Abstract for FortranCon 2020 about stdlib

FortranCon2020-stdlib/README.md

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+# FortranCon2020-stdlib
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+**Authors**:
+[Jeremie Vandenplas](https://github.com/jvdp1), [email protected], Wageningen University & Research
+[Bálint Aradi](https://github.com/aradi), [email protected], University of Bremen
+[Izaak Beekman](https://github.com/zbeekman), [email protected], ParaTools Inc.
+[Ondrej Certik](https://github.com/certik), [email protected], Los Alamos National Laboratory
+[Milan Curcic](https://github.com/milancuric), [email protected], University of Miami
+[Pierre de Buyl](https://github.com/pdebuyl), [email protected], KU Leuven
+[Juan Fiol](https://github.com/fiolj),,
+[Michael Hirsch](https://github.com/scivision), [email protected], SciVision, Inc.
+[Ivan Pribec](https://github.com/ivan-pi), [email protected], Technical University of Munich
+[Nathaniel Shaffer](https://github.com/nshaffer), [email protected], Los Alamos National Laboratory
+
+**To be acknowledged in the presentation (following comments):**
+[Neil Carlson](https://github.com/nncarlson)
+[Pedro Costa](https://github.com/p-costa)
+[???](https://github.com/JHenneberg)
+[Yuichiro Sakamoto](https://github.com/sakamoti)
+[Ashwin Vishnu](https://github.com/ashwinvis)
+
+**Track**: Junior presentations (15 + 5 minutes discussion)
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+**Presenter**: [Jeremie Vandenplas](https://github.com/jvdp1)
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+**Title**: Fortran Standard Library
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+**Alternative title**: Fortran Standard Library - a community project
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+**Abstract**:
+The Fortran Standard, as published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), does not include a Standard Library.
+The language can be extended with new intrinsic procedure and modules, but these must be formally standardized and then implemented by compiler vendors before becoming available to users.
+Therefore, the goal of this project is to provide a community driven and agreed upon de facto "standard" library for Modern Fortran, called the Fortran Standard Library (stdlib; https://github.com/fortran-lang/stdlib).
+This library aims to provide to the community a set of procedures for science, engineering, and mathematics.
+The overall scope of the Fortran Standard Library is therefore similar to the one of SciPy or to the default built-in Matlab scientific environment.
+Currently the library includes procedures for catching and handling errors, handling optional arguments, facilitating I/O operations, linear algebra, numerical integration, and descriptive statistics.
+Started a few months ago, no less than 15 people already contributed to the development of the Fortran Standard Library and its documentation.
+Many other programmers are also involved in active discussions about the development of the Fortran Standard Library through GitHub issues.
+The development of this library is part of the Fortran-lang project and aims to collaborate with the Fortran Standards Committee.