From rinehuls@access.digex.net Wed Jul 2 18:32:41 1997 Received: from access5.digex.net (qlrhmEbBUV1EY@access5.digex.net [205.197.245.196]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id SAA09789 for ; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 18:32:39 +0200 Received: from localhost (rinehuls@localhost) by access5.digex.net (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id MAA07694 for ; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 12:32:36 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 12:32:36 -0400 (EDT) From: "william c. rinehuls" To: sc22docs@dkuug.dk Subject: SC22 N2514 - JTC 1 IT Strategy Timeline Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII ___________________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 N2514 July 1997 TITLE: JTC 1 IT Strategy Timeline SOURCE: Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 WORK ITEM: N/A STATUS: Note that consideration of this document will be an agenda item for the August 1997 JTC 1/SC22 Plenary. CROSS REFERENCE: SC22 N2511, N2512, N2513 DOCUMENT TYPE: N/A ACTION: To SC22 Member Bodies, WG Conveners and HODs for consideration. Address reply to: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat William C. Rinehuls 8457 Rushing Creek Court Springfield, VA 22153 USA Tel: +1 (703) 912-9680 Fax: +1 (703) 912-2973 email: rinehuls@access.digex.net ________________________end of title page; beginning of text ____________ JTC1 N4796 JTC 1 IT Strategy Timeline September 1997 begin: document distribution via the web begin: hyperlinked document registers begin: e-mail notification of newly available documents begin: security password distribution for members begin: hyperlinked agenda for JTC 1 plenary begin: problem solving "hit team" [Problems/Suggestions should be sent to Michelle Maas (mmaas@ansi.org) who will distribute problems to "hit team" to resolve.] December 1997 end: diskette distribution begin: paper distribution for those without access meet: ad hoc to share successes/resolve issues March 1998 begin: JTC 1 Secretariat web based balloting and tabulation June 1998 review: non-web based distribution give: status on implementation end: ad hoc on IT Strategy (Determine the ongoing maintenance requirements of policy and tips-and-techniques documents) Operating Principles: As a WG document progresses through the SC to the JTC 1,the following is understood: - SC "owns" the document, provides a cover page with necessary actions and assigns an SC document number - work progresses to the JTC 1 level (JTC 1 "owns") where the JTC 1 Secretariat adds a cover page with necessary actions and a JTC 1 number, posts to the web, and sends e-mail notification to NBs that such a "distribution" has occurred - NB processes the document locally to their members, either forwarding the JTC 1 e-mail or through extracting the necessary files, attaching a cover page with local information, and distributing using local "rules" The following assumptions are therefore made: - mirroring or extractions are permitted by NBs - NBs take responsibility for distribution to their members in a timely manner - mirroring or extraction are not mandatory - it is up to the NB to determine local operation and if such an activity is "value added" for their membership - posting of documents for a meeting shall cut off 1 week prior to the meeting to permit adequate time for NB distribution and review - announcement of late documents before a meeting should have a cutoff time of one week before the meeting in order to ensure "fair" worldwide distribution. - if a document is limited to "members only" distribution, NBs must retain the secure nature of those documents worldwide - based on the preparedness of a given SC, the date by which diskette distribution will end shall be left up to the SC so long as it occurs by end of year, 1997. This phased implementation towards web servers may actually be a benefit for those NBs handling multiple SCs ____________________ end of SC22 N2514 ______________________________