Doc: in030075
Date: January 15, 2003
Reply to: Jennifer Garner
Phone: 202-626-5737
email: jgarner@itic.org
| Subject: | Standards Policy Board Consideration of USNB Position on Establishment of Additional Category A Liaisons between JTC 1 and Other Organizations Addressed in JTC 1 2002 Sophia Antiopolis Resolution 9 |
Background
At the November 2002 JTC 1 TAG meeting, the following action item was agreed upon:
Consideration of the US National Body position on the establishment of additional Category A Liaisons between JTC 1 and other organizations will be submitted for consideration by the Standards Policy Board of INCITS. (Agenda Item 9.6, November 2002 JTC 1 TAG minutes - JT/02-0591)
Requested Action
The text for Resolution 9 has been extracted from JTC 1 N 6927 (Resolutions from the November 2002 JTC 1 Plenary - Sophia Antipolis) for consideration at the February 2003 meeting of the Standards Policy Board (SPB):
Resolution 9 - Manage Cooperation Agreements with Consortia/Fora and other Organizations
JTC 1 instructs its Secretariat to put in place and maintain on the JTC 1 Web site, with the help of the ITTF, a consolidated inventory of all the active external liaisons of its SCs. This should be done by 2003-04-01.
JTC 1 nominates, in accordance with section 4.4 of the LTBP Implementation Plan, as a test case, a Liaison Coordinator with IEEE: François Coallier (Canada).
Starting from JTC1 N 6827-2, the liaison coordinator is initially tasked to:
- Review and complete, in cooperation with SCs, the data in JTC1 N6827-2 about the target organization.
- Document what type of joint activities and cooperation exist or have happened between this organization and JTC 1.
- Propose why it is important for JTC 1 to have a partnership with this organization and how it will help JTC 1 to reach its strategic objectives.
- Submit a formal report with specific recommendations, 3 months before the next JTC 1 Plenary, as per section 4.4 of the LTBP Implementation Plan.
JTC 1 instructs it Secretariat to issue an invitation to National Bodies and SCs to nominate additional organizations and associated Liaison Coordinators (at the JTC 1 level). If nominations (organization with associated Liaison Coordinator) are received, the JTC 1 Chairman is authorized to launch the liaison activity as described above.
Unanimous
The text from the JTC 1 Directives addressing Category A Liaisons has also been extracted for consideration by the Standards Policy Board:
3.3.4.2 Liaison Categories
Classification of liaison organizations shall be established separately for JTC 1 and for each of its SCs, and is recorded at the ITTF. Three categories of liaison with external organizations have been established:
Category A
Organizations which make an effective contribution to and participate actively in the work of JTC 1 or its SCs for most of the questions dealt with by the committee.
- If an organization requesting Category A liaison does not currently have Category A liaison with JTC 1, the request will be forwarded to the JTC 1 Secretariat by the ITTF, along with appropriate documentation (i.e., information about the requester and its interest in the work of JTC 1). In the case of liaison with an SC, the JTC 1 Secretariat will ask the appropriate SC Secretariat for a recommendation on the establishment of the proposed liaison. The JTC 1 Secretariat will forward the request (and the SC Secretariat recommendation in the case of liaison with a subcommittee) to JTC 1 for approval either by letter ballot or by a vote at a meeting.
- If a requesting organization currently has Category A liaison with JTC 1, a request for establishing a new liaison will be forwarded by the ITTF to the Secretariat of the committee with which liaison is sought, along with the documentation mentioned above. The Secretariat will forward the request to the committee for approval either by letter ballot or by vote at a meeting. The JTC 1 Secretariat shall be copied on all correspondence.
6.2.1.1 An NP may be submitted by an NB, JTC 1 or one of its SCs, another TC or SC, organizations with category A-liaison status to JTC 1 , the ITTF, TMB/CA, ISO or IEC Councils, Policy Development Committees or Committees on General Standardization Principles, or one or both of the Secretaries-General. Those NPs submitted by other organizations in liaison with ISO or IEC will be referred to JTC 1 for consideration. [Note: Organizations in liaison with JTC 1 subsidiary bodies are expected to work through these bodies.] . . .
13.1 Any P-member of JTC 1 or organization in Category A liaison with JTC 1 may propose that an existing standard (or amendment with the approval of the responsible SC) from any source be submitted without modification directly for vote as a DIS (or DAM). The criteria for proposing an existing standard for the fast-track procedure is a matter for each proposer to decide. . . .
15.5.1 Any P-member or organization in Category A liaison with JTC 1 may propose that an existing technical report from any source be submitted without modification directly for vote as a DTR of Type 3. . . .
As of January 15, 2003, the JTC 1 web site indicates that the following organizations have Category A Liaison status with JTC 1: