00-0143 - File fixes (Nelson)
• 00-0141 - Mixed data, incompatible data, and related questions (Klein)
• letter ballot 00-0114, FINALIZE method
  • 00-0124 - member ballot (Schricker)
  • 00-0118 - member ballot (Reimann)
• letter ballot 00-0085, Mixed alphanumeric and national data
  • 00-0097 - member ballot (Tauber)
  • 00-0095 - member ballot (Schricker)
  • 00-0094 - member ballot (Klein)
  • 00-0092 - member ballot (Takagi)
  • 00-0091 - member ballot (Wallace)
  • 00-0089 - member ballot (Reimann)
  • 00-0087 - member ballot (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• letter ballot 00-0071, SPECIAL-NAMES changes
  • 00-0081 - member ballot (Schricker)
  • 00-0080 - member ballot (Klein)
  • 00-0078 - member ballot (Takagi)
• letter ballot 00-0057, Multiple arithmetic expressions
  • 00-0066 - member ballot (Klein)
  • 00-0059 - member ballot (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• letter ballot 00-0043, Add exception for SET pointer out-of-range
  • 00-0052 - member ballot (Klein)
  • 00-0050 - member ballot (Takagi)
• letter ballot 00-0029, Initialize enhancements
  • 00-0042 - member ballot (Spiro)
  • 00-0038 - member ballot (Klein)
  • 00-0036 - member ballot (Takagi)
  • 00-0035 - member ballot (Wallace)
  • 00-0030 - member ballot (Nelson)
• letter ballot 00-0015, COLUMN-related comments
  • 00-0024 - member ballot (Klein)
  • 00-0022 - member ballot (Takagi)
  • 00-0021 - member ballot (Wallace)
  • 00-0016 - member ballot (Nelson)
• letter ballot 00-0001, LIA-2
  • 00-0010 - member ballot (Klein)
  • 00-0007 - member ballot (Wallace)

J4 documents added December 28, 1999

• 00-0148 - Attribute clause description (Wallace)
• 00-0142 - Editorial enhancements to the text modified by 99-0606 (Wallace)
• 00-0140 - Corrections to CCP CD 1.7 #1 (Wallace)
• 99-0569 - Response to character set comments (Wallace) - note that 99-0566 is withdrawn

J4 documents added December 27, 1999

• 00-0139 - OO type clarification (Reimann)
• 00-0138 - Numeric-edited in CD 1.7 (Rick Smith)
• 00-0137 - Prohibit REWRITE FILE ... FROM boolean function (Reimann)

J4 documents added December 21, 1999

• 00-0136 - Integer - alternative to 99-0497 (Reimann)
• 00-0135 DYNAMIC-STORAGE SECTION and the NAVIGATE verb (Rick Smith)

J4 documents added December 20, 1999

• 00-0112 - Substantive changes of the PICTURE clause (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0110 - Record description entry and logical record (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 00-0109 - GROUP clause replaced by GROUP-USAGE clause (Ebbinkhuijsen)

J4 documents added December 18, 1999

• 00-0134 - J4 meeting 223 agenda (Schricker)
• 00-0132 - Integer - alternative to 99-0497 (Reimann) superseded by 00-0136
• 00-0131 - Integer expressions (Reimann)
• 00-0130 - ACCEPT identifier constraints (Reimann)
• 00-0129 - Results (Reimann)

J4 documents added December 8, 1999

• 00-0114 - letter ballot on 00-0113
• 00-0113 - FINALIZE method (Takagi)
• 00-0106 - Space before floating comment indicator (Schricker)
• 00-0105 - Common exception processing concepts (Schricker)
• 99-0604 - Procedure Division (Ebbinkhuijsen/Schricker)

J4 documents added December 7, 1999

• 00-0104 - Comments on 99-0597, Compiler-time boolean expessions (Schricker)
• 99-0596 - Miscellaneous Date and Time changes (Murray)

J4 documents added December 6, 1999

• 00-0103 - RETURN and SEARCH - missing "classification" (Klein)
• 00-0102 - Comments on the CD1.7 draft (3a) (Jones) - supercedes 99-0598

J4 documents added December 2, 1999

• 00-0101 - J4 meeting notice, meeting 223, Janaury 2000 (Schricker)

J4 documents added November 30, 1999

• 00-0100 - Combined change proposal CD 1.7 #1 (Nelson)

J4 documents added November 29, 1999

• 99-0599 - TEXT-NUMVAL return values (Karlin)
• 99-0597 - Compile-time boolean expressions (Karlin)
• 99-0590 - Use of COLONs (Karlin)
• 99-0579 - Inconsistent use of the term factory object (Karlin)
• 99-0578 - Use of COLONs (Karlin)
• 99-0577 - USE statement (Karlin)

J4 documents added November 25, 1999

• 00-0085 - J4 letter ballot on 99-0606 - Mixed alphanumeric and national data
• 00-0071 - J4 letter ballot on 99-0605 - SPECIAL-NAMES changes
• 00-0057 - J4 letter ballot on 99-0603, Multiple arithmetic expressions
• 00-0043 - J4 letter ballot on 99-0602, Add exception for SET pointer out-of-range
• 00-0029 - J4 letter ballot on 99-0601, INITIALIZE enhancements
• 00-0015 - J4 letter ballot on 99-0586, Response to several COLUMN-related comments
• 00-0001 - J4 letter ballot on FCD 10967-2, LIA-2 -- coordinating liaison ballot
• 99-0611 - Action item list from meeting 222 (Nelson)
• 99-0611s - Sorted action item list from meeting 222 (Nelson)
• 99-0595 - J4 meeting 222 minutes (Nelson)

J4 documents added November 23, 1999

• 00-0099 - J4 meeting 223 agenda (Schricker)
• 99-0610 - J4 1999 document register (Mehta)
• 99-0609 - J4 mailing list (Schricker)
• 99-0608 - J4 meeting 222 agenda - FINAL (Schricker)
• 99-0481 - Revision schedule - input and recommendations (Klein)
• 99-0441 - FINALIZE METHOD (Satoh/Takagi)

J4 documents added November 13, 1999

• 99-0573 - Response to 99-0565 on my earlier comments in 99-0476  (Jones)

J4 documents added November 11, 1999

• 99-0571 - Comments on the CD 1.7 draft (2) (Jones)
• 99-0568 - J4 meeting 222 agenda (Schricker)
• 99-0548 - Preliminary response to 99-0519 (Schricker)

J4 documents added November 10, 1999

• 99-0567 - Record description entry and logical record (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0566 - Table 1, COBOL character repertiore (Wallace)
• 99-0544R - Comment 98-0499/3 on national literals (Wallace) - Only the title has been revised

J4 documents added November 9, 1999

• 99-0565 - Comments on selected items in 99-0476 and 99-0511 (Wallace)
• 99-0564 - Integer - alternative to 99-0497 (Reimann)
• 99-0563 - Response to several COLUMN-related comments (Wallace)

J4 documents added November 8, 1999

• 99-0559 - UPPER- and LOWER-CASE function returned length (Wallace)

J4 documents added November 7, 1999

• 99-0561 - J4 meeting 222 agenda (Schricker)
• 99-0560 - Comments on draft CD 1.7 (1) (Jones)
• 99-0558 - Response to comments 98-0466/23 - PICTURE clause (Wallace)
• 99-0557 - Response to comments 98-0574/16 - SORT (Wallace)
• 99-0556 - Sort and Merge - fixed-length records (Wallace)
• 99-0555 - File sharing and record locking changes (Nelson)
• 99-0554 - EOP clarifications (Nelson)
• 99-0553 - Locale field names (Wallace)
• 99-0552 - Alphabet example in concepts (Wallace)
• 99-0551 - Response to comment 98-0423/23 (Wallace)
• 99-0549 - Response to comment 98-0475/2b (Wallace)
• 99-0547 - Action item for 99-0467/10 - Record locking (Wallace)
• 99-0546 - Culturally-sequenced indexed files (Wallace)
• 99-0545 - Action items for code set mapping (Wallace)
• 99-0544 - Comment 99-0499/3 on national literals (Wallace) - no longer available
• 99-0543 - File terminology changes (Nelson)
• 99-0542 - Bit groups and national groups
• 99-0541 - More on READ PREVIOUS (Ebbinkhuijsen)

J4 documents added November 1, 1999

• 99-0537 - Unit of LENGTH in START statements (Wallace)
• 99-0536 - THROUGH phrase - characters with same collation position (Wallace)
• 99-0531 - Add codeset to conversion functions (Wallace)
• 99-0525 - Mixed alphanumeric and national data (Wallace)
• 99-0515 - Update record locking concepts (Wallace)

J4 documents added October 31, 1999

• 99-0533 - DIVIDE general rules (Nelson)
• 99-0532 - Miscellaneous changes for meeting 222 (Nelson)

J4 documents added October 30, 1999

• 99-0540 - VALUE clause (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0539 - Concatenation (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0497 - Integer (Ebbinkhuijsen)

J4 documents added October 27, 1999

• 99-0535 - Invalid runtime range in VALUE  clause (Wallace)
• 99-0534 - Control functions in NUMVAL-C (Wallace)
• 99-0530 - Miscellaneous quality review fixes (Wallace)
• 99-0529 - J4 meeting 222 agenda (Schricker)
• 99-0528 - Resolution of conflicts between proposals on compiler directives (Schricker)
• 99-0526 - SPECIAL-NAMES changes (Wallace)

J4 documents added October 20, 1999

• 99-0527 - Response to 99-0511 (Jones)
• 99-0524 - OO class library (Gavan)
• 99-0523 - OO - Standard base classes (Gavan)
• 99-0522 - Glitches in proposals passed at 221b (Nelson)
• 99-0521 - Miscellaneous changes for meeting 222 (Nelson)
• 99-0519 - Comments on the CD1.6 draft (2) (Jones)
• 99-0518 - Alphabetic character with VALIDATE and locale (Wallace)

J4 documents added October 19, 1999

• 99-0517 (S-16) - Candidate features for a future revision (Schricker)
• 99-0516 (S-15) - J4 New member packet (Schricker)
• 99-0514 (S-11) - Template for Full Revision change proposal (Schricker)
• 99-0513 - Review of selected items of J4/99-0476 (Reimann)
• 99-0512 - Record Locking Changes (Wallace)

J4 documents added October 14, 1999

• 99-0511 - Preliminary review of J4/99-0476, comments on the CD1.6 draft (Reimann)
• 99-0510 - Editorial cleanup of the Data Division (Schricker)
• 99-0509 - Reference to record-key-names (Schricker)
• 99-0508 - Editorial corrections - unsolicited (Schricker)
• 99-0507 - Conformance with ISO mathematical standards (Jones)
• 99-0494 - Expression evaluation (Schricker)

J4 documents added October 13, 1999

• 99-0506 - Glitches in proposals passed at meeting 221 (Nelson)
• 99-0505 - Combined Change Proposal CD 1.6 #1 (Nelson)
• 99-0504 - Underspecification of file status 02 (Friedman)
• 99-0503 - Computer-independent data description (Reimann)
• 99-0502 - Multiple arithmetic expressions (revised) (Ebbinkhuijsen)

J4 documents added October 6, 1999

• 99-0501 - J4 meeting 222 agenda [revised] (Schricker)
• 99-0500 - Procedure division (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0499 - Collating sequence claue (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0498 - READ PREVIOUS (Schricker)
• 99-0496 - Multiple arithmetic expressions (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0493 - Runtime conformance checking (Schricker)
• 99-0492 - Add exception for SET pointer out-of-range (Schricker)
• 99-0491 - Substantive change for EXIT PROGRAM in global declarative (Schricker)
• 99-0490 - INITIALIZE enhancements (Schricker)
• 99-0488 - START statement (Schricker)
• 99-0487 - Remove ABSENT WHEN form of the PRESENT WHEN clause (Schricker)
• 99-0486 - Arithmetic with floating-point operands (Schricker)
• 99-0485 - OCCURS clause reorg (Schricker)
• 99-0433 - Treasurer's report for meeting 221 (Brieschke)

J4 documents added October 4, 1999

• 99-0484 - ACCEPT screen overview (Schricker)
• 99-0483 - Prohibit REWRITE FILE ... FROM boolean function (Schricker)
• 99-0482 - Common exception processing concepts (Schricker)
• 99-0479 - Fixed versus Simple insertion (editing) (Klein)
• 99-0478 - Group nation (bit) syntax (Klein)
• 99-0477 - Fixed-form reference format - what are "characters?" (Klein)
• 99-0476 - Comments on the CD1.6 draft (Jones)
• 99-0475 - Scope of ancestor program-names (Schricker)
• 99-0474 - DECIMAL-POINT IS COMMA and compile-time issues (Schricker)

J4 documents added September 30, 1999

• 99-0473 - Checking required alignment of bit items (Schricker)
• 99-0471 - Alignment of bit items (Reimann)
• 99-0467 - Ignored sections in prototypes (Schricker)

J4 documents added September 29, 1999

• 99-0453 - Bit and national groups (Wallace)

J4 documents added September 28, 1999

• 99-0436 - Action item list from meeting 221 (Schricker)
• 99-0436s - Sorted action item list from meeting 221 (Schricker)

J4 documents added September 27, 1999

• 99-0447 - J4 document register M220 (Mehta)
• 99-0442 - J4 document register M221 (Mehta)
• 99-0435 - J4 meeting 221 minutes (Brieschke)
• 99-0135 - J4 1999 document register (Mehta)

J4 documents added September 25, 1999

• 99-0459 - MOVE statement (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0458 - Comments on 99-0423 (Wallace)
• 99-0451 - Review of Wallace action items 30-80 (Wallace)
• 99-0449 - Investigation of the notes (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0437 - Review of Wallace action items 1-29 (Wallace)
• 99-0432 - Bit and national groups (Wallace)
• 99-0185 - MOVE statement (Ebbinkhuijsen)

J4 documents added September 23, 1999

• 99-0468 - Meeting notice for J4 meeting 222 [14-19 November 1999] (Reimann/Schricker)

J4 documents added September 22, 1999

99-0351	Fisher	J4 meeting 220 minutes - FINAL
99-0369	Brieschke	Treasurer's report from meeting 220
99-0387	Wallace	Meaning of nonstandard extensions:  Status:  Passed, Review
99-0434	Schrickr	Misc editorial changes from meeting 221:  Status: Input to CD 1.7
99-0438	Reimann	Response to glitches in proposals:  Status: Complete
99-0439	Schricker	J4 meeting 221 mailing list
99-0440	Schricker	J4 meeting 221 agenda
99-0443	Wallace	Compiler directing facility:  Status:  Passed, Review
99-0444	Schricker	Reference format and directive issues:  Status:  Passed, Review
99-0445	Schricker	Global names and scope of names:  Status:  Passed
99-0446	Schricker	ACCEPT statement:  Status:  Passed, review
99-0448	Schricker	Object-modifier editorial work:  Status:  Passed, review
99-0450	Schricker	Releasing record locks:  Status:  Passed, review
99-0452	Karlin	Reference modification of groups:  Status:  New document
99-0454	Reimann	Make computer-name optional:  Status:  New document
99-0455	Reimann	Remove lowercase currency symbols:  Status:  New document
99-0456	Karlin	Compile-time boolean expressions:  Status:  New document
99-0457	Karlin	TEST-NUMVAL returned values:  Status: New document
99-0460	Karlin	Replace object-modifier with object-view:  Status:  New document
99-0461	Schricker/Reimann	ACTIVE-CLASS concepts:  Status:  Passed
99-0462	Schricker	Prototypes and the REPOSITORY paragraph:  Status: Passed
99-0463	Schricker	Clarification of READ PREVIOUS: Status: Passed
99-0464	Schricker	Implementor-defined record locking default: Status: Passed
99-0465	Schricker	Ignored sections in prototypes: Status:  Discussed, To be updated
99-0469	Schricker	J4 meeting 222 agenda
99-0470	Wallace	Meaning of nonstandard extensions:  Status:  Passed

J4 documents added September 9, 1999

• 99-0430 - J4 meeting 221 agenda (Schricker)
• 99-0418 - J4 annual report (Schricker)

J4 documents added September 8, 1999

• 99-0431 - ACCEPT statement (Schricker)

J4 documents added September 7, 1999

• 99-0429 - Alphabetic character (Reimann)
• 99-0428 - More from Munich (Kiesel/Reimann)
• 99-0427 - ACTIVE-CLASS concepts (Reimann)
• 99-0426 - Substantive changes of the PICTURE clause (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0425 - Errors in the precedence table of the PICTURE clause (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0422 - Fixes for quality review comments (Schricker)
• 99-0185 - MOVE statement (Ebbinkhuijsen)

J4 documents added September 2, 1999

• 99-0424 - Glitches in proposals (Nelson)
• 99-0423 - COBOL 2000 changes to proposal (Bryan)

J4 documents added August 31, 1999

• 99-0413 - Compiler directing facility (Wallace)

J4 documents added August 26, 1999

• 99-0421 - Screen section fixes (Schricker)
• 99-0420 - Ignored sections in prototypes (Schricker)
• 99-0419 - Investigate unavailable and not present in OPEN GR1 and associated tables (Schricker)

J4 documents added August 25, 1999

• 99-0417 - J4 meeting 221 agenda (Schricker)
• 99-0416 - Releasing record locks (Schricker)
• 99-0415 - Object-modifier editorial work (Schricker)

J4 documents added August 18, 1999

• 99-0412 - Continuation and hex literals (Wallace)
• 99-0405 - Fix comment specification and indicators (Wallace)

J4 documents added August 16, 1999

• 99-0411 - Decimal-point is comma and compile-time issues (Klein)

J4 documents added August 12, 1999

• 99-0410 - More definition overhaul (Reimann)
• 99-0409 - Prototypes and the REPOSITORY paragraph (Schricker)
• 99-0133 - Global names and Scope of names (Schricker)

J4 documents added August 11, 1999

• 99-0408 - Free-form source investigation (Schricker)

J4 documents added August 6, 1999

• 99-0407 - Reference format and directive issues (Schricker)
• 99-0406 - ACCEPT statement (Schricker)
• 99-0404 - Clarification of READ PREVIOUS (Schricker)
• 99-0403 - Implementor-defined record locking default (Schricker)
• 99-0402 - Checking required alignment of bit items (Schricker)

J4 documents added August 4, 1999

• 99-0356 - 1999 quality review comments (Fisher)
• 99-0355 - 1998 quality review comments, part 3 of 3 (Fisher)
• 99-0354 - 1998 quality review comments, part 2 of 3 (Fisher)
• 99-0353 - 1998 quality review comments, part 1 of 3 (Fisher)

J4 documents added August 3, 1999

• 99-0352 - Action item list for meeting 220 (Fisher)
• 99-0352s - Sorted action item list for meeting 220 (Fisher)

J4 documents added August 2, 1999

• 99-0351 - J4 meeting 220 minutes [draft]
• 99-0236 - J4 meeting 219 minutes [final]

J4 documents added August 1, 1999

• 99-0401 - Combined change proposal CD 1.5 #2 (Nelson)

J4 documents added July 28, 1999

• 99-0397 - Editorial changes, meeting 220 (Wallace)
• 99-0393 - Editorial changes, meeting 220 (Wallace) - superseded by 99-0397
• 99-0392 - Comments on 99-0095 (Wallace)
• 99-0316 - Initial attribute and function (Wallace)

J4 documents added July 27, 1999

Doc Nr	Author	Title
99-0400	Schricker	J4 meeting 221 agenda
99-0399	Nelson/Schricker	Definition Overhaul
99-0398	Klein/Schricker	Dynamic table removal
99-0396	Reimann	Revisit rules for strongly-typed items
99-0395	Reimann	Remove concept of punctuation characters
99-0394	Schricker	J4 mailing list for meeting 220
99-0391	Schricker	Comments on 99-0349, Dynamic table removal
99-0390	Reimann	Remove concept of punctuation characters
99-0389	Reimann	Revisit rules for strongly-typed items
99-0388	Murray	Intrinsic function changes for fixed windowing
99-0387	Wallace	Meaning of nonstandard extensions
99-0386	Schricker	Inherited data clarification
99-0385	Schricker	Cover page
99-0384	Schricker	Cover page
99-0383	Nelson	FORMAT and WRITE
99-0382	Schricker	Inherited data clarification
99-0381	Nelson	DIVIDE general rules
99-0380	Reimann	Argument and parameter rules
99-0379	Reimann	Response to comments on CD 1.5
99-0378	Schricker	Repository updating; checking of definitions and of conformance
99-0377	Murray	Intrinsic function changes for fixed windowing
99-0376	Reimann	Locale concepts
99-0375	Smith/Schricker	Checking required alignment of bit items
99-0374	Strickland/Schricker	Lexical Elements
99-0373	Reimann	Argument and parameter rules
99-0372	Nelson	Formatting of the COLLATING SEQUENCE clause
99-0371	Reimann	Response to comments on CD 1.5
99-0370	Reimann	SPECAL-NAMES clean-up
99-0368	Nelson	COPY REPLACING identifier repair
99-0350	Sales/Schricker	Interpretation of READ PREVIOUS
99-0349	Klein	Remove dynamic tables
99-0348	Schricker	J4 meeting 220 agenda
99-0347	Wallace	Change for CD comment 108 on record locking
99-0346	Reimann	Locale concepts
99-0345	Wallace	Fix comment specification and indicators
99-0344	Wallace	Definition of character
99-0343	Reimann	Special-names clean-up
99-0342	Wallace	Meaning of nonstandard extensions
99-0341	Wallace	Guide to J4 electronic distribution
99-0340	Wallace	Processor-dependent conformance rule
99-0339	Reimann	Argument and parameter rules
99-0338	Nelson	Miscellaneous changes for meeting 220
99-0337	Nelson	FORMAT and WRITE
99-0336	Nelson	COPY REPLACING identifier repair
99-0335	Nelson	FORMAT vs RECORD clauses
99-0334	Nelson	Formatting of the COLLATING SEQUENCE clause
99-0333	Nelson	Collating sequences and duplicate keys
99-0332	Canham/Schricker	Inherited data clarification
99-0331	Karlin	Reword locking rules in DELETE to parallel READ
99-0330	Nelson	Compile-time arithmetic expressions
99-0329	Reimann	Compilation group clean-up
99-0328	Schricker	Parameterized classes
99-0327	Klein	Processor dependent - "inclusion" versus "meaning"
99-0326	Schricker	Repository updating; checking of definitions and of conformance
99-0325	Nelson	Compile-time arithmetic expressions
99-0324	Karlin	Reword locking rules in DELETE to parallel READ
99-0323	Nelson	PICTURE clause rework
99-0322	Nelson	BYTE-LENGTH as reserved word
99-0321	Reimann	Response to Comments on CD 1.5
99-0320	Schricker	Parameterized Classes
99-0319	Ebbinkhuijsen	Analysis of document 99-0276
99-0318	Reimann	Compilation group clean-up
99-0317	Reimann	ACTIVE-CLASS concepts
99-0315	Ebbinkhuijsen	Change in the CCP, PICTURE clause
99-0314	Ebbinkhuijsen	SUBTRACT statement
99-0313	Ebbinkhuijsen	Files & file connectors
99-0312	Bart	Free Form Indicators in Fixed Form Source
99-0260	Satoh/Takagi	FINALIZE method

J4 documents added July 9, 1999

• 99-0311 - Agenda for J4 meeting 220 (Schricker)
• 99-0310 - Meeting notice for meeting 221 - September 1999 (Brieschke)
• 99-0309 - Comments on known error (Klein)

J4 documents added July 8, 1999

• 99-0308 - Collating sequence issues (Wallace)
• 99-0307 - Investigation of comment 98-0492/0002.e (Wallace)
• 99-0306 - Mapping of literals (Wallace)
• 99-0305 - Known error in COPY REPLACING (Wallace)
• 99-0304 - Scheduling of co-located meetings (Klein)
• 99-0303 - File sharing and Record locking (Nelson)
• 99-0302 - RELEASE consistency (Nelson)
• 99-0301 - Logical conversion and reference format (Klein)

J4 documents added July 7, 1999

• 99-0300 - Effect of logical conversion on reference format (Wallace)
• 99-0299 - Continuation and hex literals (Wallace)
• 99-0294 - Definition of character (Wallace)
• 99-0290 - Compiler directing facility (Wallace)

J4 documents added July 6, 1999

• 99-0298 - J4 meeting 220 agenda (Schricker)
• 99-0297 - Comments on 99-0276, bit and national groups (Reimann)
• 99-0296 - Comments on CD 1.5 (Kiesel/Reimann)
• 99-0295 - ACTIVE-CLASS concepts (Reimann)
• 99-0293 - EVALUATE directive (Nelson)
• 99-0292 - Problems found in applying proposals passed at meeting 219 to the CCP (Nelson)
• 99-0291 - DIVIDE general rules (Nelson)
• 99-0289 - Misc corrections (Reimann)
• 99-0288 - PICTURE clause rework (Nelson)
• 99-0287 - Compile-time arithmetic expressions (Nelson)
• 99-0286 - Clarification of ALLOW rules (Nelson)
• 99-0285 - Misc changes for meetings 218 & 219 (Nelson)
• 99-0276 - Bit and national groups (Wallace)
• 99-0235 - J4 Treasurer's report as of May 24, 1999 (Brieschke)
• 99-0233 - J4 document register - meeting 219 (Mehta)
• 99-0144 - J4 meeting 218 minutes (final) (Fisher)
• 99-0084 - J4 document register - meeting 218 (Mehta)

J4 documents added June 17, 1999

• 99-0284 - Parameter passing and conformance (Reimann)
• 99-0283 - Local concepts (Reimann)

J4 documents added June 15, 1999

• 99-0282 - SPECIAL-NAMES clean-up (Reimann)

J4 documents added June 9, 1999

• 99-0281 - Changes for CD comment 108 on record locking (Wallace)
• 99-0273 - Analysis of (parts of) 98-0492 (Wallace)
• 99-0224 - Fix comment specification and indicators (Wallace)

J4 documents added June 8, 1999

• 99-0280 - Compilation group clean-up (Reimann)

J4 documents added June 4, 1999

• 99-0278 - Combined change proposal CD 1.5 #1 (Nelson)
• 99-0277 (S-4) - Guidelines for hosting a meeting (Fisher)
• 99-0271 - Meeting notice for meeting 220 - July 1999 (Schricker)

J4 documents added June 2, 1999

• 99-0275 - J4 mailing list (Schricker)
• 99-0274 - INVOKE syntax rules (Reimann)
• 99-0270 - Binding (Wallace)
• 99-0269 - Update conformance rules (Wallace)
• 99-0268 - Meaning of standard extensions (Wallace)
• 99-0267 - Elementary item and elementary data item (Nelson)
• 99-0266 - Remove collating-sequence format of SET (Nelson)
• 99-0265 - Initial and recursive program concepts (Nelson)
• 99-0264 - Misc changes for meetings 218 and 219 (Nelson)
• 99-0263 - LENGTH in constant entry (Nelson)
• 99-0255 - Hexadecimal literals (Reimann)
• 99-0252 - SPECIAL-NAMES clean-up (Reimann)
• 99-0244 - Prohibit address of data item with USAGE BIT (Reimann)
• 99-0241 - Tracking list for 1999 quality review commetns (Fisher)
• 99-0240 - Tracking list for 1998 quality review comments, part 3 of 3 (Fisher)
• 99-0239 - Tracking list for 1998 quality review comments, part 2 of 3 (Fisher)
• 99-0238 - Tracking list for 1998 quality review comments, part 1 of 3 (Fisher)
• 99-0237 - J4 action item assignments (Fisher)
• 99-0237(Sorted) - J4 action item assignments (Fisher)
• 99-0236 - J4 meeting 219 minutes [Draft] (Fishter)
• 99-0234 - Hexadecmial literals (Reimann) - superseded by 99-0255

J4 documents added May 27, 1999

• 99-0272 - J4 meeting 220 agenda - July 1999 (Schricker)
• 99-0262 - Using "value of an index" (Schricker)
• 99-0261 - Implied PICTURE clause (Karlin)
• 99-0259 - Corrections to exception handling (Nelson)
• 99-0258 - Function concepts (Schricker)
• 99-0257 - Changes for CD comment 108 on record locking (Wallace)
• 99-0256 - Comment 98-0473 - VALUE clause (Wallace)
• 99-0254 - PERFORM rule fixes (Schricker)
• 99-0253 - Changes for CD comment on composite collating sequences (Wallace)
• 99-0251 - IF statement (Schricker)
• 99-0250 - Definition of digit (Wallace)
• 99-0249 - REDEFINES clause (Schricker)
• 99-0248 - Response to quality review document 98-0481/18 (Karlin)
• 99-0247 - Comments on 99-0227, Removal of the ACTIVE-CLASS phrase (Miller)
• 99-0246 - Using "value of an index" (Schricker) - superseded by 99-0262
• 99-0245 - IF statement (Schricker) - superseded by 99-0251
• 99-0243 - Order of NOT phrases (Schricker)
• 99-0242 - J4 meeting 219 agenda [final] (Schricker)
• 99-0231 - WG4 poll on dynamic tables (Wallace)
• 99-0230 - Minutes of WG4 meeting 210, 16-20 November 1998 (Wallace)
• 99-0159 - Page layout diagram clarification (Karlin)
• 99-0158 - Clarify SET program-pointer (Karlin)

J4 documents added May 15, 1999

• 99-0232 - Follow-on to meeting 218 processing of 99-0107 (Klein)

J4 documents added May 14, 1999

• 99-0229 - Analysis of 98-0499 (Nelson)
• 99-0157 - Implied Picture clause (Karlin)

J4 documents added May 13, 1999

• 99-0228 - J4 meeting 219 agenda (Schricker)
• 99-0227 - Removal of the ACTIVE-CLASS phrase (Canham)
• 99-0226 - Prototype name repetition (Canham)
• 99-0225 - Add-on for 99-0203, Make PADDING CHARACTER obsolete (Klein)
• 99-0223 - Clarify method search rules (Wallace)

J4 documents added May 12, 1999

• 99-0222 - Action item assignments (Fisher)
• 99-0222 sorted - Action item assignments (Fisher)
• 99-0153 - Dynamic table simplification (Karlin)
• 99-0144 - J4 meeting 218 minutes (Fisher)

J4 documents added May 11, 1999

• 99-0221 - Comments on 99-0165, Rewrite of the PICTURE clause (Klein)
• 99-0220 - Update conformance rules (Wallace)
• 99-0152 - Dynamic table simplification concepts (Karlin)
• 99-0061 - Externalized names (Reimann)

J4 documents added May 10, 1999

• 99-0147 - J4 Treasurer's report as of March 29, 1999 (Brieschke)

J4 documents added May 7, 1999

• 99-0219 - Analysis of 98-0505 (Nelson)
• 99-0218 - Corrections to exception handling (Nelson)

J4 documents added May 6, 1999

• 99-0217 (HTML file)- Dates, Times and Durations (Jones)
• 99-0197 - Bit and national groups (Wallace)
• 99-0181 - Guide to J4 electronic document distribution (Wallace)

J4 documents added May 4, 1999

• 99-0216 - J4 meeting 219 agenda (Schricker)
• 99-0215 - Miscellaneous corrections - meeting 218 (Reimann)
• 99-0214 - Hexadecimal literals (Reimann)
• 99-0213 - Picture conformance correction (Reimann)
• 99-0212 - Based items clean-up (Reimann)
• 99-0211 - Compilation group clean-up (Reimann)
• 99-0210 - MOVE rules for strongly-typed items (Reimann)
• 99-0209 - SPECIAL-NAMES clean-up (Reimann)
• 99-0208 - SET rules for object references (Reimann)
• 99-0207 - Parameter passing and conformance (Reimann)
• 99-0206 - PROGRAM-ADDRESS corrections (Reimann)
• 99-0205 - Restore ANY LENGTH clasue (Reimann)
• 99-0204 - Prohibit address of data item with USAGE BIT (Reimann)
• 99-0200 - Duplicate alternate keys (Nelson)

J4 documents added May 3, 1999

• 99-0203 - Make PADDING CHARACTER obsolete (Nelson)
• 99-0202 - Exception handling concepts changes (Nelson)
• 99-0201 - TURN and FLAG-85 directive corrections (Nelson)
• 99-0199 - Function repairs (Nelson)
• 99-0198 - Map between CD 1.4 and CD 1.4 (Nelson)
• 99-0196 - Correction of empty sentences (Friedman)
• 99-0115 - J4 meeting 217 minutes [FINAL] (Fisher)
• 98-0593 - J4 meeting 216 minutes [FINAL] (Fisher)

J4 documents added April 23, 1999

• 99-0195 - J4 meeting 219 agenda (Schricker)

J4 documents added April 22, 1999

• 99-0194 - SET rules for object references (Reimann)
• 99-0193 - MOVE rules for strongly-typed items (Reimann)
• 99-0192 - Parameter passing and conformance (Reimann)
• 99-0191 - Based items clean-up (Reimann)
• 99-0190 - SPECIAL-NAMES clean-up (Reimann)
• 99-0189 - Compilation gruop clean-up (Reimann)
• 99-0188 - Miscellaneous corrections - meeting 218 (Reimann)

J4 documents added April 21, 1999

• 99-0186 - SORT and MERGE (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0184 - IF statement (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0183 - Analysis of 98-0577, items 3 and 4 (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0182 - UNSTRING statement (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0176 - Using "value of an index" (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0175 - DIVIDE statement (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0165 - Rewrite of the PICTURE clause (Ebbinkhuijsen)

J4 documents added April 14, 1999

• 99-0187 - Draft schedule for revision of COBOL (Wallace)

J4 documents added April 6, 1999

• 99-0180 - J4 meeting 219 agenda (May 1999)
• 99-0166 - Entry-name clause changes (Nelson)

J4 documents added April 1, 1999

• 99-0179 - J4 mailing list (Schricker)
• 99-0177 - EXIT PROGRAM and CANCEL (Schricker)
• 99-0174 - Formatting of the COLLATING SEQUENCE clause (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0173 - FINAL in properties (Reimann)
• 99-0172 - CALL/INVOKE corrections (Reimann)
• 99-0171 - Consolidate uniqueness of reference with identifiers (Reimann)
• 99-0170 - Consolidate rules for external file description entries (Reimann)
• 99-0169 - Files in objects, persistence attributes (Reimann)
• 99-0168 - IMPLEMENTS clause (Reimann)
• 99-0167 - Order of NOT phrases (Ebbinkhuijsen)  -- replaces 98-0559
• 99-0163 - Hexadecimal literals (Reimann)
• 99-0162 - Restore ANY LENGTH clause (Reimann)
• 99-0161 - Fixes resulting from quality review comments (Schricker)
• 99-0160 - Remove unnecessary restrictions on global (Schricker)
• 99-0156 - Implicit CLOSE statement for STOP and CANCEL (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0155 - REDEFINES clause (Ebbinkhuijsen) -- replaces 99-0018
• 99-0154 - RENAMES clause (Ebbinkhuijsen) -- replaces 99-0015
• 99-0151 - Character set used for alphanumeric functions (Wallace)
• 99-0150 - Clarify method search rules (Wallace)
• 99-0149 - Review of agenda sections 17 and 18 (Wallace)
• 99-0148 - Fix comment specification (Wallace)
• 99-0146 - SAME AS corrections (Reimann)
• 99-0145 - Hexadecimal literals (Reimann)
• 99-0143 - Action items for discussion (Wallace)
• 99-0142 - Work item to remove unnecessary restrictions on global (Wallace)
• 99-0141 - J4 meeting 218 agenda (Schricker)
• 99-0140 - Substitute dynamic table simplification (Karlin)
• 99-0139 - Clarify SET program-pointer (Karlin)
• 99-0138 - Expand implied PICTURE clause (Karlin)
• 99-0137 - Remove Dynamic Tables (Klein)
• 99-0078 - Miscellaneous corrections (Wallace)
• 98-0596 - Page layout diagram clarification (Karlin)

J4 documents added March 31, 1999

• 99-0178 - J4 Meeting 219 Meeting Notice (Fisher)

J4 documents added March 11, 1999

• 99-0136 - J4 meeting 218 agenda (Schricker)
• 99-0135 - J4 Document Register - 1999 (Mehta)
• 99-0066 - J4 Document Register - M217 (Mehta)

J4 documents added March 10, 1999

• 99-0134 Syntactic ambiguity in EVALUATE statement  (Klein)

J4 documents added March 9, 1999

• 99-0132 - Transfer of control (Schricker)
• 99-0131 - Parameters are not aligned (Schricker)
• 99-0130 - Formula for determining time interval until the next Internal/Quality review (Klein)
• 99-0118 unsorted- J4 Meeting 217 Action items (Fisher)
• 99-0118 sorted by name (Fisher)

J4 documents added March 8, 1999

• 99-0129 - SYNCHRONIZED clause (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0128 - Analysis of 99-0108: Bit and National groups (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0127 (zipped - 48 kb) Tracking list for CD quality review comments (Fisher)

J4 documents added March 5, 1999

• 99-0126 - J4 meeting 218 agenda (Schricker)
• 99-0125 - Clarification to document J4/99-0124 (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0124 - Rewrite of the PICTURE clause (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0123 - Corrections to exception handling (Nelson)
• 99-0121 - Miscellaneous editorial changes meeting 216 & 217 (Nelson)
• 99-0120 - Reserved Word Clarification (Nelson)
• 99-0119 (S-5) - COBOL standard style guide (Nelson)
• 99-0117 - Function concepts and exposition (Schricker)
• 99-0018 - REDEFINES clause (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0017 - SYNCHRONIZED clause (Ebbinkhuijsen) - replaced by 99-0129
• 99-0015 - RENAMES clasue (Ebbinkhuijsen)

J4 documents added March 4, 1999

• 99-0116 - Intrinsic-function-names (Schricker)
• 99-0115 - J4 meeting 217 minutes [draft] (Fisher)
• 99-0114 - Glitches in CCP 1.4 #4 (Nelson)
• 99-0113 - Object-modifier editorial work (Schricker)

J4 documents added March 3, 1999

• 99-0111 - PERFORM rule fixes (Schricker)
• 99-0072 - Comments on 99-0006 re Procedure division (Wallace)

J4 documents added March 2, 1999

• 99-0112 - EXIT PROGRAM and CANCEL - comments on 99-0006 and 99-0073 (Schricker)
• 99-0110 - Outermost programs (Schricker)
• 99-0108 - Bit and national groups (Wallace)
• 99-0103 - Status of comments on COBOL committee draft (Wallace)
• 99-0094 - Changes for CD comment 108 on record locking (Wallace)
• 99-0073 - Comments on 99-0006 re EXIT and CANCEL (Wallace)

J4 documents added March 1, 1999

• 99-0109 - J4 meeting 218 agenda (Schricker)
• 99-0106 - Runtime conformance checking requires access to the external repository (Schricker)

J4 documents added February 23, 1999

• 99-0107 - Last-used versus initial state (Klein)
• 99-0105 - Non-voting members (Klein)
• 99-0093 - Consolidate Uniqueness of References with Identifiers (Reimann)

J4 documents added February 21, 1999

• 99-0104 - Consolidate language fundamentals (Reimann)

J4 documents added February 17, 1999

• 99-0102 - J4 meeting 218 agenda - revised (Schricker)
• 99-0101 - FINAL for properties (Reimann)
• 99-0100 - PROGRAM-ADDRESS corrections (Reimann)
• 99-0099 - CALL/INVOKE corrections (Reimann)
• 99-0098 - SAME AS corrections (Reimann)
• 99-0096 - Currently unidentified incredibly substantive change (Klein)
• 99-0095 - Processor-dependent features (Svalgaard)

J4 documents added February 16, 1999

• 99-0092 - Restore ANY LENGTH clause (Reimann)
• 99-0080 - Files and Objects, Persistence Attributes (Reimann)

J4 documents added February 11, 1999

• 99-0091 - Literals and expressions in compiler directives (Schricker)
• 99-0088 - Differences between 99-0039 and the CCP (Nelson)

J4 documents added February 10, 1999

• 99-0090 - ERROR clause on table elements (Schricker)
• 99-0089 - Mapping of literals (Schricker/Smith)
• 99-0087 - Combined Change Proposal CD 1.4 #4 (Nelson)
• 99-0060 - Treasurer's report for meeting 217 (Brieschke)

J4 documents added February 9, 1999

• 99-0086 - Picture conformance correction (Reimann)
• 99-0085 - Essential characteristics of a type (Reimann)
• 99-0083 - Consolidate rules for EXTERNAL file description entries (Reimann)
• 99-0082 - Definition of "class" (Reimann)
• 99-0081 - Refine ALLOCATE/FREE (Reimann)
• 99-0079 - ACCEPT statement (Schricker)

J4 documents added February 5, 1999

• 99-0076 - Changes for CD comment on composite collating sequences (Wallace)
• 99-0075 - Changes for CD comment on representation of functions (Wallace)
• 99-0074 - Changes for CD comment on mapping of literals (Wallace)
• 99-0067 - Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) (Wallace)

J4 documents added February 4, 1999

• 99-0077 - Comments on 99-0062, FINALIZE method (Schricker et al)

J4 documents added February 3, 1999

• 99-0069 - Meeting notice for meeting 218, March 1999 (Schricker)

J4 documents added February 2, 1999

• 99-0071 - Misuse of "digit" (Piggott)
• 99-0070 - J4 meeting 218 agenda (Schricker)
• 99-0068 - J4 mailing list (Schricker)
• 99-0065 - Changes from meeting 217 (Schricker)
• 99-0062 - FINALIZE method (Sato/Takagi)
• 99-0059 - Final agenda - J4 meeting 217 (Schricker)
• 98-0593 - J4 meeting 216 minutes [Draft] (Fisher)

J4 documents added January 22, 1999

• 99-0058 - Remove type-modifier (Wallace)
• 99-0057 - J4 meeting 217 agenda (Schricker)
• 99-0056 - Files and file connectors (Reimann)
• 99-0055 - Analysis of SAME AS comments (Reimann)

J4 documents added January 21, 1999

• 99-0054 - Questions on ANY LENGTH, 99-0029 (Wallace)
• 99-0045 - Parentheses optional for zero arguments (Ebbinkhuijsen)

J4 documents added January 20, 1999

• 99-0053 - Analysis of 99-0031; more comments on EXTERNAL (Wallace)
• 99-0052 - Analysis of 99-0040 - I-O status restrictions (Wallace)
• 99-0051 - Amendment to definition of class, 99-0034 (Wallace)

J4 documents added January 19, 1999

• 99-0050 - Amendments to 99-0044, Removal of T-literals (Wallace)
• 99-0049 - File and file connector (Wallace)
• 99-0048 - Comments on 98-0464 and 99-0039 (Wallace)

J4 documents added January 18, 1999

• 99-0047 - Analysis of 98-0460 and 99-0005 (Wallace)
• 99-0046 - Analysis of 98-0497 (Wallace)
• 99-0044 - Removal of T-literals (Ebbinkhuijsen)

J4 documents added January 16, 1999

• 99-0043 - Editorial corrections to the SIGN clause (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0042 - Editorial changes to the REDEFINES clause (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0041 - SAME AS clause for elementary items only (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 99-0040 - Generalization of I-O status restrictions (Ebbinkhuijsen)

J4 documents added January 15, 1999

• 99-0039 - Reaction on 98-0464: Format diagrams and some misc (Ebbinkhuijsen)

J4 documents added January 14, 1999

• 99-0038 - Quality review, miscellaneous - 1/13/1999 (Wallace)
• 99-0037 - Essential characteristics of a type (Reimann)
• 99-0036 - Files and objects (Reimann)
• 99-0035 - Consolidate Uniqueness of references with Identifiers (Reimann)
• 99-0034 - Definition of "class" (Reimann)

J4 documents added January 13, 1999

• 99-0032 - SAME AS comments (Friedman)
• 99-0028 - IMPLEMENTS clause (Noba/Reimann)
• 99-0027 - Quality review comments - 1/8/99 (Wallace)

J4 documentes added January 12, 1999

• 99-0031 - Consolidate rules for EXTERNAL file description entries (Reimann)

J4 documents added January 11, 1999

• 99-0030 - J4 meeting 217 agenda (Schricker)
• 99-0029 - Restore ANY LENGTH clause (Reimann)

J4 documents added January 8, 1999

• 99-0024 - (Quality Review) Bit data and interoperability with C (Schricker)
• 99-0025 - A new directive to control compile-time conformance checking (Quality Review) (Schricker)
• 99-0026 - Quality review comments on parameterized classes (Schricker)
• 98-0592 - Treasurer's report for meeting 216 (Brieschke)

J4 documents added December 21, 1998

• 99-0023 - Ignored sections in Prototypes (Kiesel)

J4 documents added December 15, 1998

• 99-0001 - Scope of parameterized classes (Schricker)
• 99-0022 - Inherited data (Schricker)

J4 documents added December 14, 1998

• 99-0020 - Passing object data by reference (Schricker)

J4 documents added December 11, 1998

• 99-0021 - Meeting Notice, meeting 217, J4 - COBOL, January 25-30, 1999 (Nelson)

J4 documents added December 8, 1998

• 99-0019 - editorial comments on YEAR-TO-YYYY function (Schricker)

J4 documents added December 7, 1998

• 99-0013 - Refine ALLOCATE/FREE (Reimann)
• 99-0012 - Picture conformance corrections (Reimann)
• 99-0011 - Prohibit address of data item with USAGE BIT (Reimann)
• 99-0010 - Externalized names (Reimann)

J4 documents added December 1, 1998

• 99-0009 - Questions on changes of file to file connector (Reimann)

J4 documents added November 30, 1998

• 99-0008 - J4 meeting 217 agenda (January 1999) (Schricker)
• 99-0007 - SAME AS clause (Piggott)
• 99-0006 - Miscellaneous editorial changes meeting 215 (Nelson)
• 99-0005 - Analysis of 98-0460 (Nelson)
• 99-0004 - Combined change proposal CD 1.4 #3 (Nelson)
• 99-0003 - Words reserved in directives (Nelson) - for information only
• 99-0002 - Questions on changes of file to file connector (Nelson)
• 98-0600 - J4 document register - 1998  (Mehta)
• 98-0597 - J4 document register - M216 (Mehta) - updated since November 24 to include 98-0600
• 98-0594 - J4 meeting 216 action item assignments (Fisher)
• 98-0586 - Additional CD 1.4 Quality review comments for WG4 discussion (Wallace)
• 98-0585 - Quality review comment - Exception Handling (Wallace/Miller)
• 98-0530 - Proposal for changing the COBOL language (Bonten)

J4 documents added November 24, 1998

• 98-0599 - J4 mailing list (Schricker)
• 98-0598 - J4 meeting 216 agenda - Final (Schricker)
• 98-0597 - J4 document register - M216 (Mehta) - an HTML file
• 98-0595  (461k) - Tracking list for CD quality review comments (Fisher)
• 98-0595 zipped (56k)
• 98-0594 sorted - J4 action item assignments (Fisher)
• 98-0591 - Passing properties by content (Bart)
• 98-0588 - (Quality Review) - Use "Optional" instead of "Processor Dependent" (Klein)
• 98-0587 - (Quality Review) - Who is the Standard for? (Klein)
• 98-0584 - Quality review comments - miscellaneous - 11/12/98 (Wallace)
• 98-0583 - Quality review comment - ALLOCATE/FREE (Wallace/Miller)
• 98-0531 - J4 meeting 215 minutes - Approved (Fisher)

J4 documents added November 12, 1998

• 98-0582 - Alignment and size -- Issues for discussion (Schricker)

J4 documents added November 11, 1998

• 98-0574 - Quality review comments - 11/05/98 (Wallace)

J4 documents added November 10, 1998

• 98-0577 - Quality review comments - miscellaneous (Wallace)

J4 documents added November 9, 1998

• 98-0581 - Second set of corrections on document J4/98-0576 (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 98-0580 - Corrections on documet J4/98-0576 (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 98-0579 - J4 New Member Packet (Schricker)
• 98-0572 - J4 annual report to NCITS (Schricker)
• 98-0537 - J4 Treasurer's report as of October 26, 1998 (Brieschke)

J4 documents added November 7, 1998

• 98-0578 - Externalized names (Reimann)
• 98-0576 - Alignment rules for bit items (Ebbinkhuijsen)

J4 documents added November 6, 1998

• 98-0571 - Quality review comments - Internationalization (Wallace)

J4 documents added November 5, 1998

• 98-0575 - J4 meeting 216 agenda (Schricker)
• 98-0570 - Railroad tracks (Svalgaard/Klein)
• 98-0569 - Overlapping alternate keys (Schricker)
• 98-0568 - Fixes resulting from quality review comments (Schricker)
• 98-0493 - Document log for meeting 215 (Mehta)

J4 documents added November 3, 1998

• 98-0567 - Fixes resulting from quality review comments (Nelson)
• 98-0566 - Simplify subscripting on SEARCH and table SORT (Nelson)
• 98-0565 - Miscellaneous editorial changes meeting 215 (Nelson)

J4 documents added November 1, 1998

• 98-0564 - Response on Binding (Chapin)

J4 documents added October 30, 1998

• 98-0527 - Quality review comments on CD 1.4 - 10/16/98 (Wallace)
• 98-0534 - Modification of item 5 in quality review comment 98-0482 (Wallace)
• 98-0541 - Problems with alphanumeric class for all groups (Wallace)
• 98-0542 - Quality review comments - Exception handling (Wallace)
• 98-0543 - CD 1.4 quality review comment - Composite language skeleton  (Wallace)
• 98-0556 - J4 meeting 216 agenda (Schricker)
• 98-0557 - Restriction on record keys (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 98-0558 - Syntax of the IF statement (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 98-0559 - Order of NOT phrases (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 98-0561 - New relational operator (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 98-0563 - Combined Change Proposal CD 1.4 #2 (Nelson)

J4 documents added October 29, 1998

• 98-0562 - J4 mailing list for meeting 215 (Schricker)
• 98-0544 (WG4 N0125) - Selected CD 1.4 quality review commetns for WG4 consideration (Wallace)
• 98-0536 - Tracking list for CD public review comments (Fisher)
• 98-0444 - Treasurer's report for meeting 214 (Brieschke)

J4 documents added October 28, 1998

• 98-0555 - Analysis of 98-0497 (Nelson)
• 98-0554 - Initial and Recursive programs (Nelson)
• 98-0553 - Miscellaneous (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 98-0551 - Possible candidates for consideration by WG4, referencing the Bart file (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 98-0550 - General format corrections (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 98-0549 - Uniqueness of reference (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 98-0548 - Slack bytes and bits (Spiro)
• 98-0547 - Changes in response to 98-0440 (Nelson)
• 98-0546 - Changes in response to 98-0434 (Nelson)_
• 98-0540 - Procedure division - Misc wordsmithing (Karlin)
• 98-0539 - ANY LENGTH data item (Spiro)
• 98-0538 - Initialization of pointers and object references (Schricker)
• 98-0535 - Tracking list for CD quality review comments (Fisher)
• 98-0533 - Action item list for meeting 215 (Fisher)
• 98-0533s - Sorted action item list for meeting 215 (Fisher)
• 98-0532 - Agenda for meeting 215 (Final) (Schricker)
• 98-0531 - J4 meeting 215 minutes (DRAFT) (Fisher)
• 98-0529 - Corrections to the J4/98-0470, The PICTURE clause (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 98-0495 - (Quality Review) The Compiler is not a Mind Reader  (Klein)
• 98-0480 - Intermediate results in boolean expressions (Schricker)
• 98-0429 - J4 meeting 214 minutes (Final) (Fisher)

J4 documents added October 16, 1998

• 98-0528 - (Quality Review) Alphanumeric character positions versus bytes (Klein)
• 98-0526 - CD 1.4 review - changes to list of characters for use in identifiers (Moore/Wallace)
• 98-0513 - CD 1.4 reveiw coverage (Wallace)

J4 documents added October 15, 1998

• 98-0525 - Comments on 98-0485, File Sharing (Sales/Schricker)
• 98-0524 - Comments on Quality Review paper 98-512 (Karlin)
• 98-0523 - Comments on 98-0521 (Karlin)
• 98-0522 - Externalized names (Schricker)

J4 documents added October 14, 1998

• 98-0521 - CD 1.4 quality review comments - 10/12/98 (Wallace)
• 98-0512 - Cd 1.4 quality review comments - 10/8/98 (Wallace)

J4 documents added October 13, 1998

• 98-0520 - Definitions (Ebbinkhuijsen)

J4 documents added October 12, 1998

• 98-0519 - COBOL CD 1.4 late comments (Bart)
• 98-0518 - Externalized names - alternative (Reimann)
• 98-0516 - Conditional compile extension (Potter)
• 98-0515 - Conditional compile enhancement (Potter)
• 98-0514 - Conditional compile clarification (Potter)

J4 documents added October 9, 1998

• 98-0517 - J4 meeting 215 agenda (Schricker)
• 98-0511 - Quality review comments (Schricker)
• 98-0510 - Class implements an interface (Schricker)
• 98-0483 - CD 1.4 quality review comments - 10/4/98 (Wallace)

J4 documents added October 8, 1998

• 98-0509 - DRAFT J4 meeting 216 agenda (Schricker)
• 98-0508 - Meeting notice; WG4 and J4 - COBOL (Schricker)
• 98-0507 - Externalized names (Reimann)
• 98-0489 - CD 1.4 quality review comments on "type-modifier" (Wallace)
• 98-0484 - CD 1.4 quality review comments - 10/3/98 (Wallace)
• 98-0479 - Initialization of pointers and object references (Schricker)

J4 documents added October 6, 1998

• 98-0506 - CD 1.4 quality review comment - Germany
• 98-0504 - Restore ANY LENGTH clause (Reimann)
• 98-0503 - SUM clause rewording (Nelson)
• 98-0502 - Words reserved in Directives (Nelson)
• 98-0501 - Miscellaneous editorial changes meeting 214 (Nelson)
• 98-0500 - Glitches in proposals passed at meeting 214 (Nelson)
• 98-0471 - Interfacing with C: The ANY phrase (Friedman) - supersedes 98-0461

J4 documents added October 5, 1998

• 98-0505 - Review Comments of BSI - COBOL Panel - September 1998 (UK)
• 98-0499 - Detailed technical comments on CD 1.4 from ITSCJ (Noba/Konishi/Ono/Takagi)
• 98-0498 - Major issues on CD 1.4 from ITSCJ (Noba/Sato/Takagi)
• 98-0497 - Editorial comments on CD 1.4 from ITSCJ (Noba/Konishi/Ono/Takagi)
• 98-0496 - (Quality Review) More Review Needed (Klein)
• 98-0494 - (Quality Review) Processor Dependent Additions (Klein)
• 98-0492 - (Quality Review) Follow-up on Earlier Comments (Klein)
• 98-0491 - CD 1.4 quality review coverage (Grealish)
• 98-0490 - CD 1.4 quality review comments - Compiler directing facility (Wallace)
• 98-0488 - CD 1.4 quality review comments on "Integer" (Wallace)
• 98-0487 - CD 1.4 quality review comments on "file connector" (Wallace)
• 98-0486 - Comment on Binding (Chapin)
• 98-0485 - CD 1.4 quality review comment - file sharing/record locking (Wallace)
• 98-0482 - CD 1.4 quality review comments - 10/2/98 (Wallace)
• 98-0481 - CD 1.4 quality review comments - 10/1/98 (Wallace)
• 98-0436 - Tracking list for CD quality review comments (Fisher)
• 98-0430 - J4 Meeting 214 Action Items and Dynamic Document Assignments (Fisher)
• 98-0430s - Sorted action item list for meeting 214 (Fisher)
• 98-0429 - [DRAFT] J4 Meeting 214 minutes (Fisher)

J4 documents added October 1, 1998

• 98-0475 - CD 1.4 quality review comments - 9/27/98 (Wallace)

J4 documents added September 30, 1998

• 98-0474 - Alignment of items (Schricker)

J4 documents added September 29, 1998

• 98-0477 - Comment on 5.2, Rules (Karlin)
• 98-0476 - Releasing record locks (Schricker)
• 98-0478 - J4 meeting 215 agenda (Schricker)

J4 documents added September 28, 1998

• 98-0468 - Definitions need overhaul (Wallace)

J4 documents added September 23, 1998

• 98-0473 - CD 1.4 quality review comments 9/23/98 (Wallace)
• 98-0472 - Quality review comments - editorial (Schricker)
• 98-0467 - CD 1.4 Quality review comments 9/18/09 (Wallace)
• 98-0462 - Quality review comments - 9/9/98 (Wallace)

J4 documents added September 21, 1998

• 98-0392 - J4 Document Register - M214 (Mehta)
• IT/98-0408 - Call for Volunteers:  J4 IR (Gales)
• 98-0470 - The PICTURE Clause (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 98-0469- Explanation to the changes in the PICTURE clause (Ebbinkhuijsen)
• 98-0465 - CD 1.4 quality review comments - editorial 9/17/98  (Wallace)
• 98-0466 - CD 1.4 quality review comments 9/18/98 (Wallace)

J4 documents added September 14, 1998

• 98-0464 - CD 1.4 - Consistancy of the Format Diagrams (Bart)
• 98-0463 -  CD 1.4 Quality review comments - editorial - 9/9/98 (Wallace)

J4 documents added September 10, 1998

• 98-0461 - Void or repeated parameters (Friedman)
• 98-0460- CD 1.4 - Typography Chapter 15 thru end (Bart)
• 98-0459 - CD 1.4 - Chapter 15 thru end (Bart)

J4 documents added September 8, 1998

• 98-0458 - CD 1.4 review comments - 9/1/98 (Wallace)
• 98-0454 - COBOL CD 1.4 Chapter 14 - Procedure division (Bart)
• 98-0453 - COBOL CD 1.4 - typo etc, Chapter 13 14 (Bart)
• 98-0452 - COBOL CD 1.4 Chapter 13 - Data division (Bart)

J4 documents added September 1, 1998

• 98-0457 - Combined Change Proposal CD 1.4 #1 (Nelson)
• 98-0456 - CD 1.4 review comments, editorial - 8/31/98 (Wallace)
• 98-0441 - Quality Review comments on Cd 1.4 - Editorial (Wallace)

J4 documents added August 31, 1998

• 98-0421 - Quality review comments (Schricker)

J4 documents added August 29, 1998

• 98-0455 - J4 meeting 215 agenda (October '98) (Schricker)
• 98-0451 - Exception objects clarification (Reimann)
• 98-0450 - File control entry and external file connectors (Reimann)
• 98-0449 - Externalized Names (Reimann)
• 98-0448 - Changes resulting from 98-0423, part 1 (Schricker for J4)
• 98-0443 - CD 1.4 review comments - 8/20/98 (Wallace)
• 98-0440 - Detailed Technical Comments from Hitachi - part 2 (Konishi/Ono/Takagi)
• 98-0439 - Response to 98-0422 (Schricker for J4)
• 98-0438 - Reference Format, Logical Conversion, and Related Issues (Wallace)
• 98-0437 - Changes resulting from 98-0421 (Schricker for J4)
• 98-0434 - Detailed Technical Comments from Hitachi - part 1 (Konishi/Ono/Takagi)
• 98-0431 - File section restriction for object references (Reimann)
• 98-0426 - SET LOCALE corrections (Reimann)
• 98-0425 - Informal Description (Klein)
• 98-0424 - COBOL CD 1.4 - Typography, Pagination and Binding (Bart)
• 98-0423 - COBOL CD 1.4 Chapters 1 thru 12 (Bart)
• 98-0422 - Editorial Comments on CD1.4 from Hitachi (Konishi/Ono/Takagi)