From mpeacock@ANSI.org Fri Jan 21 22:30:01 2000 Received: from email1.ansi.org (mail.ansi.org [165.254.114.6]) by dkuug.dk (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id WAA04689; Fri, 21 Jan 2000 22:30:00 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mpeacock@ANSI.org) Received: by email1.ansi.org with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id ; Fri, 21 Jan 2000 16:28:35 -0500 Message-ID: <7C5DF9EFFBA9D11187E90020356797B2F21EF1@email1.ansi.org> From: Marisa Peacock To: "'sc22info@dkuug.dk'" Cc: "'Keld Jørn Simonsen'" Subject: (SC22docs.899) SC22 N3059 - Normative Referencing of Specificatio ns Other Than International Standards Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 16:28:26 -0500 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) ___________________ beginning of title page ______________________ ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces Secretariat: U.S.A. (ANSI) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N3059 TITLE: Normative Referencing of Specifications Other Than International Standards DATE ASSIGNED: 2000-01-21 SOURCE: Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1 BACKWARD POINTER: N/A DOCUMENT TYPE: Other Document (Defined) PROJECT NUMBER: N/A STATUS: For information and action, as appropriate. ACTION IDENTIFIER: FYI DUE DATE: N/A DISTRIBUTION: Text CROSS REFERENCE: DISTRIBUTION FORM: Defined Address reply to: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat Marisa Peacock ANSI 11 West 42nd Street New York, NY 10036 Telephone: (212) 642-4976 Fax: (212) 840-2298 Email: mpeacock@ansi.org __________ end of title page ____________ ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology ISO/IEC JTC 1 N 6016 DATE: 1999-12-14 REPLACES DOC TYPE: Other document (Defined) TITLE: Normative Referencing of Specifications Other Than International Standards SOURCE: JTC 1 Secretariat PROJECT: STATUS: This document is forwarded to JTC 1 National Bodies and Subcommittees for consideration. ACTION ID: ACT DUE DATE: DISTRIBUTION: P and L Members MEDIUM: DISKETTE NO.: NO. OF PAGES: 3 Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1, American National Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036; Telephone: 1 212 642 4932; Facsimile: 1 212 840 2298; Email: lrajchel@ansi.org Resolution 28 - Normative Referencing Of Specifications Other Than International Standards JTC 1 reaffirms that there is a need for the normative referencing of specifications other than international standards from within JTC 1 standards as set out in the guidelines document JTC 1 N 4046, and resolves that: a. More experience is needed in the application of the guidelines in JTC 1 N 4046 before their incorporation into a permanent policy and that therefore the trial period for the application of the guidelines is extended until the next JTC1 plenary meeting; b. SC chairmen and secretariats should take steps to improve awareness of the guidelines in JTC1 N 4046 within their own organizations. They should evaluate carefully the need for any normative referencing of specifications other than international standards and also observe the requirements for all normative references to be listed as set out in both JTC1 N 4046 and the JTC1 Directives; c. It is JTC 1's intention to terminate the trial period as soon as possible. Therefore, SCs and National Bodies are requested to use the experiences gained in the extended trial to develop a position on the introduction of a permanent policy, including specific textual proposals for the adaptation of JTC1 N 4046 to provide text for a permanent policy in the JTC1 Directives; d. A single policy is sufficient to cater for the normative referencing of specifications other than international standards in both JTC1 standards and ISPs, (if any), so that further development of the guidelines contained in JTC 1 N4047 for ISPs is unnecessary; e. SCs and National Bodies are requested to pay particular attention to mechanisms that could be utilized to reduce the burden of the process on officers at the SC level. Examples can include the reuse by one SC of a prior written statements developed by another SC, or the use of appropriate statements from approved co-operative agreements between JTC1 and another organization ; f. The JTC 1 secretariat is requested to arrange for space on the JTC1 web-site to be made available so that Referenced Explanatory Reports (RERs) provided by SCs can be reviewed by other SCs for reuse when further specifications from the same Referenced Specification (RS) originator are to be referenced; g. SCs and National Bodies are also requested to make practical proposals for the accommodation of specifications accessible in electronic form (e.g. on web-sites via a stable URL) including formats of acceptable electronic addresses and recommendations for notification of changes in status or location of such specifications;