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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:  April 23, 2008
Project: n/a
Reply to: Barbara Bennett
Phone: 202-626-5743
Email: bbennett@itic.org

 
SC 31 TAG Recommendation Due: May 14, 2008
Accelerated INCITS EB Letter Ballot: May 15, 2008 - May 29, 2008
Possible Reconsideration Period: May 30, 2008 - June 9, 2008
U.S. Vote to ANSI: June 10, 2008
JTC 1 Closing Date: June 14, 2008

 
To: U.S. TAG Administrator to SC 31: C. Rozebloom
Subject: Advance Notification of ISO/IEC FDIS 15424, Information technology - Automatic identification and data capture techniques - Data Carrier Identifiers (including Symbology Identifiers)

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 FDIS ballot began April 14, 2008 and ends June 14, 2008 (2-months only).

ATTENTION U.S. TAG to SC31

The committee is to coordinate and develop the U.S. recommended position to INCITS 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 Directives, Annex H, 5th edition.

The position options are:

 
• Approval of the technical content of the FDIS/FDAM/FDISP as presented;

• Disapproval of the FDIS/FDAM/for technical reasons to be stated;

• Abstention
 

Any comments developed in support of the U.S. position should be presented in the enclosed ISO Comments Template document.
 
In preparation for submitting the proposed U.S. National Body position for the FDIS ballot, the committee should conduct a 30-day letter ballot or roll call vote.
 
Alternately, if there are no substantive changes to a position that has been previously approved then the US TAG Chair or IR can immediately return the recommended position to the INCITS Secretariat without waiting for an US TAG meeting.  However, if comments were accommodated at the FCD ballot resolution meeting which resulted in a change of the U.S. position,  such as,  approve with comments on the FCD ballot to approve, or disapprove on the FCD ballot to approve, the two-third voting approval is required for the TC change of vote.

For conditional votes on FCD ballots, the disposition of comments showing the resolution of the US comments should be submitted for INCITS Executive Board letter ballot.

IMPORTANT

The recommendation should be received by the INCITS Secretariat no later than May 14, 2008 for approval by an INCITS EB letter ballot, so that, if necessary, the Executive Board letter ballot resolution meeting may be conducted and the U.S. vote forwarded to ANSI by the JTC 1 closing date of June 14, 2008.

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 for approval.

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.