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\chapter*{Foreword}
\label{chap:foreword}

The OpenMP Examples document has been updated with new features
found in the OpenMP \SVER\ Specification. 
In order to provide users with new feature examples concurrently
with the release of the OpenMP 6.0 Specification, 
the 6.0 Examples document is being released early
with a caveat that some of the 6.0 features
(such as \kcode{workdistribute} construct, \kcode{taskgraph} construct,
\kcode{threadset} clause and free-agent threads) will be covered
in the next release of the document.
For a list of the new examples and updates in this release,
please refer to the Document Revision History of the Appendix on page~\pageref{chap:history}.

Text describing an example with a \SVER\ feature specifically states
that the feature support begins in the OpenMP \SVER\ Specification.  Also,
an \kcode{\small{}omp_\SVER} keyword is included in the  metadata of the source code.
These distinctions are presented to remind readers that a \SVER\ compliant 
OpenMP implementation is necessary to use these features in codes.

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Incremental releases will become available as more feature examples
and updates are submitted and approved by the OpenMP Examples Subcommittee.
Examples are accepted for this document after discussions, revisions and reviews
in the Examples Subcommittee, and two reviews/discussions and two votes
in the OpenMP Language Committee.
Draft examples are often derived from case studies for new features in the language,
and are revised to illustrate the basic application of the features with code comments,
and a text description. We are grateful to the numerous members of the Language Committee 
who took the time to prepare codes and descriptions, and shepherd them through
the acceptance process. We sincerely appreciate the Example Subcommittee members, who 
actively participated and contributed in weekly meetings over the years.

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Examples Subcommittee Co-chairs: \smallskip\linebreak
Henry Jin (\textsc{NASA} Ames Research Center) \linebreak
Swaroop Pophale (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

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Past Examples Subcommittee Co-chairs:
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\item Kent Milfeld (2014 - 2022)
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