IEEE P1735 Working Group Meeting of September 15, 2014

Meeting Info

Conference Information

Participants

• Attending
  • Dave Graubart, Synopsys DR (Chair)
  • Jeff Fox, Altera DR
  • Ruchi Tyagi, Cadence DRA
  • Luis Humberto, Cadence DR
  • Joe Daniels, P1735 Technical Editor
  • Sourabh Tandon, Synopsys DRA
  • John Shields, Mentor DR
  • Ray Martin, Xilinx DR
  • Satyam Jani, Aldec DR
• Not Attending
  • Dave Clemans, Synopsys DRA
  • Jonathan Goldberg, IEEE Professional Services
  • Adam Sherer, Cadence DRA
  • Steven Dovich, P1076 liaison
  • Gael Paul, Accellera DR
  • Rod Price, Synopsys DRA
  • 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 6/7 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 Ray. Motion is approved.

Previous Minutes

John moved and Ray seconded the approval of the August 18, 2014 minutes. The motion was approved.

John moved and Ray second receiving the August 25, 2014 draft development committee notes. The motion was approved.

John moved and Ray second receiving the September 8, 2014 draft development committee notes. The motion was approved.

Guests and New Members

Action Item Review

None.

Liaison Reports

None.

Ballot Status

Initial ballot is closed with 100% return and 100% approval. Tentative recirculation ballot draft with comment resolution is available now. Recirculation is planned per schedule below.

Schedule

Dave reviewed the current schedule:

General Status

Draft 7, both marked up and clean, along with updated consolidated comments on Draft 6 are available on the Twiki.

Joe's comments: the change since draft 7 preview was updates to examples per Gael's recommendation.

John moved to submit draft 7 as our recirculation ballot. Ray seconded. The motion passed unamimously with Cadence, Mentor, Synopsys, Altera, Xilinx, and Aldec all voting in favor.

Clause 1 - Overview

Approved for recirculation.

Clause 2 - Normative References

Approved for recirculation.

Clause 3 - Definitions, acronyms, abbreviations

Approved for recirculation.

Clause 4 - Trust model

Approved for recirculation.

Clause 5 - Interoperability

Approved for recirculation.

Clause 6 - Key Management

Approved for recirculation.

Clause 7 - Rights Management

Approved for recirculation.

Clause 8 - License Management

Approved for recirculation.

Clause 9 - Visibility

Approved for recirculation.

Clause 10 - Common Rights

Approved for recirculation.

Annex A - Bibliography

Approved for recirculation.

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

Approved for recirculation.

Annex C - Pragma table

Approved for recirculation.

Work Plan

High-level objectives

• Begin recirculation ballot.
• Assuming approval of the recirculation ballot, get on the agenda for December revcom ratification.

Project Plan

Other Business

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

John suggested a party within the next twelve months. Dave will investigate possibilities.

Next Meeting

The next P1735 meeting is scheduled for September 29, 2014 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 Luis, second by John. Approved by acclamation at 16:25 UTC

Approval

These minutes are approved.

-- DaveGraubart - 2014-09-15