P1800 Timeline for completion and approval by IEEE Standards Association Standards Board
  Task Duration (days) Start Date End Date
  Draft Development Phase      
  Vote on errata presented at Oct. meeting 14 11-Oct-04 25-Oct-04
  RFQ is sent to prospective technical editors 1 15-Oct-04 15-Oct-04
  Proposals from technical editors received 12 15-Oct-04 25-Oct-04
  meeting announcement is published 30 days previous to Nov. meeting 1 16-Oct-04 16-Oct-04
  Editorial review of draft 1 7 22-Oct-04 29-Oct-04
  working group subcommittee reviews proposals and chooses technical editor 2 27-Oct-04 28-Oct-04
  Technical editor is informed / contract is forwarded 1 29-Oct-04 29-Oct-04
  technical writer creates draft 2 (incorporates errata from Oct. mtg) 20 29-Oct-04 18-Nov-04
  Agenda is published 1 8-Nov-04 8-Nov-04
  meeting announcement is published 30 days previous to Dec. meeting 1 15-Nov-04 15-Nov-04
  draft 2 and errata issues for draft 3 delivered to wg for discussion at 22 Nov meeting.  1 18-Nov-04 18-Nov-04
  Confirm all entities are SA members 30 19-Nov-04 20-Dec-04
  WORKING GROUP MEETING, Tel Aviv--WG accepts draft 2 and errata for draft 3 1 22-Nov-04 22-Nov-04
  Close on Technical committees vote 1 1-Dec-04 1-Dec-04
  Agenda is published for Dec meeting 1 1-Dec-04 1-Dec-04
  Champions vote to endorse or not endorse  7 2-Dec-04 9-Dec-04
  Distribute P1364-Draft4 for review 1 7-Dec-04 8-Dec-04
  Receive P1364-D4 comments back from reviewers 15 8-Dec-04 23-Dec-04
  Champions elevate issues to wg 1 9-Dec-04 9-Dec-04
  WORKING GROUP MEETING, MENTOR GRAPHICS / vote to approve or disapprove the committee recommendations for incorporation into draft 3 1 15-Dec-04 15-Dec-04
  Create P1364-D5 to include:
▪ Encryption Proposal
▪ All issues approved at 12/15 P1800 mtg
▪ PLI deprecation
28 16-Dec-04 13-Jan-05 NOTE: Assumes that Encryption proposal doesn't require substantial reformatting.
  Technical writer incorporates errata and recommendations/creates draft 3 28 16-Dec-04 13-Jan-05
  WG chair approves invitation to ballot text 2 20-Dec-04 22-Dec-04
  meeting announcement is published 30 days previous to Jan. meeting 1 27-Dec-04 27-Dec-04
  invitation to ballot (30-day process) begins 30 29-Dec-04 29-Jan-05
  agenda is published for Jan. meeting 1 2-Jan-05 2-Jan-05
  Optional P1364 Meeting to review D4 comments 1 10-Jan-05 10-Jan-05
  P1364 Draft 5 is delivered to WG and subcommittees 1 13-Jan-05 13-Jan-05
  Draft 3 is delivered to WG and subcommittees 1 13-Jan-05 13-Jan-05
  pre-ballot mandatory editorial coordination 15 13-Jan-05 28-Jan-05
  WG and subcommittees review draft 5 for incorporation of all errata and recommendations 7 14-Jan-05 21-Jan-05    
  WG and subcommittees review draft 3 for incorporation of all errata and recommendations 21 13-Jan-05 3-Feb-05    
  meeting announcement is published 30 days previous to Feb. meeting 1 18-Jan-05 18-Jan-05
  WORKING GROUP MEETING, JAPAN 1 26-Jan-05 26-Jan-05
  WG and subcommittees deliver any last-minute changes to technical writer for incorporation into the draft for ballot (Verilog draft 6) 1 28-Jan-05 28-Jan-05    
  WG and subcommittees deliver any last-minute changes to technical writer for incorporation into the draft for ballot (which will be SystemVerilog draft 4) 1 3-Feb-05 3-Feb-05    
  technical writer creates SystemVerilog draft 4 for ballot 7 4-Feb-05 11-Feb-05
  technical writer creates Verilog draft 6 for ballot 7 4-Feb-05 11-Feb-05
  technical writer delivers System Verilog to WG for final approval to send to ballot 6 11-Feb-04 17-Feb-04
  technical writer delivers Verilog to WG for final approval to send to ballot 6 11-Feb-05 17-Feb-05
  sponsor chair approves balance of ballot group 7 2-Feb-05 9-Feb-05
  agenda is published 1 3-Feb-05 3-Feb-05
  working group chair approves cover letter for ballot 2 9-Feb-05 11-Feb-05
  WORKING GROUP MEETING, SYNOPSYS--motion to begin sponsor ballot; program manager presents The Ballot Process to the working group and ensures that all entities are prepared for ballot 1 17-Feb-05 17-Feb-05
  technical writer delivers SystemVerilog draft 4 to IEEE for ballot 1 18-Feb-05 18-Feb-05
  technical writer delivers Verilog draft 6 to IEEE for ballot 1 18-Feb-05 18-Feb-05
  First working group press release: "P1800 Working Group sends documents to ballot" 1 18-Feb-05 18-Feb-05
         
  Sponsor Ballot      
  30-day initial ballot of SystemVerilog draft 4 30 22-Feb-05 24-Mar-05
  30-day initial ballot of Verilog draft 6 30 22-Feb-05 24-Mar-05
  results sent to WG chair / sponsor / program manager  1 28-Mar-05 28-Mar-05
  ballot resolution committee to resolve comments 14 28-Mar-05 11-Apr-05
  P1800 WG meets and approves BRC recommendations 1 19-Apr-05 19-Apr-05
  technical writer prepares SystemVerilog draft 5. Secretary prepares ballot comment matrix with dispositions for recirculation. Program manager prepares cover letter to balloters. 14 20-Apr-05 2-May-05
  technical writer prepares Verilog draft 7. Secretary prepares ballot comment matrix with dispositions for recirculation. WG Chair prepares cover letter to balloters. 14 20-Apr-05 2-May-05 NOTE: Shalom will be unavailable at this time, so Stu will be the only editor available to work on both 1364 and 1800 ballot drafts.
  ballot resolution committee approves draft and ballot comment matrix with dispositions for recirculation. WG chair approves cover letter to balloters. 7 2-May-05 9-May-05
  10-day recirculation ballot of SystemVerilog draft 5 / results sent to WG chair / sponsor / program manager 10 10-May-05 20-May-05
  10-day recirculation ballot of Verilog draft 7 / results sent to WG chair / sponsor  10 10-May-05 20-May-05
  Program manager creates RevCom submittal package for P1800. WG chair approves and submits RevCom submittal package. 2 23-May-05 25-May-05
  P1364 is submitted to RevCom      
         
  RevCom submission deadline 1 12-Aug-05 12-Aug-05
         
  IEEE-SA Standards Board approval      
  RevCom approves P1800 SystemVerilog 1 21-Sep-05 21-Sep-05
  RevCom approves P1364 Verilog 1 21-Sep-05 21-Sep-05
  Standards Board approves P1800 and P1364 1 22-Sep-05 22-Sep-05
  IEEE Std 1800-2005 for SystemVerilog and 1364-2005 for Verilog are published 29 22-Sep-05 21-Oct-05
  Second working group press release: "P1800 SystemVerilog and P1364 Verilog are approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board" 1 23-Sep-05 23-Sep-05
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