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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: 
December 7, 2005
Project: n/a
Enclosure: Template for Comments
Reply to: Barbara Bennett
Phone: 202-626-5743
Email: bbennett@itic.org



SC 31 TAG Recommendation Due:
December 21, 2005
Anticipated INCITS EB Letter Ballot:
December 22, 2005 - January 22, 2006
Possible Reconsideration Period:
January 23, 2006 - January 31, 2006
U.S. Vote to ANSI:
February 1, 2006
JTC 1 Closing Date:
February 5, 2006



 To:
U.S. TAG Administrator to SC 31: C. Rozebloom
Subject:
Advance Notification of ISO/IEC FDIS 15459-1, Information technology - Unique identifiers - Part 1: Unique identifiers for transport units

The subject-referenced FDIS is enclosed for action and information as indicated. The 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.

The committee is to coordinate and develop the U.S. recommended position to INCITS 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 document JTC 1 N 5348.

ATTENTION U.S. TAG to SC31

The FDIS ballot began December 5, 2005 and ends February 5, 2006 (2-months only). The committee should confirm that its position on the FDIS is the same as it was for the FCD, or alternately, submit a proposed recommendation for the U.S. National Body position.

For example, the committee should notify the INCITS Secretariat of any changes to the U.S. vote on the FCD ballot, such as the effect of (any) comments accommodated at the ballot resolution meeting.

The position options are: approval of the technical content as presented or disapprove for the technical reasons to be stated. Technical and editorial comments will not be considered, as noted in section 9.7 of the 5th Edition of the JTC 1 Directives, JTC 1 N 7364.

Any comments developed in support of the U.S. position should be presented in the enclosed ISO Comments Template document.

IMPORTANT

The recommendation should be received by the INCITS Secretariat no later than December 21, 2005 for approval by a 30-day letter ballot, so that, if necessary, a 10-day reconsideration ballot may be conducted and the U.S. vote forwarded to ANSI by the JTC 1 closing date of February 5, 2006.

ACTION REQUIRED BY INCITS

INCITS members should review the FDIS document at this time and anticipate the INCITS Letter Ballot on this subject posted to the Online Balloting System .