<s>
In	O
computer	O
science	O
E-LOTOS	B-Application
(	O
Enhanced	O
LOTOS	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
formal	B-Application
specification	I-Application
language	I-Application
designed	O
between	O
1993	O
and	O
1999	O
,	O
and	O
standardized	O
by	O
ISO	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
E-LOTOS	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
revision	O
of	O
the	O
LOTOS	B-Application
language	O
standardized	O
by	O
ISO	B-Application
8807	I-Application
in	O
1989	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
revision	O
turned	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
profound	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
specification	B-Application
language	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
starting	O
point	O
for	O
the	O
revision	O
of	O
LOTOS	B-Application
was	O
the	O
PhD	O
thesis	O
of	O
Ed	O
Brinksma	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
been	O
the	O
Rapporteur	O
at	O
ISO	O
of	O
the	O
LOTOS	B-Application
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
,	O
the	O
initial	O
goals	O
of	O
the	O
definition	O
of	O
E-LOTOS	B-Application
were	O
stated	O
in	O
ISO/IEC	O
JTC1/N2802	O
announcement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
language	O
definition	O
reached	O
the	O
maturity	O
level	O
of	O
an	O
ISO	O
Committee	O
Draft	O
,	O
an	O
announcement	O
was	O
posted	O
describing	O
the	O
main	O
features	O
of	O
E-LOTOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
document	O
recalls	O
the	O
milestones	O
of	O
E-LOTOS	B-Application
definition	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
E-LOTOS	B-Application
has	O
inspired	O
descendent	O
languages	O
,	O
among	O
which	O
LOTOS	B-Application
NT	O
and	O
LNT	O
.	O
</s>
