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
| Date: | March 11, 2003 |
| Contributions Due: |
March 28, 2003 |
| Reply to: | Jennifer Garner |
| Phone: | (202) 626-5737 |
| Email: | jgarner@itic.org |
| To: |
INCITS Standards Policy Board Members |
| Subject: |
Call for Contributions on the Establishment
of Additional Category A Liaisons between JTC 1 and Other Organizations
- Action Item 7 from the February 2003 SPB Meeting |
7. The INCITS Secretariat will issue a call for contributions on the establishment of additional Category A Liaisons between JTC 1 and other organizations for consideration at the April 2003 Standards Policy Board meeting. (Agenda Item 4.1.1, February 2003 SPB minutes)As of March 11, 2003, the JTC 1 web sites indicates that the following external organizations have Category A Liaison status with JTC 1:
The text from the JTC 1 Directives addressing Category A Liaisons is 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. . .