InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
INCITS Secretariat, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
1250 Eye St. NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005
Telephone 202-737-8888; Fax 202-638-4922;
Email: incits@itic.org
Doc: IT/02-0951
Date: August 7, 2002
Reply to: Jennifer Garner
Phone: 202-626-5737
email: jgarner@itic.org
Final Agenda
InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
Meeting Number 21
National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
Administration Building (Building 101)
Lecture Room A
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
| Wednesday | August 7, 2002 | 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Thursday | August 8, 2002 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Friday | August 9, 2002 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| 1. Administrative |
| 1.1 Call to Order |
(K. Higginbottom)
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| 1.2 Membership and Attendance |
(J. Garner)
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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 Reference: IT/02-0601 (Sun Microsystems), IT/02-0648 (Network Appliance, Inc.), IT/02-0678 (Intel), IT/02-0824 (Xerox)
| 1.3 Approval of the Draft Minutes, May 13-15, 2002 |
(K. Higginbottom)
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Reference: IT/02-0595, IT/02-0675 (changes proposed by J. Naujokas)
1.3.1 Review of Action Items, May 13-15, 2002
| 1.4 Approval of the Draft Agenda, August 7-9, 2002 |
(J. Garner)
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Reference: IT/02-0854
| 2. Chairman's Remarks |
(K. Higginbottom)
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| 3. Policy and Procedures |
(K. Zemrowski)
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Reference: IT/02-702r
| 4. Report of the INCITS Secretariat |
| 4.1 INCITS Finances |
(M. Vago)
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Reference: IT/01-0334 (approved 2002 services)
4.1.1 2nd Quarter 2002 Actuals and 2002 Projections
4.1.2 Preliminary 2003 Budget
| 4.2 Financial Report for ANSI-Administered SC Secretariats |
(J. Garner)
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Reference: IT/02-0677 (2nd Q 2002 actuals)
| 4.3 For Action - Ranking Priorities of the 2003 INCITS Secretariat Services |
(K. Higginbottom)
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Reference: IT/02-0520 (approved 2003 services), IT/02-0649 (request for INCITS EB member ranking of priorities), IT/02-0650 (Panasonic), IT/02-0848 (estimated staff days spent performing INCITS activities)
| 4.4 For Action - PR and Marketing Status Report and Transition Plan |
(M. Karinch)
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Reference: IT/02-0703, IT/02-0863 (overview of TC highlights program)
| 4.5 Status of the Overhaul of the Antitrust Guidelines |
(J. Garner)
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Reference: IT/02-0851
| 4.6 Standards Registry Committee |
(M. Vago)
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Reference: IT/02-0704
| 4.7 ANSI Standards Discount and Marketing Activity |
(R. Feghali)
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| 5. Committee Initiatives |
| 5.1 JTC 1 TAG Finance Committee Report |
(K. Higginbottom)
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Reference: IT/02-0680 (JTFC report to August 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting)
| 5.2 Standards Education Opportunities |
(J. Neumann/S. Elliott)
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Reference: IT/02-0821 (request for INCITS EB participation in demo of online training), IT/02-0822 (proposed INCITS standards curriculum)
| 5.3 For Action - Review of the Business Case for the Value of Continued US Funding of the SC 11 Secretariat |
(M. Hogan)
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Reference: IT/01-1029 (2002 SC Secretariat budgets), IT/02-0231 (request for B5 development of business case), IT/02-0423 (2001 audited results for SC Secretariats), IT/02-0458 (B5 Chair's business case), IT/02-0665 (status of ECMA GA actions regarding TC17), IT/02-0669 (resolutions from May 2002 SC 11 Plenary)
| 5.4 2002 TC Officers' Symposium Planning Committee |
(J. Neumann)
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Reference: IT/02-0335 (proposed venue logistics), IT/02-0707 (schedule and sessions)
| 5.5 2002 INCITS Awards Committee |
(D. Deutsch)
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Reference: IT/02-0819 (request for nominations)
| 6. Ad Hoc Activities |
Reference: INCITS Ad Hoc Committees
| 6.1 INCITS Ad Hoc on New Technologies |
(R. Richards)
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| 6.2 INCITS Ad Hoc on Database Asset |
(J. Hill)
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6.2.1 For Action - Recommendation of the INCITS Ad Hoc on Database Asset for Completion of the ITI Standards Operations Database
| 6.3 INCITS Ad Hoc on Merger |
(K. Higginbottom)
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Reference: IT/02-0516 (CRC enterprises contribution)
6.3.1 For Action - JTC 1 TAG Ad Hoc on Futures' Recommendations for Consolidation and Transition of the JTC 1 TAG into a New Organization
| 6.4 INCITS Ad Hoc on Recruitment |
(D. Thewlis)
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Reference: IT/02-0513 (call for participants)
| 7. INCITS Technical Committees |
| 7.1 INCITS Technical Committee Annual Reports |
(K. Higginbottom)
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Reference: IT/02-0593 (annual report schedule for this meeting)
7.1.1 J13 - Programming Language LISP - Steven Haflich, J13 Chairman
7.1.2 B11 - Optical Digital Data Disks - John Neumann, B11 Chairman
7.1.3 J9 - Programming Language Pascal - Thomas Turba, J9 Chairman
7.1.4 J11 - Programming Language C - Randy Meyers, J11 Chairman (also see agenda items 7.3.1 and 7.3.3.2)
7.1.5 J15 - Programming Language PL/B - Gary Raymond, J15 Chairman
7.1.6 L2 - Character Sets and Internationalization - Catherine Wissink, L2 Chairman (also see agenda items 7.3.1 and 7.3.3.1)
7.1.7 T6 - Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology - Craig Harmon, T6 Chairman
7.1.8 T13 - I/O Interface - AT Attachment - Peter McLean, T13 Chairman
7.1.9 T20 - Real Time Locating Systems - Larry Graham, T20 Chairman
| 7.2 INCITS Technical Committee Liaisons (Liaison Listing & 2002 TC Annual Report Schedule) |
| 7.3 INCITS Subgroup Officers |
(K. Higginbottom)
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7.3.1 Appointment of Subgroup Officers Reference: IT/02-0497 (H3 IR), IT/02-0578 (J11 IR), IT/02-0579 (L2 IR), IT/02-0673 (L8 IR), IT/02-0674 (M1 IR), IT/02-0698 (report)
7.3.2 Unanswered Calls Reference: IT/02-0698 (report)
7.3.2.1 For Action - Status of B5 Chairman Reference: IT/02-0698 (report)
7.3.2.2 For Action - Status of B10 Chairman Reference: IT/02-0596 (B10 Chairman), IT/02-0698 (report)
7.3.2.3 Status of PPC Chairman Reference: IT/02-0698 (report)
7.3.3 Subgroup Officer Training Reference: IT/02-0368 (updated 2002 training schedule), IT/02-0698 (report)
7.3.3.1 Status of Officers Due to be Trained within One Year Reference: IT/02-0698 (report)
7.3.3.2 Status of Officers Overdue for Training Reference: IT/02-0166 (J11 Chair - reminder of training requirement), IT/02-0697 (J11 Chair - intent to attend August 6, 2002 training session), IT/02-0698 (report)
| 7.4 INCITS Technical Committee Issues |
| 8. Standards Operations |
(J. Hill)
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| 8.1 Management Operations Committee (MOC) Report |
Reference: IT/02-0539 (call for participants), IT/02-0686 (MOC report)
8.1.1 Review of INCITS TC Officer Comments on the Liaison Transition Plan Proposed by MOC Reference: IT/02-0645 (request for comments), IT/02-0708 (T6 Chairman), IT/02-0709 (PPC Chairman), IT/02-0856 (Vice Chairman of the former TC K5)
| 8.2 INCITS Management Reviews (Milestone 5) |
| 8.3 Monitoring Recommendations for 5 Year Maintenance |
8.3.1 Outstanding Maintenance Items for 1999, 2000, 2001 Reference: IT/02-026r (maintenance report)
8.3.2 Recommendations Due in 2002 Reference: IT/02-026r (maintenance report)
8.3.2.1 For Action - 5-year Maintenance for B9 Standards Reference: IT/02-026r (maintenance report), IT/02-0662 (agenda item 4.3 - July 15, 2002 MOC agenda), IT/02-0686 (MOC report)
8.3.2.2 For Action - 5-year Maintenance for B10 Standard - X3.149:1986 [R1997], Financial Services - Financial Transaction Card Formsets - Location of Imprinted Information Reference: IT/02-026r (maintenance report), IT/02-0686 (MOC report)
8.3.2.3 For Action - 5-year Maintenance for T10 Standard - INCITS 304:1997, SCSI-3 Multimedia Commands (MMC) Reference: IT/02-026r (maintenance report), IT/02-0706 (request for INCITS EB action)
8.3.3 Recommendations Due in 2003
8.3.3.1 For Action - 5-year Maintenance for J20 Standard - INCITS 319:1998, Programming Language Smalltalk Reference: IT/02-0662 (agenda item 4.4 - July 15, 2002 MOC agenda), IT/02-0686 (MOC report)
| 8.4 Stabilized Standards |
8.4.1 For Action - Designation of A1 Standards as Stabilized Standards Reference: IT/02-0662 (agenda item 4.4 - July 15, 2002 MOC agenda), IT/02-0686 (MOC report)
8.4.2 For Action - Designation of B7 Standards as Stabilized Standards Reference: IT/02-0662 (agenda item 4.4 - July 15, 2002 MOC agenda), IT/02-0686 (MOC report)
| 8.5 Fast Track Facilitator |
| 8.6 New Standards |
| 9. Old Business |
| 9.1 For Possible Action - Determination of INCITS Interest in the Work of SC 35 |
(M. Hogan/R. Richards)
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Reference: IT/02-0158 (correspondence from V2 Chairman), IT/02-0234 (call for contributions), IT/02-0434 (V2 contribution), IT/02-0437 (W1 contribution)
| 9.2 Status of Discussions with the T10 and T11 Chairmen Concerning the T10 Recommendation for INCITS Investigation of the Establishment of an Obsolete Standards Category |
(D. Thewlis)
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Reference: IT/02-0326, IT/02-0676 (status of action item)
| 9.3 Financial Infrastructure for TC Support |
(J. Garner)
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| 10. New Business |
| 10.1 Status of the Establishment of the Study Group on Vocabulary |
(R. Richards)
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Reference: IT/02-0626 (notification of disbandment of K5 and request for documentation in support of the establishment of a Study Group on Vocabulary), IT/02-0857 (strawman proposal)
| 10.2 Status of the INCITS Offer to Assume SC 36 TAG Administration Responsibility, the Transition with the Current IEEE/SC 36 TAG and the Establishment of INCITS TC - V36 - SC 36 TAG for Information Technology for Learning, Education and Training |
(J. Garner)
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Reference: IT/02-0205 (relinquishment of IEEE/SC 36 TAG Admin. responsibilities), IT/02-0388(notification of Standards Action publication date), IT/02-0438 (IEEE/SC 36 TAG request), IT/02-0514 (INCITS offer)
| 10.3 Status of the INCITS Offer to Assume SC 37 TAG and TAG Administration Responsibilities |
(J. Garner)
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Reference: IT/02-0605 (request for call in Standards Action), IT/02-0657 (notification of Standards Action publication date), IT/02-0658 (INCITS offer)
| 10.4 NIST Presentation on the Status of ISO/IEC 17799 - Management of IT Security |
(A. Clay)
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| 10.5 Status of the Investigation on the Expenses and Legal Implications Involved in INCITS's Becoming a Legal Entity |
(D. Thewlis/T. Nelson)
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| 10.6 B10/M1 Delegates' Report on the Inaugural SC 17/WG 11 (Biometrics) Meeting - June 25-27, 2002 - Berlin, Germany |
(M. Hogan)
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Reference: IT/02-0699 (meeting report), IT/02-0700 (issues list), IT/02-0830 (US delegates' meeting report), IT/02-0843 (M1 Chairman's report on biometric standardization in JTC 1), IT/02-0844 (German contribution to SC 17/WG 11), IT/02-0845 (SC 17/WG 3 presentation on LDS biometrics), IT/02-0846 (German presentation), JTC 1 N 6797 (SC 17 NP - Biometric data conventions and formats for identification documents and cards)
| 10.7 NIST Presentation on the Government Smart Card Interoperability Specification (GSC-IS) |
(T. Schwarzhoff)
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Reference: IT/02-0694 (NIST correspondence), IT/02-0695 (GSC-IS version 2.0), IT/02-0696 (Smart Card Alliance executive summary of GSC-IS), IT/02-0852 (NIST presentation)
| 10.8 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) Request for INCITS Guidance on the Formal Standardization of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division's (EETD) Power Control User Interface Standard |
(K. Higginbottom)
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Reference: IT/02-0829
| 10.9 National Association of State CIO's (NASCIO) Request for INCITS Guidance on the Feasibility of Submitting the NASCIO Enterprise Architecture Development Tool-Kit for Standards Body Recognition |
(K. Higginbottom)
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Reference: IT/02-0847
| 11. External Membership and Activities |
| 11.1 ANSI |
11.1.1 ANSI/Information Systems Standards Board (ISSB)
11.1.2 ANSI/Organization Member Council (OMC)
11.1.3 ANSI/National Issues Committee (NIC)
11.1.4 ANSI/Company Member Council Executive Committee (CMCEC)
| 11.2 IEEE |
11.2.1 IEEE NESCOM
11.2.2 IEEE PASC
| 12. INCITS Meetings Schedule |
(K. Higginbottom)
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| 12.1 Next Meeting - November 13-15, 2002 - Washington, DC |
Reference: IT/02-0247
| 12.2 2003 Meeting Schedule |
| 13. Review of Action Items |
(J. Garner)
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| 14. Adjournment |
Schedule of TC Annual Report Presentations
| PRESENTATION SCHEDULED | INCITS TECHNICAL COMMITTEE | TC CHAIRMAN | CHAIR'S LOCATION | INCITS TC LIAISON |
| 2:00 - 2:30 PM
Wednesday, August 7, 2002 |
L2 | Catherine Wissink
(cwissink@microsoft.com) |
Redmond, WA | Dave Thewlis
(dthewlis@dcta.com) |
| 2:30 - 3:00 PM
Wednesday, August 7, 2002 |
T6 | Craig Harmon
(harmon@ia.net) |
Cedar Rapids, IA | Don Deutsch
(deutsch@acm.org) |
| 3:00 - 3:30 PM
Wednesday, August 7, 2002 |
T13 | Peter McLean
(pete_mclean@maxtor.com) |
Longmont, CO | John Hill
(john.hill@sun.com) |
| 3:30 - 4:00 PM
Wednesday, August 7, 2002 |
J11 | Randy Meyers
(rmeyers@ix.netcom.com) |
Knoxville, TN | John Hill
(john.hill@sun.com) |
| 2:00 - 2:30 PM
Thursday, August 8, 2002 |
T20 | Larry Graham
(larry.graham@gm.com) |
Detroit, MI | John Neumann
(openstrat@aol.com) |
| 3:00 - 3:30 PM
Thursday, August 8, 2002 |
B11
(Maintenance) |
John Neumann
(openstrat@aol.com) |
Chantilly, VA | Terry Nelson
(terry@tjnelson.com) |
| 3:30 - 4:00 PM
Thursday, August 8 2002 |
J9
(Maintenance) |
Thomas Turba
(thomas.turba@unisys.com) |
St. Paul, MN | Dave Thewlis
(dthewlis@dcta.com) |
| 4:00 - 4:30 PM
Thursday, August 8 2002 |
J15
(Maintenance) |
Gary Raymond
(gary@sysmaker.com) |
Oak Brook, IL | John Hill
(john.hill@sun.com) |