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-Draft 4 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 14-Jan-05 14-Jan-05
  P1800 Draft 3 is delivered to WG and subcommittees 1 14-Jan-05 14-Jan-05 Draft was delivered 16-Jan-05. 
  WG and subcommittees review P1800 draft 3 for incorporation of all errata and recommendations 7 14-Jan-05 21-Jan-05
  WG and subcommittees review P1364 draft 5 for incorporation of all errata and recommendations 7 14-Jan-05 21-Jan-05
  Pre-ballot mandatory editorial coordination for P1800 Draft 3 14 14-Jan-05 28-Jan-05 Draft was delivered 20-Jan-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
  agenda is published 1 3-Feb-05 3-Feb-05
  Invitation to ballot (for P1800) closes 1 4-Feb-05 4-Feb-05
  WG and subcommittees deliver any last-minute changes to technical writer for incorporation into the draft for ballot (P1800 Draft 4) 1 4-Feb-05 4-Feb-05
  WG and subcommittees deliver any last-minute changes to technical writer for incorporation into the draft for ballot (P1364 draft 6) 1 4-Feb-05 4-Feb-05
  sponsor chair approves balance of P1800 ballot group 6 4-Feb-04 9-Feb-05
  technical writer creates P1800 Draft 4 for ballot 7 4-Feb-05 11-Feb-05
  technical writer creates P1364 draft 6 for ballot 7 4-Feb-05 11-Feb-05
  working group chair approves cover letter for P1800 ballot 2 9-Feb-05 11-Feb-05
  technical writer delivers P1800 Draft 4 to WG for final approval to send to ballot 6 11-Feb-04 17-Feb-05
  technical writer delivers P1364 to WG for final approval to send to ballot 6 11-Feb-05 17-Feb-05
  First working group press release: "P1800 Working Group sends documents to ballot" 1 14-Feb-05 14-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 P1800 draft 4b to IEEE for ballot 1 18-Feb-05 18-Feb-05
  technical writer delivers P1364 draft 6b to IEEE for ballot 1 18-Feb-05 18-Feb-05
         
  Sponsor Ballot      
  30-day initial ballot of P1800 draft 4b 30 22-Feb-05 24-Mar-05
  30-day initial ballot of P1364 draft 6b 30 22-Feb-05 24-Mar-05
  meeting announcement is published 30 days previous to April meeting 1 22-Mar-05 22-Mar-05
  ballot summary sent to WG chair / sponsor / Comment file sent to WG chair 1 28-Mar-05 28-Mar-05  
  Initial flushing & routing of all issues to BC, AC, EC, CC 2 29-Mar-05 31-Mar-05  
  Technical committees review list of issues and resolve 12 1-Apr-05 12-Apr-05  
  agenda for April meeting is published 1 5-Apr-05 5-Apr-05  
  Champions review resolutions and vote 1 13-Apr-05 15-Apr-05  
  P1800 WG meets at IBM, Austin, TX, and approves Champion recommendations 1 19-Apr-05 19-Apr-05
  Champions meetings 1 2-May-05 2-May-05
  P1800 WG meeting continuation via teleconference 1 5-May-05 5-May-05
  Agenda for May meeting is published 1 5-May-05 5-May-05
  Champions meeting--address all outstanding issues 1 9-May-05 9-May-05
  Champions meeting (SV-CC follow-on) 1 11-May-05 11-May-05
  P1800 WG meeting, Mentor Graphics, San Jose, CA 1 19-May-05 19-May-05
  Technical writer delivers P1800 draft 5. Ballot comment matrix with dispositions for recirculation is prepared. 1 24-May-05 24-May-05
  Technical writer delivers P1364 draft 7. Ballot comment matrix with dispositions for recirculation is prepared. WG Chair prepares cover letter to balloters. 1 24-May-05 24-May-05
  Review comments on Final Draft due 1 27-May-05 27-May-05
  Second Ballot LRMs Done 1 31-May-05 31-May-05
  P1800 WG teleconference 1 2-Jun-05 2-Jun-05
  WG chair approves cover letter to balloters. 3 2-Jun-05 4-Jun-05
  P1800 WG teleconference to approve draft and ballot comment matrix with dispositions for recirculation.  1 9-Jun-05 9-Jun-05
  Technical writer incorporates any last minutes changes 3 10-Jun-05 12-Jun-05
  10-day recirculation ballot of P1800 draft 5b 10 22-Jun-05 2-Jul-05
  10-day recirculation ballot of P1364 draft 7b 10 22-Jun-05 2-Jul-05
  Results of recirculation ballots sent to WG chair 3 5-Jul-05 7-Jul-05
  P1800 WG Meeting 1 11-Jul-05 11-Jul-05
  Technical writer creates P1800 draft 6 7 12-Jul-05 18-Jul-05
  Technical writer create P1364 draft 8 7 12-Jul-05 18-Jul-05
  Final WG review of P1800 draft 6 + comment matrix, editorial fixes sent to technical writer for incorporation 7 19-Jul-05 25-Jul-05
  Final WG review of P1364 draft 8 + comment matrix, editorial fixes sent to technical writer for incorporation 7 19-Jul-05 25-Jul-05
  WG chair approves cover letter to balloters. 7 19-Jul-05 25-Jul-00
  P1800 WG teleconference to approve P1800 draft 7 (draft 6 plus editorial fixes) + comment matrix and P1364 draft 9 (draft 9 plus editorial fixes) + comment matrix for recirculation. 1 26-Jul-05 26-Jul-05
  10-day recirculation ballot of P1800 draft 8 10 28-Jul-05 7-Aug-05
  10-day recirculation ballot of P1364 draft 10 10 28-Jul-05 7-Aug-05
  Program manager creates RevCom submittal package for P1800. WG chair approves and submits RevCom submittal package. 3 8-Aug-05 10-Aug-05
  P1364 is submitted to RevCom 1 11-Aug-05 11-Aug-05
  P1800 is submitted to RevCom 1 11-Aug-05 11-Aug-05
         
  RevCom submission deadline 1 12-Aug-05 12-Aug-05
  Begin work on P1800 press release 1 15-Aug-05 15-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 is published 29 22-Sep-05 21-Oct-05
  IEEE Std 1364-2005 for Verilog is published TBD TBD TBD
  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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