Doc: IT/99-0119 X P T
Date: March 15, 1999
Project: Administrative
Ref. Doc:
Reply to: Monica Vago
Phone: 202-626-5739
email: mvago@itic.org

DRAFT AGENDA
National Committee for Information Technology Standards
Meeting Number 8

Sybase, Inc
3665 Discovery Drive
Boulder, CO  80303
Tel.  303-413-4000
Fax.  303-413-4216

March 30 - April 1, 1999

1. Administrative

1.1 Call to Order - Ms. Higginbottom

1.2 Membership and Attendance

1.2.1 Introduction of Attendees and New Members

1.2.2 Roll Call of Members in Jeopardy Due to Failure to Attend Meetings

1.2.3 Roll Call of Members in Jeopardy Due to Failure to Return Letter Ballots

1.2.4 Membership Report

REF:  IT/99-0083, IT/99-0093, IT/99-0094, IT/99-0098, IT/99-0106

1.3 Approval of the Minutes of the Previous Meeting

1.3.1 Approval of the Minutes

REF:  IT/99-0068

1.3.2 Review of the Action Items

REF: IT/98-0068

2. Chairman's Remarks

3. Approval of the Agenda

3.1 Approval of the Consent Agenda

REF: IT/99-0119

3.2 Approval of the Draft Agenda

REF: IT/99-0119

3.3 Review of the Meeting Schedule

REF: IT/99-0119

4. Policy and Procedures - Mr. Zemrowski
 

4.1  PPC Report

4.2  NCITS Standards Copyright Policy

REF:  IT/99-0085

4.3  NCITS Antitrust Guidelines

REF:  IT/99-0089

4.4  NCITS' Web Copyright and Privacy

REF:  IT/99-0090

4.5  NCITS Standards Store - Privacy and Security

REF:  IT/99-0111

5. Report of the NCITS Secretariat - Ms. Vago

5.1 NCITS Services

5.1.1  Membership Database Update

5.1.2  Collaborative Computing/Authoring

5.1.2.1    CASCADE

5.1.2.2    Collaborative Computing with Internet Standards - Mr. Montgomery

5.1.3  NCITS Standards Store Update

5.2  Management Issues

5.2.1  1999 NCITS & ANSI Awards - Ms. McMillan

REF:  IT/99-0104, IT/99-0105

5.2.2  NCITS Membership/Technology Recruitment - Mr. Neumann

REF:  IT/99-0112

5.2.3   NCITS 'Emeritus' Proposal - Ms. Higginbottom

REF:  IT/99-0087

5.3  Financials

6. Standards Operations

6.1 Requests for Approval of New Projects

NCITS agreed to approve new project proposals at meetings to facilitate discussion of new work prior to adding it to the program of work. Criteria for approval is 2/3, as defined by NCITS SD-2.

6.1.1    Project Proposal for an Amendment to an NCITS Standard

Project Proposal for Amendment to NCITS 323-1998, High-Performance Parallel Interface - 6400 Mbit/s Physical Layer (HIPPI-6400-PH)

REF: IT/99-0072  -

6.1.2    Project Proposal for a New NCITS Standard

Project Proposal for a New Standard for Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information Interchange, 0.50 in (12.65 mm)  Serial Serpentine, 208-Track, 98 250 BPI (3868 BPMM), DLT 6 Format

REF:  IT/99-0079  - Mr. Deese

6.1.3    AT&T Fast Track Proposal -

Image Compression Format for Digital Documents

REF:  IT/98-0561, IT/98-0562, IT/99-0109, IT/99-0110 - Mr. Frost

6.1.4    SQLJ Fast Track Proposal -

SQLJ - Part 1:  SQL Routines using the JavaTM - Mr. Deutsch

REF:  IT/98-0425R, IT/99-0095, IT/99-0096

6.2 Requests to Revise, Redesignate or Withdraw Existing Projects (Consent Agenda)

NCITS agreed to approve changes to the existing program of work through approval of the consent agenda, as discussion was less likely. Criteria for approval of a revised or redesignated project (note project, not standard) is 2/3, as defined by NCITS SD-2, and the criteria for withdrawal of an existing project is a majority.

6.3 Defect Management Document Review

This was transferred from OMC to NCITS. The purpose is to review the results of a TC's action and decide whether NCITS agrees that the correct type of correction was chosen, e.g., editorial errors can be corrected with an erratum, technical changes are published through an amendment.

When the TC that developed the standard has been disbanded, requests for defect management will be directed to NCITS for resolution.

The criteria for approval for all defect management documents requires a 30-day LB and the criteria for approval is 2/3, as defined by NCITS SD-2.
 

6.3.1    Erratum for NCITS 311:1998, Information Technology - Magnetic Tape Format for Information Interchange - 128-Track, Parallel Serpentine, 12,6 mm (1/2 in), 3400 bpmm (86 360 bpi), Run Length Limited Recording

REF:  IT/99-0032 - Mr. Deese
 

6.4 NCITS Management Reviews (Milestone 5)

A management review is a self audit of the documentation required to approve a standard. The Secretariat prepares the document, and a liaison reviews the package prior to the meeting. A problem detected here will cause corrective action to be taken before the 6-week ballot to approve the standard or to cancel a 6-week ballot in progress.

No criteria for approval is defined by the NCITS SD-2.

6.4.1 NCITS Management Review (Milestone 5) of: Amendment to X3.137:1988, One- and Two-Sided, Flexible Disk Cartridge for 7958 bpr Use - General, Physical and Magnetic Requirements, Type 301

REF: IT/99-0031 - Mr. Deese

6.4.2 NCITS Management Review (Milestone 5) of: NCITS 324:199x, Information Technology - High-Performance Parallel Interface - 6400 Mbit/s Physical Switch Control (HIPPI-6400-SC)

REF: IT/99-0075  -

6.4.3  NCITS Management Review (Milestone 5) of: NCITS 326:199x, Draft American National Standard for Information Technology - Fibre Channel- Low Cost 10km Optical 1063 MBaud Interface (100-SM-LC-L)

REF: IT/99-0076  -

6.4.4  NCITS Management Review (Milestone 5) of: X3.62:1987/AM1:199x, Draft American National Standard for Information Systems - Optical Character Recognition (OCR) - Paper Used in OCR Systems Amendment 1

REF:  IT/99-0077 - Mr. Winkler

6.4.5  NCITS Management Review (Milestone 5) of: X3.230:1994/AM2, Draft American National Standard for for Information Technology - Fibre Channel - Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH) - Amendment 2

REF: IT/99-0097  -

6.6 Monitoring Recommendations for 5-Year Maintenance

Periodic reviews of standards and technical reports are required by ANSI, JTC 1 and NCITS procedures. The Secretariat notifies each TC of the documents that must be reviewed in a given year. If no action is taken by the TC, action must be taken by NCITS. If the TC that developed the standard no longer exists, the responsibility for the review belongs to NCITS.

Approval for the withdrawal or reaffirmation of technical reports can be a 30-day LB or a meeting vote; the criteria for approval is 2/3, as defined by NCITS SD-2.

Approval for the withdrawal or reaffirmation of standards must obtained through a 6-week LB; the criteria for approval is 2/3, as defined by NCITS SD-2.

REF: IT/99-0051

6.6.1 Recommendations Due in 1996

6.6.3 Recommendations Due in 1998

6.6.4 Recommendations Due in 1999
 

6.7 Current Statistics

REF:  IT/99-0115

NCITS TC Chairs are identified under the agenda item and the NCITS TC Liaisons for the TC are identified in the parentheses following the agenda item.

7.1 NCITS Technical Committee Annual Reports

REF: IT/99-0046

7.1.1 J14 / Programming Language FORTH - Ms. Rather (Mr. Kurihara)

REF: IT/99-0082

7.1.2 J16 / SC 22 WG 21 - Programming Language C++ - Mr. Clamage (Mr. Hedquist)

REF:  IT/99-0062

7.1.3 L1 / ISO TC 211 - L1 - Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - Mr. Tom (Mr. Deutsch)

REF: IT/99-0092

7.1.4 T2 / SC 22 WG 11 & SC 32 WG 2 - Information Interchange and Interpretation - Mr. Sarris (Mr. Bertine)

7.2 NCITS Technical Committee Liaisons (Liaison Listing)

7.2.1 Liaison Assignment Status

7.2.2 Liaison Vacancies

7.3 NCITS Technical Committee Issues

7.3.1 T3 Petition for U.S. TAG Assignments

REF: IT/98-0495, MoA for U.S. TAGs for ISO/IEC JTC 1 and its Subgroups , IT/99-0069, IT/99-0070, IT/99-0117

7.3.2  L8 Request to Transfer Projects to L1

REF:  IT/99-0015

7.3.3  NCITS R1 Update & Review of ITLB 3554 Results - Mr. Hedquist
 

7.4 NCITS Technical Committee Officers

7.4.1 Appointment of Technical Committee Officers

REF: IT/99-0103

7.4.1.1 T11.1 Chairman

7.4.1.2 T11.3 Chairman

7.4.2 Unanswered Calls and Overdue Training

REF: IT/99-0102

8.1 Archive Ad Hoc - Mr. Thewlis

REF:  IT/99-0113, IT/99-0116

9.1 NCITS B10/AIM USA

REF: IT/98-0496, IT/99-0084

9.2 NCITS Study Group on IT Accommodation Update - Mr. LaPlant

10. New Business

10.1  DOD Real-Time Requirements Presentation - Mr. Richards

11. Liaison Activities

11.1 ANSI

(1) Report on Information Systems Standards Board (ISSB) - Mr. Silletti

REF:  IT/99-0086

(2) Report on Information Infrastructure Standards Panel (IISP) - Mr. Hogan

REF:  IT/99-0088

11.2 IEEE

(1) IEEE Standards Board -

(2) IEEE PASC - Mr. Hedquist

11.3 JTC 1 TAG Finance Committee - Mr. Michael

REF:  IT/99-0107, IT/99-0108

12. NCITS Meetings Schedule

12.1 July 27-29, 1999 Meeting Logistics

12.2 Proposed Schedule for Future Meetings

• July 27-29, 1999 - ITI
• October 12-14, 1999 - Red Bank, NJ

12.3 Duration of Meetings

13. Review of Action Items

14. Adjournment

Consent Agenda

6.2 Requests to Revise, Redesignate or Withdraw Existing Projects

6.2.1  L8 Request to Withdraw Project 399-DT, Technical Report for a Guideline for the Classification of Data Elements, Project 400-DT, Technical Report for a Guideline for the Attribution of Data Elements, Project 455-DT, Generation of Mnemonic Codes for Data Elements and Data Items

REF:  IT/99-0073 - Mr. LaPlant

6.2.2 T10 Request to Revise Project 2009-D, Fibre Channel Avionics Environment (FC-AE) to a Technical Report, 2009-DT

REF: IT/98-0487 -

NCITS Meeting Schedule

Tuesday, March 30, 1999

Beginning 9:00 AM

Agenda Items 1- 6; except 4 and 6.1.3
11:00 am Mr. Hedquist (Agenda Item 7.3.3)
1:00 pm Ms. Rather via teleconference (Agenda Item 7.1.1)
2:00 pm Mr. Clamage (Agenda Item 7.1.2)

Beginning 9:00 AM

Agenda Items 7 - 10

9:00 am Mr. Zemrowski via teleconference (Agenda Item 4)
10:00 am Mr. Frost (Agenda Item 6.1.3)
1:00 pm Mr. LaPlant via teleconference (Agenda Item 9.2)

Beginning 9:00 AM

Agenda Items 11-14