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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

ACTION REQUESTED
 
Date: January 12, 2004
Reply to: Barbara Bennett
Phone: 202-626-5743
Email: bbennett@itic.org


SC31 TAG Rec. Due: February 19, 2004
Anticipated INCITS EB Letter Ballot: February 20, 2004 - March 20, 2004
Possible Reconsideration Period: March 22, 2004 - March 31, 2004
U.S. Vote to ANSI: April 1, 2004
JTC 1 Closing Date: April 6, 2004


To: U.S. TAG Administrator to SC 31: T. Mason (jmason@fmi.org
Subject: Advance Transmittal of JTC 1 N 7344, DTR 18001, DTR 18001-Information technology-Automatic identification and data capture technique-Radio frequency identification for item management-Application requirement profiles

The subject DTR is attached for action and information as indicated. This document is distributed for ISO/IEC JTC 1 final letter ballot. The U.S. TAG is required to recommend a vote for the National Body.

ATTENTION U.S. TAG to SC 31

The committee is to coordinate and develop the U.S. recommended position to the INCITS Executive Board (EB) for approval for submission to ISO/IEC JTC 1. The position must be submitted in a format consistent with the guidelines specified by the JTC 1 Secretariat in JTC 1 N 5348.

The position options are: approve; approve with general, technical and/or editorial comments; disapprove for reasons which are to be explained in an attached paper with recommended wording which, if accepted, would change the U.S. vote to one of approval, and abstain.

IMPORTANT

The committee should return the U.S. recommendation to the INCITS Secrtariat for approval by a 30-day letter ballot no later than February 19, 2004 so that if necessary, a 10-day reconsideration ballot may be conducted and the U.S. vote forwarded to ANSI by to the JTC 1 closing date of April 6, 2004.

ACTION REQUIRED BY INCITS Executive Board

INCITS EB members are required to begin reviewing the document in preparation for expeditiously determining their vote when the U.S. TAG recommendation is submitted to the INCITS Executive Board for approval. INCITS EB members should review the DTR document at this time and anticipate the Letter Ballot on this subject posted to the Online Balloting System .