Time: August 2, 2011 Noon US Pacific Time ===== Audio: ====== Voice dial-in: (800) 637-5822 International: +1 (647) 723-3937 <--- (For Canada) 0114501530 <--- (For Sweden) 0201400572 <--- (For Sweden Toll Free) 069509594672 <--- (For Germany) 08001014542 <--- (For Germany Toll free) Access Code: 685-0440 Web === Click Here to Join Live Meeting: http://tinyurl.com/yvmesj or: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/sisoft/join?id=NKQQN3&role=attend&pw=TP8j%23-%25%7E5 Mentor Global Crossing Teleconference commands: http://www.globalcrossing.com/customer/collaboration/cust_ready_access_tips.aspx FIRST TIME USERS: To save time before the meeting, check your system to make sure it is compatible with Microsoft Office Live Meeting. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Agenda ====== 1) Opens 2) Call for any related patent disclosures 3) Review of ARs: Arpad: Update BIRD 137 with the comments in the last ATM meeting - done (see attachments) Arpad: Update BIRD 127 according to the rules in BIRD 137 - pending Any other AR-s? Old ARs: Arpad: Review the documentation (annotation) in the macro libraries. - deferred until a demand arises or we have nothing else to do 4) Backchannel BIRD draft update (Ken) - discussion, questions, comments? 5) BIRD 137 (Arpad) - My notes from the last meeting say: In 5.1 say: Never be a null pointer, always point to a string which contains the root name. This conflicts the notes I took in the same meeting: Null pointer, Pointer to a null, String with root name only Which rule do we want? 6) Parameter string syntax question - See BIRD137.1 definition for parameter and message strings - this includes now the definition of empty parameter and message strings - See BIRD 135.1 for the definition of empty string parameters (under #8) 7) BIRD 127.1 needs to be corrected, because it contradicts the the AMI_parameters_in/out string rules (optional vs. must): |* The EDA tool must pass a string to the AMI executable model |* through the AMI_parameters_in argument which contains all of |* the leaf/value pair formatted Usage In and Usage InOut AMI |* parameters defined in the .ami file and nothing else. |* |* The AMI executable model must return a string to the EDA tool |* through the AMI_parameters_out argument which contains all of |* the leaf/value pair formatted Usage InOut and Usage Out AMI |* parameters defined in the .ami file and nothing else. 8) BIRD 121.1, data management parameters (file support) (Walter) - discussion, questions, comments? 9) BIRD 122; Analog Buffer BIRD (Walter) - replaced with ISS_Buffer_BIRD.doc 10) BIRD 123.2.2, jitter parameters (includes Row 37) (Walter) - review latest changes and graphics - do these changes answer the questions raised before: - remove Usage Out from the BIRD? or - specify which function (Init or GetWave) can return values? - specify what the EDA tool should do with the returned values? 11) BIRD 124.1, dependency table (Walter) - questions, comments? 12) Info, Out, InOut BIRD (Arpad) - latest wording includes "in order to be compliant with this specification, Model_Specific parameters ... must not ...", and omits the word "simulation" so it's meaning doesn't have to be defined - any comments, questions on this draft? Thanks, Arpad =====================================================================