IEEE P1735 Working Group Meeting of July 7, 2014

Meeting Info

Conference Information

Participants

• Attending
  • Dave Graubart, Synopsys DR (Chair)
  • Michael Smith, Synopsys DRA
  • John Shields, Mentor DR
  • Ruchi Tyagi, Cadence DRA
  • Dave Clemans, Synopsys DRA
  • Gael Paul, Accellera DR
  • Luis Humberto, Cadence DRA
  • Jonathan Goldberg, IEEE Professional Services
• Not Attending
  • Adam Sherer, Cadence DR
  • Ray Martin, Xilinx DR
  • Rod Price, Synopsys DRA
  • Steven Dovich, P1076 liaison
  • Joe Daniels, P1735 Technical Editor
  • Satyam Jani, Aldec DR
  • Sourabh Tandon, Synopsys DRA
  • Jeff Fox, Altera DR
  • Nitin Khurana, Cadence DR
  • Krista Gluchoski, IEEE Professional Services
  • Dmitry Melnick, Aldec DRA
  • Stan Krolikoski, Cadence (DASC Chair)
  • Parminder Gill, Synopsys DRA

Agenda

1. Determine Quorum
2. Patent slides
3. Approve agenda
4. Approval of Previous Meeting minutes
5. Guests and new members
6. Action Item Review
7. Liaison Reports
8. Ballot status
9. Schedule
10. General Status
11. Individual Clause Status
12. High-level Objectives
13. Project Plan
14. Other Business
15. Adjourn

Minutes

Attendance/Quorum

We have 4/6 eligible entities, and have a working quorum.

Patent Policy

The Patent slides were offered for review.

No new claims were disclosed at the call for essential patent claims.

Agenda Approval

Motion to approve agenda made by John, seconded Gael. Motion is approved.

Previous Minutes

John moved and Gael seconded the approval of the June 23, 2014 minutes. The motion was approved.

Guests and New Members

.

Action Item Review

None.

Liaison Reports

None.

Ballot Status

Ballot is open, closing August 10. At the moment, we have 1 affirmative, 7 unreturned and 0 comments.

Jonathan walked us through the sequence and sample schedule from ballot opening to revcom approval.

John asked and Jonathan clarified that comments accompanying a negative vote must be addressed while comments accompanying a positive vote do not although it is a courtesy to do so.

Schedule

Dave reviewed the current schedule:

General Status

In ballot.

Clause 1 - Overview

No further changes are pending.

Clause 2 - Normative References

No further changes are pending.

Clause 3 - Definitions, acronyms, abbreviations

No further changes are pending.

Clause 4 - Trust model

No further changes are pending.

Clause 5 - Interoperability

No further changes are pending.

Clause 6 - Key Management

No further changes are pending.

Clause 7 - Rights Management

No further changes are pending. Consider adding encryption envelope examples.

Clause 8 - License Management

No further changes are pending. An update to the reference implementation for the Accellera forum is pending.

Clause 9 - Visibility

No further changes are pending.

Clause 10 - Common Rights

No further changes are pending.

Annex A - Bibliography

No further changes are pending.

Annex B - Other known issues with IP protection (informative, not normative)

No further changes are pending.

Work Plan

High-level objectives

• Solicit comments for recirculation ballot ASAP.
• Get on agenda for December revcom ratification.

Project Plan

• Recirculation
  • Review ballot feedback as it arrives
  • Review deferred topics ASAP

Other Business

Dave to update web site including fixing some file permissions - low priority.

Next Meeting

The next P1735 meeting is scheduled for July 21, 14 at 16:00UTC.

Tentative Agenda for next WG meeting

1. Determine Quorum
2. Patent slides
3. Approve agenda
4. Approval of Previous Meeting minutes
5. Guest and new members
6. Action Item Review
7. Liaison Reports
8. Ballot status
9. Schedule
10. General Status
11. Individual Clause Status
12. High-level Objectives
13. Project Plan
14. Other Business
15. Adjourn

Adjournment

Motion by John, second by Gael. Approved by acclamation at 16:29 UTC

Approval

These minutes are approved.

-- DaveGraubart - 2014-07-21