Volume XIX Number 1 March 1999
Table of Contents
Message from the Chair - Ben Brosgol..............................................1
Newsletter Info
Editorial Policy...............................................................................................................................................................................5
Key Contacts..................................................................................................................................................................................6
SIGAda Working Groups................................................................................................................................................................7
Local SIGAda Chapter....................................................................................................................................................................9
Ada Around the World.................................................................................................................................................................11
Meeting
SIGAda ’99...................................................................................................................................................................................13
Reliable Software Technologies ¾ Ada-Europe ’99.........................................................................................................................15
International Journal of Computer Systems: Science & Engineering Call for Papers.........................................................................16
The 21st International Conference on Software Engineering............................................................................................................18
1998 SIGAda Awards Winners and 1999 Nominations - Hal Hart.............................19
Resusable Software Components - Trudy Levine........................................................22
SIGAda ’98 Workshop: How do We Expedite the Commercial Use of Ada - Robert C. Leif........28
Working Group Reports
ASIS Has Been Approved as ISO Standard.....................................................................................................................................40
ASIS – Where Do We Go From Here?............................................................................................................................................42
Articles
Ada Validation := Ada Conformity Assesment¾ Phil Brashear......................................................................................................48
Ada 95 Conformity Assessment¾ Randall Brukardt, Steven Deller, Joyce L. Tokar........................................................................52
A Real-Tme Path Guidance Cue¾ John R. Newport......................................................................................................................59
Using ASIS for Data Base Insulation¾ Pace Drury........................................................................................................................64
A Fully Reusable Class of Objects for Synchronization and Communication in Ada 95¾ Patrick de Bondeli....................................66
Ada Developers Cooperative License (Draft) Version 0.3 - Robert C. Leif..............97
Dear Ada - David Botton..................................................................................................108