SIGAda APIWG

Birds of a Feather Session

SIGAda 2005

November 16, 2005

Geoff Smith, APIWG Chair

State of APIWG TodayJust formally approvedPrototype web site

Where to go from hereWhat APIs are of immediate interest?

APIs under active development

Purpose of web site & mailing list List everything? … Or just APIs of interest? (No need to

duplicate other sites)

Quick Survey of Ada Sites Ada World

Appears to be relatively current Seems a little vendor-centric

ARA (adaic.org) Rich source of info, some pointers to libraries

Ada Power Only a year out of date

Ada Home Hopelessly out of date?

What Can APIWG Add?Many sites already list APIs/BindingsBut little to no “value add”

Reviews (technical, usability, etc.) What APIs are actually maintained Encouragement

Proposal Direct attention on APIs of active interest Encourage “private” registration

Many venues available for managing code Create a list of “top 5” projects, based on

genuine interest Testing, completeness, usability, etc. Encourage contributions for these (assuming APIs

are open source, and owners are willing) Highlight as potential projects for students – senior

projects or capstones

SIGAda APIWG

Consensus from BoF Session

November 16, 2005

API Suggestions Command Line Parsing and Verification

(options/switches) Regular Expressions XML* (XML-Ada by AdaCore?) Containers*

Also “SPARK”/FormalMethods specific Note that Ada 2005 uses Ada 2005 features Martin Dowie - package for Ada 95 (with limitations) – URL

is http://www.martin.dowie.btinternet.co.uk/ Picture Libraries (JPEG, TIFF, etc.) X11 Libraries AWS (Ada Web Server) Interface.xxx (C#, Java) OpenGL (ref. SIGAda 2004 paper) GUIs (e.g. gtkAda, tk/Tcl)

Maybe there are existing tools or workarounds …

Top SuggestionsContainers

Like Ada.Containers, but for Ada 95 Maybe Directories, too

XML Subject of last year’s APIWG BoF XMLADA?

Improve/update existing packages/APIsLicense issues need to be discussed

Onward …Discussions will continue on APIWG

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