ISO/IEC JTC 1
Information Technology

ISO/IEC JTC 1 N 4573

DATE: 1997.03.06

REPLACES

DOC TYPE:

Procedural Documentation

TITLE:
Potential Policy Elements and Discussion Items

SOURCE:
JTC 1 Ad Hoc on JTC 1 Strategy for Implementing IT

PROJECT:

STATUS:
As per Recommendation 6 of the February 1997 Ad Hoc Group meeting on JTC 1 Strategy for Implementing IT, this document is circulated to JTC 1 National Bodies for comments, due May 20, 1997.

ACTION ID: COM

DUE DATE: 1997.05.20

DISTRIBUTION: P and L Members

MEDIUM: D

DISKETTE NO.: 116

NO. OF PAGES: 1

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ISO/IEC JTC 1 N4573 [Image] 1997-02-27 Author: IT adhoc --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Potential Policy Elements and Discussion Items [ Note: This is a text printout of a web-based document ] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The JTC1 IT adhoc generated this list of topics for a JTC1 Web Server Policy with the intent that it be used as a basis for further discussion at future adhoc meetings. 1. FTP vs Web access 2. Data Integrity 1. Backup rate and method 2. Document authorship & retention policy (only one source for each document!) 3. Timestamping documents with file-last-modified date 4. Automatic virus checking - clean before update or retransmission and notify sender of infected file 3. File Naming Conventions 1. Ballot info 2. Cover sheet (file names) 4. Media - Post JTC1 and SC documents on servers 1. Upload/download considerations 2. Passwords 1. Group level 2. Notification to users 3. frequency of change 3. Pointers should be UP rather than DOWN. The SCs should link to JTC 1 documents. SCs should not link to WG documents. 4. Distribution 1. Individual documents on request (if number known) 2. Document registration in HTML linking to specific files 3. Zipping blocks of files for meetings (ala OMC/NCITS) 4. "Most recently available" list of files (chronological order) 5. Provide lists by: 1. documents by meeting 2. documents by date 3. documents by number 5. Document Registration 1. Structured hierarchy 2. every 50 documents 3. Access to documents 1. Document#, title, date, due date 2. Documents should be viewable 3. Downloadable as a package 4. Paper only (directly from web site) 6. Balloting 7. Publicly available vs. password access only per Annex D to N4558 8. Search indexes 9. Retention Policy 1. Minimum: 2 years or 2 plenary cycle, whichever is greater 10. Discussion Groups 11. File formats 12. Graphics 13. Browser Level 14. Document Layout 15. Directory Structure/indexing 16. File naming 17. Email notification 1. Sequence number (including short-form JTC 1 or SC identifier) on all email 2. Notification of documents posted to web site 3. SC Secretariat maintains formal email list 18. Packaging 19. compression/support utilities 20. Other distribution arrangements 21. Logos 1. Policy on company logos/links 22. Membership information 23. symbols 24. Web Page structure 1. file header information (common look and feel) 2. anchor naming 3. required and optional elements of web pages 4. Language handling 25. Split Policy document into web site issues and web-document issues 26. Use of ISO 8601 Numeric Date Representation 27. Register of Approved Standards (Number, Title, Date, Abstract/Scope) ----------------------------------------------------------------------