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Doc:  in030019
Date: January 12, 2003
Reply to: Jennifer Garner
Phone: 202-626-5737
email:  jgarner@itic.org

InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards - Standards Development Board (SDB)

Action Items for Consideration by the INCITS Standards Development Board (SDB)


Action Items Previously Assigned to the INCITS Executive Board

  1. The Secretariat will look into stabilized standards as a possibility for HIPPI standards. (Agenda Item 8.1.9, November 2001 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-0213)
  2. Mr. Hill will request that the J15 annual report be updated with the current liaison assignment and that the J15 Chairman submit the revised J15 annual report to the Secretariat. (Agenda Item 7.1.5, August 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-0952)
  3. The Secretariat will refer the INCITS EB members to the SD-3 and SD-10 checklists prepared by MOC and links to the checklists will be placed on the INCITS web site. (Agenda Item 8.1, August 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-0952)
  4. MOC will work with PPC to determine whether or not procedural changes are required to clarify the issues raised by the PPC Chairman and Vice Chairman of the former INCITS TC K5 in response to the call for comments on the liaison transition plan. The final version of the liaison transition plan will be presented at the November 2002 INCITS TC Officers Symposium. (Agenda Item 8.1.1, August 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-0952)
  5. The Secretariat will retransmit a properly formatted version of the LBNL document (IT/02-0829), requesting EB member comments on the document and responses to the questions posed by LBNL by August 31, 2002. The transmittal will also request guidance on whether or not INCITS should pursue standardization of this project. The EB member responses will be consolidated and used by the INCITS Chair and Secretariat to prepare a formal INCITS response to LBNL. (Agenda Item 10.8, August 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-0952)
  6. The Secretariat will retransmit the NASCIO document (IT/02-0847), requesting EB member comments on the document and responses to the questions posed by NASCIO by August 31, 2002. The transmittal will also request guidance on whether or not INCITS should pursue standardization of this project. Responses will be consolidated and used by INCITS Chair and Secretariat to prepare formal INCITS response to NASCIO. (Agenda Item 10.9, August 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-0952)
  7. Mr. Hogan, the acting Fast Track Facilitator, agreed to prepare a process flow chart/checklist with estimated timeframes for use by INCITS fast track submitters. (Agenda Item 5.3, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  8. The INCITS Secretariat was instructed to distribute IT/02-1125, the call for comments on the Standards Metadata Specification, for review and comment by the TCs no later than December 13, 2002. Using the TC comments as guidance, Mr. Gillman, the L8 Chair will work with Secretariat to prepare the INCITS comments on the Standards Metadata Specification. (Agenda Item 5.5, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  9. The INCITS Secretariat will remind the TC Chairmen to begin using the new annual report format. A link to the new annual report format will be included on the next annual report schedule that is issued. (Agenda Item 6.1, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  10. The INCITS Liaison to V2, Mr. Hill, was requested to conduct exit interviews with the five V2 members that have dropped membership during the reporting period and present the information at the February 2003 INCITS meeting. (Agenda Item 6.1.12, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  11. Mr. Jaeschke volunteered to transmit to the CT22 membership the INCITS Executive Board responses on accreditation and reflectors raised in the CT22 report. (Agenda Item 6.1.13, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  12. The Secretariat will contact Mr. Thewlis to request that he maintain contact with J9, L2 and T4 in his liaison capacity until the February 2003 inaugural meeting of INCITS. (Agenda Item 6.2.1, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  13. Mr. Neumann, the INCITS Liaison to B10, will contact the B10 Vice Chairman to determine whether or not he can continue to chair meetings until a B10 Chairman has been identified. (Agenda Item 6.3.2.2, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  14. The status of the B10 Chairman will be posted for consideration at the February 2003 inaugural meeting of INCITS. (Agenda Item 6.3.2.2, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  15. The status of the W1 International Representative will be posted for consideration at the February 2003 inaugural meeting of INCITS. (Agenda Item 6.3.2.3, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  16. The INCITS Secretariat will follow up with the H3 Chairman, Mr. Protzman, to schedule a personal training session before the end of December 2002. (Agenda Item 6.3.3.1, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  17. The INCITS Secretariat will continue working with the J4 International Representative, Mr. Tauber, to schedule a personal training session before the end of December 2002. (Agenda Item 6.3.3.1, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  18. Mr. Winkler, the INCITS Liaison to V1, will remind the V1 International Representative (Mr. Durusau) of the requirement to receive training within one year of his August 2002 appointment. (Agenda Item 6.3.3.1, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  19. Mr. Zemrowski, the INCITS Liaison to H2, will remind the H2 Chairman (Dr. Deutsch) of the requirement to receive training within one year of his October 2002 appointment. (Agenda Item 6.3.3.1, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  20. Mr. Silletti, the INCITS Liaison to R1, will remind the R1 Chairman (Mr. Richards) of the requirement to receive training within one year of his October 2002 appointment. (Agenda Item 6.3.3.1, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  21. Mr. Thewlis, the INCITS Liaison to T4, will remind the T4 International Representative (Ms. Brand) of the requirement to receive training within one year of her December 2002 appointment. (Agenda Item 6.3.3.1, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  22. Mr. Hill, the INCITS Liaison to J16, will remind the J16 International Representative (Mr. Nelson) of the requirement to receive training within one year of his January 2003 appointment. (Agenda Item 6.3.3.1, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  23. Mr. Michael, the INCITS Liaison to L3, will remind the L3 Chairman (Mr. Rubinfeld) of the requirement to receive training within one year of his January 2003 appointment. (Agenda Item 6.3.3.1, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  24. Mr. Richards, in his capacity as Vice Chairman, will follow-up with Mr. Snyder to schedule training and the status of Mr. Snyder's training will be considered at the February 2003 INCITS meeting. (Agenda Item 6.3.3.2, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  25. The status of B5 will be posted for consideration at the February 2003 inaugural meeting of INCITS. (Agenda Item 6.4.2, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  26. The INCITS Secretariat will issue a letter ballot on the final approval of INCITS 332:1999/AM1, Information Technology - Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL-2) Amendment 1. (Agenda Item 7.3.1, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  27. The Secretariat will notify the TC Chairmen that Mr. Hogan will be available to assist with fast track issues in Ms. McMillan's absence. (Agenda Item 7.6, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  28. The INCITS Secretariat will process the adoption of ISO/IEC 20970:2002 as an American National Standard. (Agenda Item 7.7.1, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  29. The INCITS Secretariat will process the adoption of ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000/AM1:2002 as an American National Standard. (Agenda Item 7.7.2, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  30. The INCITS Secretariat will forward the INCITS request for the establishment of US National Body P-membership on JTC 1/SC 35 for consideration by the JTC 1 TAG. (Agenda Item 8.1, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  31. The INCITS Secretariat will request that TC Chairmen provide a list of withdrawn standards they would like to make available. Identified T10 and T11 Standards will serve as the test case. The Secretariat will work with ITI legal counsel to ensure the appropriate disclaimers and legal warnings, as well as IP issues, are addressed and incorporated in the documentation. The Secretariat will post the list of withdrawn standards on the INCITS web site including information on how to obtain them. The Secretariat will contact ANSI to determine whether or not there are procedural/accreditation impediments to making withdrawn standards available. (Agenda Item 8.2, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  32. Mr. Richards was instructed to work with the K5 officers (Mr. Zaveler and Mr. Thiess) to consider comments submitted and finalize the charter of the INCITS Study Group on Vocabulary for consideration at the February 2003 inaugural meeting of INCITS. (Agenda Item 8.3, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  33. The INCITS Secretariat will distribute the NIST status report on the standardization of the Government Smart Card Interoperability Specification (IT/02-1264) presented at the November 2002 Executive Board meeting. (Agenda Item 8.5, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  34. The INCITS Secretariat will forward the INCITS recommendation that the US National Body automatically abstain, for lack of expertise, on all SC 7 CDIF ballots until further notice, for consideration by the JTC 1 TAG. (Agenda Item 9.1, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  35. The INCITS Secretariat will forward the INCITS request that the US National Body automatically abstain, for lack of technical interest, on all SC 6 ballots, other than those related to Directory and ASN.1 projects, for consideration by the JTC 1 TAG. (Agenda Item 9.2, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  36. The INCITS Secretariat will forward notification of the INCITS Executive Board's approval of the M1 request to host the December 11-13, 2002 inaugural SC 37 Plenary in Orlando, Florida, for consideration by the JTC 1 TAG. (Agenda Item 9.4, November 2002 INCITS EB minutes - IT/02-1276)
  37. Action Items Previously Assigned to the JTC 1 TAG

  38. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will notify ANSI of the JTC 1 TAG's approval of the M1 request to host the December 11-13, 2002 inaugural SC 37 Plenary in Orlando, Florida. (Agenda Item 6.3, November 2002 JTC 1 TAG minutes - JT/02-0591)
  39. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will submit to the ANSI International Committee the JTC 1 TAG's recommendation for the US National Body relinquishment of the SC 11 Secretariat. (Agenda Item 7.2, November 2002 JTC 1 TAG minutes - JT/02-0591)
  40. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will notify ANSI of the US National Body request to establish P membership on SC 35 and SC 35/WG 6. (Agenda Item 7.4, November 2002 JTC 1 TAG minutes - JT/02-0591)
  41. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will request that a call for candidates to serve as SC 35 TAG and TAG Administrator will be posted in ANSI Standards Action. (Agenda Item 7.4, November 2002 JTC 1 TAG minutes - JT/02-0591)
  42. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will notify ANSI of decision of the US National Body automatically abstain, for lack of expertise, on all SC 7 CDIF ballots until further notice. (Agenda Item 8.2, November 2002 JTC 1 TAG minutes - JT/02-0591)
  43. The JTC 1 TAG Administrator will notify ANSI of decision of the US National Body automatically abstain on all SC 6 ballots, with the exception of those regarding Directory and ASN.1 projects. (Agenda Item 8.3, November 2002 JTC 1 TAG minutes - JT/02-0591)