WORKSHOP: Establishing Standards for HPC Systems Software and Tools to be held at several locations from June 1997 through March 1998

1995年，成立了一个国家工作队，以确定用户群体是否可以达成一种相互接受的方式来描述系统软件和工具需求，这些需求应该在HPC平台上得到一致的支持。 其结果是一个为并行和并行计算机编写系统软件和工具要求的指南集，其中包括基线开发环境（BDE）的规范。 该计划于1996年5月正式获得艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防和控制中心国家协调办公室的批准。 该项目将从两个方面扩展1995年开始的工作。 首先，将建立一个国家数据库，提供关于各机构如何在采购高性能计算机系统时应用溴化二苯醚标准的信息。 第二，将召集一个新的国家工作队来修订和更新溴化二苯醚。为确保用户和供应商的观点都能得到体现，拟议的工作将在并行工具联合会的主持下进行。

In 1995, a national task force was convened to determine if the user community could arrive at a mutually acceptable way of describing system software and tool requirements that should be supported in a consistent way across HPC platforms. The result was a collection of Guidelines for Writing System Software and Tools Requirements for Parallel and Clustered Computers, which included a specification for a Baseline Development Environment (BDE). It was formally endorsed by the National Coordination Office for HPCC in May of 1996. The project will extend the work begun by the 1995 tack force, in two ways. First, a national database will be established to make information available on how individual agencies have applied BDE criteria in procurements of HPC systems. Second, a new national task force will be convened to revise and update the BDE. To ensure that the viewpoints of both users and vendors are represented, the proposed work will be carried out under the auspices of the Parallel Tools Consortium (Ptools).