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December 16, 2005


Subject:  Lexmark Concerns in Response to JTC 1 N 8019 - SC 25 New Work Item Proposal for Five additional parts for ISO/IEC 14543 - ISO/IEC 14543-3-3, Information technology - Home Electronic Systems (HES) - Part 3-3: Aspects of Application - User Process, ISO/IEC 14543-3-4, Information technology - Home Electronic Systems (HES) - Part 3-4: System Management - Management Procedures, ISO/IEC 14543-3-5, Information technology - Home Electronic Systems (HES) - Part 3-5: Media and media dependent layers - Power line for HBES Class 1, ISO/IEC 14543-3-6, Information technology - Home Electronic Systems (HES) - Part 3-6: Media and media dependent layers - Network based on HBES Class 1, Twisted Pair and ISO/IEC 14543-3-7, Information technology - Home Electronic Systems (HES) - Part 3-7: Media and media dependent layers - Radio Frequency
From: Don Wright, Lexmark International




Lexmark does not support these NWIPs as current written.

In resolution 42 from Banff, SC25 is instructed:
to intensify its co-operation with the standardisation bodies involved in
home networking (eg, via participation on IEC TC 100 Project Teams), to improve the gathering of
requirements specifically from IEC TC 100, ITU-T and relevant consortia and to accelerate (within its
scope) the development of a consistent set of standards for home-networking with the aim of responding
to the requirements of all interested parties.
yet, this NWIP only identifies cooperation and liaison with CENELEC TC205.  That isn't "intensifying its cooperation" in any reasonable manner.  SC25 needs to more completely identify work in progress within consortia (HomePNA?) and other standards organizations like the IEEE and then create NWIPs with those liaisons.  These new NWIPs could then address the concerns of JTC1 as stated in resolution 42:
JTC 1 observes the increasing number of standardisation bodies active in the area of home-networking and sees a danger for the development of inconsistent and competing standards that would neither be in the interest of users nor the industry.
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 Don Wright                      don@lexmark.com
                                 f.wright@ieee.org / f.wright@computer.org
 Director of Standards
 Lexmark International           Past Chair, IEEE SA Standards Board
 740 New Circle Rd               Chair, Patent Committee IEEE SASB
 Lexington, Ky 40550             Member-at-large, IEEE CS SAB
 859-825-4808 (phone)            Member, IEEE-ISTO Board of Directors
 603-963-8352 (fax)              Member, W3C Advisory Committee
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