<s>
An	O
APAR	O
(	O
Authorized	B-Application
Program	I-Application
Analysis	I-Application
Report	I-Application
)	O
(	O
pronounced	O
A-PAR	O
,	O
rhymes	O
with	O
far	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
IBM	O
designation	O
of	O
a	O
document	O
intended	O
to	O
identify	O
situations	O
that	O
could	O
result	O
in	O
potential	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
confirming	O
the	O
existence	O
of	O
an	O
issue	O
,	O
APARs	O
include	O
information	O
on	O
known	O
workarounds	O
,	O
information	O
on	O
whether	O
a	O
formal	O
fix	O
is	O
scheduled	O
to	O
be	O
included	O
in	O
future	O
releases	O
,	O
and	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
a	O
Program	B-Application
Temporary	I-Application
Fix	I-Application
(	O
PTF	B-Application
)	O
is	O
planned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
a	O
permanent	O
correction	O
called	O
a	O
PTF	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
whereas	O
the	O
PTF	B-Application
"	O
is	O
a	O
tested	O
APAR	O
...	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PTF	B-Application
'	O
closes	O
 '	O
the	O
APAR.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PTF	B-Application
is	O
a	O
permanent	O
correction	O
with	O
respect	O
to	O
the	O
VRM	O
(	O
Version	O
,	O
Release	O
,	O
Modification	O
)	O
level	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
to	O
which	O
it	O
is	O
applicable	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
a	O
temporary	O
fix	O
in	O
the	O
sense	O
that	O
the	O
problem	O
correction	O
will	O
temporarily	O
be	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
permanent	O
fix	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
will	O
be	O
incorporated	O
into	O
the	O
product	O
base	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
will	O
thereby	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
a	O
fix	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
associated	O
PTF	B-Application
and/or	O
APAR	O
numbers	O
will	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
rule	O
,	O
be	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
source	O
documentation	O
associated	O
with	O
the	O
ensuing	O
base	O
code	O
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SIDR	O
was	O
Xerox	O
's	O
acronym	O
,	O
covering	O
APAR	O
and	O
PTF	B-Application
.	O
</s>
